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RE: '59 352 to 390? By Travis Miller - 01/02/2002 7:06:10 PM; IP 64.12.104.41 The Ford "Off Highway Parts Manual" states that the maximum overbore is .060 for a 352. I have done this several times to in order to wind up with standard bore 390's. Take the parts out of a wore out 390 and put them in a .060 over 352 block. Makes a good engine that no one knows what size it is unless you tell them. Another thing is that a '59 T-Bird 352 was the block of choice that Kip Martin used in his '64 352 SS/OA Galaxie when he set the NHRA national record back in the mid 1980's. He said that liked the '59 block because of the metal content Ford used in the T-Bird blocks. Don't know if he was pulling my leg or not but one of the hardest blocks we bored out years ago to make a 390 was a '59 T-Bird. You could tell the way the boring bar was acting that it was a tough block.

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Skip Navigation Links.  '59 352 to 390? -- Paul R, 01/02/2002  RE: '59 352 to 390? -- Fairlaniac, 01/02/2002  RE: '59 352 to 390? -- Mike McQuesten, 01/02/2002 RE: '59 352 to 390? -- Travis Miller, 01/02/2002  RE: '59 352 to 390? -- Travis Miller, 01/02/2002  RE: '59 Block.. -- Mike McQuesten, 01/02/2002  thanks guys for the info! n/m -- Paul R, 01/03/2002

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