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| RE: FE Cougar project |
| By Mike McQuesten - 02/07/2002 4:23:58 PM; IP 206.193.0.124 |
First, is your '69 Cougar an FE car?
Yes? Great this'll be pretty easy if most of the equipment is still with you, i.e., mounts, exhaust, etc.
No? Then a "Project" it will be.
As for the D4TE block. It should be great for a 428 crank & correct pistons. But do have that block sonic tested for cylinder wall thickness. This is to make sure that it will take a 4.13 428 bore. Or you may want to keep it 4.05 and have custom 410 pistons made. If you convert to the '28 crank obtain a 410/428 external balance flywheel or flexplate, depending on whether you're running a stick or automatic. This makes the switch a little easier.
The C7AE heads I hate to tell you aren't too special. They have the GT 390 exhaust manifold provisions but who wants to run 390GT exhaust manifolds? Some people who like their GT390s to run just as badly as they did from the factory do. There are those of us who would like the 390GT to run like it shoulda and so we like to see exhausting improvements. Oh and the C7AE heads are the short port too. A much better set of heads are the C6AE-R that have tall ports and combustion chambers very similar to 428CJ. And they can be drilled to take any exhaust manifold or headers you want.
So there ya go. FE Coug? Great. Non FE Coug....good luck. |
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