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| If it says 427 on the rear, it's probably a 360. |
| By Dave Shoe - 06/24/2003 8:48:24 PM; IP 216.243.176.34 |
More 427-marked blocks are actually 360/390 pickup truck engines than real 427s.
Note that Ford frequently used the rear moldface of the 427 sideoiler to cast up 360/390/410/428 blocks of the late 1960s, but there were typically no other performance mold segments installed in these blocks.
The rear moldface will have both the 427 text marking and also the sideoiler "figure-8", but since the figure-8 leads to nowhere, it's not exactly a valuable feature.
You will not find performance cylinder cores, and generally will not find reinforced cranksaddle webbing in these blocks, either. Typically, they're DIF or CF castings, not MCC castings.
Steve Christ has the defacto book on FE identification titled "How to Rebuild your Big-Block Ford". Pat Ganahl also has a great book which contains a section on the FE, but again the standard errors are present. FE forums are the only place to get the latest, greatest, and correctedest info. These books may also be chock full of identification errors, but either book will get you in touch with what you need to know, and both are readily available new or used.
Shoe. |
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