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| RE: 352 was competing with the 348, 347, 361. |
| By Mike McQuesten - 10/15/2001 4:03:18 PM; IP 206.193.0.120 |
That's very true. The 352 obviously evolved into legendary big blocks. The 350 chevy evolved from the mighty mouse 265. If there were ever a case of stating that "it goes without saying ...." the small block chevy is one fine internal combustion four stroke engine. I'm not going to go on with what it has proven in all its variations because I start to get nauseated myself with the mouse's track record(s).
I can only speak for myself here, but I enjoy the FE for all of its uniqueness and that it's derived from pure Ford design/heritage. It's a challenging engine, parts acquisition being one of the main ones. But for me it's a great hobby engine to continue putting to the test on the track, strip or street.
A local legend, Dick Flynn, has literally "hand built" an FE into a 355 cubic inch Single Overhead Cam that he and a partner run at Bonneville in an all steel '32 Roadster. I'm not going into details but he took a 427 Sideoiler service block, SOHC heads and a 361 steel crank and basically hand built most of it including the rods, cams, etc. He did some damage to one of the original SOHC combustion chambers while dyno testing last year (Mallory metal shrapnel). So what does he do? He has fabricated his own new & improved 427 SOHC heads from two pieces of billet aluminum.
All CAD work done on his own. The key pad & mouse of his computer are covered in grease. He believes like a lot of us...it's gonna run or why build it?
As a matter of fact I'm shutting this damn computer off and heading over to his shop in a few minutes to see how he's progressing on installing cross bolted mains to my C6ME 391 (4.16 bore) block. |
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