I'm in a heated argument over the FE engine. I seem to remember that the 390 and larger FEs had a taller block than the shorter-stroke FEs like the 332, 352 and (Edsel) 361. The other guy insists that they all had the same block (or deck) height. But there's something nagging me in the back of my head about taller FE blocks.



I can't find anything definitive on the web or in my old literature, so I'm gonna throw this out to the experts...



Thanks in advance!

Freezing in WI

Poly:

Sorry, the other guy is right.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

POLY, johns right, i think you owe your buddy a beer!

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Its the big block mopars that have two different deck heights.

Butchering up everything I can get my hands on in Dayton Ohio

Are you confusing the Ford small block with the FE? The 351/400 had a taller deck height than the 302 and smaller... All FE's had the same deck height.



Like your Merc, tho.

BOB

Well thare might be a ringer here

The 58 Edsel 361 had the short deck heigth.When the 361 was revisited for truck motors (and rebranded as the 360) the compression was much lower due to the higher deck.As far as I know its the only one.

Oldmics

I think the only thing in common with the Edsel 361 (E-400) and the 361 industrial engine is the block. The pistons,rods, heads, industrial engines usually had steel cranks,different balancers among other things.

Don't know for sure, but didn't Ford list the truck versions as 360" not 361" ?

Paul

They had both.

Dan      Kingman Az.      86409

The light duty (pickups) were 360's. the med duty trucks were 361's. Same deal with the 390 and 391.

Glen Henderson



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