by Society Staff - reprint with permission only The Ford FE V8 engine was used so extensively that we decided to break the description into three segments: early passenger car applications, late passenger car applications, and truck applications. Introduction The Ford FE engine was the company's...
by Society Staff - reprint with permission only The 390 CID V8, which is actually 390.06 CID, had a bore of 4.05" and stroke of 3.785". 1961: The 390 was introduced for the 1961 year in Ford passenger cars. It became the most common FE engine as it was produced from that date until 1971. The...
The 406 CID engine was released in mid-1962 as a high performance engine - replacing the 390 high performance engine. It was not fitted in vehicles in any other configuration, unlike the 352 and 390 before it. New, more efficient, cylinder heads were fitted for the first time since the...
by Society Staff -reprint with permission only 427 CID Ford's 427 V8 was introduced in 1963 as a replacement for the 406 CID engine. Like the 406, it was only available in high performance applications. The true displacement of the 427 was actually 425 cubic inches, but Ford called it the "427"...
by Society Staff -reprint with permission only 428 CID The largest FE-series engine was the 428 CID engine. Depending the 428 CID V-8 was a stroked 406 CID V-8. Its bore and stroke was 4.13"x 3.98". The 428 was introduced in 1966, in two configurations. The standard 428 used the standard FE-series...
The 410 was a stroked 390 CID, using the new 428 CID crankshaft and rods. It is unclear why Mercury chose to use this version when at the same time the new 428 was available. It is rumored that these engines were basically 390 CID blocks that were merely fitted with the 428 CID crankshaft at the...
Race Engine Only - The 427 CID SOHC Version The Ford Single Overhead Cam (SOHC) 427 V8 engine, familiarly known as the "Cammer," was released in 1964 to maintain NASCAR dominance and to counter the Chrysler 426 Hemi engine. The engine was based on the high performance 427 side-oiler block,...
