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Good mix. By Dave Shoe - 01/31/2004 11:15:28 AM; IP 216.243.176.34 All the FE rods are the same. The C7AE-B were sometimes drilled to fit 13/32" bolts, but were usually drilled for the 3/8" bolt and stuck in millions of 390s. Your C6 rods are exactly the same, just an earlier tool. If they originally came on a 1966 428PI then they would have been drilled to fit the 13/32" bolt, bout were likely drilled to fit the 3/8" bolt. If you install ARP 3/8" bolts and have the rods resized for proper roundness at the higher clamping force of the ARP bolts, then you've got some killer street rods which outperform the PI/CJ rods. The heads are C6AE-6090-R and are the much like CJ heads and were found randomly on maybe a third of the FEs from 1966 to early 1967. Just as CJ heads were cast to fit standard FE valves and then throat dressed to fit CJ valves, your C6AE-R heads can take the CJ valves in identical fashion. There is a 1/4" tall lip in the ceiling of the exhaust port, located at the most external 1/2" of the port in order to properly match the excessively conservative Fairlane 390 exhaust manifold. Just grind the lip off and you've got the CJ-equivalent head. Compression seems a bit steep for the street, but that's a whole different conversation. Be careful that your block is a genuine 428, or else a heavy cylinder 361/391, as there is a lot of false data claiming C6ME-whatever blocks are 428 blocks. In fact, C6ME-whatever blocks were used in 428 applications, just as they were used in 352, 360, 390, 410, 330, 361, 391, and even some 427 applications. External markings are artificial. There are ways to determine which block you really have (search "drill bit test"). You DON'T want to make a powerful engine out of an overbored 390 block that is pretending to be a 428. Beware, the books on the FE are wrong, particularly regarding oil mods. The only weak spot in the FE's stock oiling system is in the capacity of the oil pan in high performance applications. It's a truely great oiling system for a stock FE, as the longevity and very slow wear of stock engines has proven many millions of times. Be sure to search the forum to find critical arguments and answers on building an FE. Shoe.

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Skip Navigation Links.  428 engine -- Don, 01/31/2004 Good mix. -- Dave Shoe, 01/31/2004  RE: 428 engine -- Don, 01/31/2004  Crane 282S. -- Dave Shoe, 01/31/2004  RE: Crane or Comp 282S? -- McQ, 01/31/2004  Comp, not Crane. -- Dave Shoe, 01/31/2004  I used a Comp 282S in my most recent motor. -- Royce, 01/31/2004  RE: I used a Comp 282S in my most recent motor. -- Tim P., 01/31/2004  I think attention to detail is important. -- Royce Peterson, 02/01/2004  RE: I think attention to detail is important. -- Tim P., 02/01/2004  Blueprinting terms -- Royce, 02/01/2004  RE: Blueprinting terms -- Tim P., 02/01/2004  RE: Blueprinting terms -- Tim P., 02/02/2004  Guides -- Royce, 02/02/2004  RE: Guides -- Tim P., 02/03/2004

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