Will 360 heads fit a 390?
Will 360 heads fit a 390?
Re: Is a 390 with 360 heads a 360 or 390? You are correct, all FE deck heights are the same.
Can you put 390 heads on a 352?
The only difference between a 390 and 352 is bore and stroke, the blocks are more or less identical, and quite often Ford would put the same heads on them.
How do you tell the difference between a Ford 390 and 428?
Yes sir , the only way to tell the difference between a 390 & a 428 with the engine setting in the car is looking at the balancer .. A 428 is externally balanced and has a larger harmonic balancer .. The parts numbers on the heads will tell the type heads .
What kind of cylinder head does a 427 Ford FE use?
The C4AE high-riser exhaust port heads were fitted to the 427, so these are rare heads indeed. This raceoriented head had numerous features that set it apart from the stock 390 heads, such as different rocker-stand height, and valve-cover angle. The intake port was the key feature and it was far taller than those on the traditional FE head.
Which is better a Ford 390 or a Chevy 409?
Unfortunately, most car enthusiasts were more excited about Chevrolet’s 409 simply because of its larger size which diminished a lot of publicity for the Ford 390. Even today the Chevy Impalas with a 409 sell for twice and even three times the amount than a Ford Galaxie with a 390.
When was the Ford 390 V8 engine introduced?
The 390 V8 engine was first introduced in 1961 and was Ford’s chance to jump ahead of the all-new Chevrolet 409that was introduced later the same year.
When did Ford start using racing cylinder heads?
As factory involvement in racing took hold in the early 1960s, it developed a specialized racing cylinder head that was used first in limited production lightweight Galaxies and later in the Fairlane Thunderbolt.
What kind of cylinder head does a Ford 390 have?
And because the Low-Riser head isn’t much different than the 390 High Performance or many of the standard heads, you have a huge playing field with which to work. FE cylinder-head identification begins with casting numbers; then, visible identification. This is a 1961 390 cylinder head—C1AE-A.
What’s the difference between the 390 and 427 high performance heads?
Port size doesn’t vary much among these engines. For example, the 390 High Performance head has the same valve and port sizes as the early 427 High Performance head. This means you don’t have to pay 427 prices in your quest for power. Huge differences exist when you step up to the 427 High-Riser and Tunnel-Port heads.
Unfortunately, most car enthusiasts were more excited about Chevrolet’s 409 simply because of its larger size which diminished a lot of publicity for the Ford 390. Even today the Chevy Impalas with a 409 sell for twice and even three times the amount than a Ford Galaxie with a 390.
What kind of car was the Ford 390?
The 390 was used by Ford and Mercury in a large number of their production cars as well as several trucks. Unfortunately, most car enthusiasts were more excited about Chevrolet’s 409 simply because of its larger size which diminished a lot of publicity for the Ford 390.
