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RE: Pressures of competition did them in
By Mel Clark - 11/28/2001 12:29:29 AM; IP 64.12.101.159
Lots of cubes are available from the 385 series for a lot less money per cube than from a FE.
My preference is the FE series, mainly because I think Ford did a lot more research during it's development due to the level of competition they were involved in at the time. The pressures of insurance rates for Hi-Performance vehicles, possible government regulation on horsepower to weight ratios and fuel economy is what killed the racing research at the factories and that was just as the 385 series was beginning to be put into competition. Ford made a half hearted effort to overshadow the 427s in their various levels of tune with the 429SCJ and Boss and when NASCAR let out the news that the engines would be reduced to about 360 cid all the research money, whatever was left, went into small block engineering. Mainly the 351C engine and it seems a bit humorous that the old standby small block designs are about the only engines to have survived through all of the many changes. Ford, Chevrolet and Chrysler's bread and butter V8s are all originally mid '50s engineering with a lot of upgrades of course.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9602&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9602" onclick="return false;">FE vs 385</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>mike smith, <i>11/27/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9602', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9602') }); </script>  FE vs 385 -- mike smith, 11/27/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9606&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9606" onclick="return false;">RE: apple vs. orange</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>11/27/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9606', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9606') }); </script>  RE: apple vs. orange -- Dave Shoe, 11/27/2001
RE: Pressures of competition did them in -- Mel Clark, 11/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9614&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9614" onclick="return false;">RE: apple vs. orange</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>mike smith, <i>11/28/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9614', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9614') }); </script>  RE: apple vs. orange -- mike smith, 11/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9616&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9616" onclick="return false;">Reality versus dreams</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Royce Peterson, <i>11/28/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9616', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9616') }); </script>  Reality versus dreams -- Royce Peterson, 11/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9620&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9620" onclick="return false;">Not in the same class..........reality vs dreams !</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/28/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9620', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9620') }); </script>  Not in the same class..........reality vs dreams ! -- P, 11/28/2001
 RE: Not in the same class..........reality vs dreams ! -- swede, 11/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9631&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9631" onclick="return false;">RE: FE vs 385</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>RJP, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9631', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9631') }); </script>  RE: FE vs 385 -- RJP, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9640&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9640" onclick="return false;">RE: FE vs 385</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9640', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9640') }); </script>  RE: FE vs 385 -- P, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9647&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9647" onclick="return false;">RE: FE vs 385</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>RJP, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9647', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9647') }); </script>  RE: FE vs 385 -- RJP, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9648&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9648" onclick="return false;">Good info</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9648', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9648') }); </script>  Good info -- P, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9649&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9649" onclick="return false;">RE: Good info</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>mike smith, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9649', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9649') }); </script>  RE: Good info -- mike smith, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9650&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9650" onclick="return false;">unrestricted, the Hemi was better, but</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>mikeb, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9650', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9650') }); </script>  unrestricted, the Hemi was better, but -- mikeb, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9652&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9652" onclick="return false;">Let's put the hemi in it's proper perspective here</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9652', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9652') }); </script>  Let's put the hemi in it's proper perspective here -- P, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9653&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9653" onclick="return false;">RE: Let's put the hemi in it's proper perspective here</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9653', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9653') }); </script>  RE: Let's put the hemi in it's proper perspective here -- P, 11/29/2001
 RE: Let's put the hemi in it's proper perspective here -- mike smith, 11/29/2001
 RE: Good info -- RJP, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9656&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9656" onclick="return false;">chevy type power?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>mikeb, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9656', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9656') }); </script>  chevy type power? -- mikeb, 11/29/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9659&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9659" onclick="return false;">RE: Hemi? Better than what?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>RJP, <i>11/29/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9659', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9659') }); </script>  RE: Hemi? Better than what? -- RJP, 11/29/2001
 RE: Hemi? Better? Only in the minds of MoPar fans -- P, 11/30/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9676&Reply=9602><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9676" onclick="return false;">RE: chevy type power?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9676', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9676') }); </script>  RE: chevy type power? -- P, 11/30/2001
 Hemi -- Rob, 12/04/2001
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