SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: 1972Challenger on May 12, 2011, 08:54:50 AM
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ok so i have been trying to find info out on this motor.. and im getting mixed results...
is the FORD 390 a bbf or a small block?
how much power(stock) does it have?
things of this nature.. any info is good info.. thnx
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It's a big block engine, sort of. It's not as big as a 460 and it's definitely not a small block. It's from the Ford seires of "FE" engines. HP depends on year, carburetion, etc. Many different cylinder heads. If you have one in a boat it was probably around 300HP or so. Probably my favorite series of engines, since that's what I learned first. 332, 352, 360, 390 410, 427, 428 were the sizes available. Came out in 58 I think and was used into the 70's in pickup trucks.
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i read something like that. that its a FE series... and all my buddies said it was a small block.. ha i guess they are wrong.. thanks for the info..
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Good motor! I would consider it a Big Block, same as a 396 Chebbie.
2 experiences I have with the 390 were both "police interceptor" versions. 1 was in a '66 Fairlane a bud had when I was in HS. VERY strong 14 second car, and a ton of fun. The other, about the same time frame, we put in my pops old '75 1 ton dump truck.....got the motor cheap, he needed it, why not? :screwy:
Truck would pull anything, and haul over 2 tons without a hiccup while towing the little backhoe he had at the time. :thumbup:
Didn't know anything about ferds back then. Still don't, really, save the 460, but nearly 30 years later that engine still impresses me.
Ray
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Is this in a boat you have? If it is you're probalby not to far from me if you ever need a hand with it let me know.
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ya its in my '72 challenger..... all i know about it is that i have a holley 4 barrel single pump, 650cfm carb on it with edolbrock log and snails... other then that im pretty sure its a stock motor.. rebuilt 4 years ago.. atleast thats what the guy told me a year ago... i ran it last year and got a top speed of 55... i have a jacuzzi wj pump