Specifically, a 427 side oiler. Like any engine build ... Officially known as FT engines (Ford/Truck) instead of FE engines (Ford/Edsel), the 361/391 engines all used steel cranks, and all ...

The Ford 427 FE is no longer in production, but the 427-cubic-inch Boss crate engine, derived from the Ford 351 small block, carries on the company's racing spirit and provides some serious ...

To do that, Ford engineers took their existing FE-series V8 and made several ... In the early years of the Ford 427's development (1963-1965), the engine used a design called the "top-oiler ...

The automaker's answer was a 7.0-liter, 426-cubic-inch displacement engine. It used the same block as Ford's earlier 427 FE V8 but incorporated numerous performance upgrades to improve power output.

However, the FE also came in 390, 406, 410, 427, and 428 cubic-inch displacements ... When it comes to engine diversity Ford has always been a leader and the Total Performance years were no ...

Both employ a wealth of engine building and tuning experience ... clothing void of special modifications--basically Ford's legendary Cobra FE 427 as it was in the mid-1960s when it powered the ...

A: Charles, the biggest engines Ford offered those years over 400 cubic inches were the 406 in 1962 and the 427 in 1963. Both were big-block "FE" engines and ran very well. Of course, the 427 FE ...

With the 427 “side-oiler” version of its Gen 2 FE and later ... also known as the Elephant engine. The year was 1964, and at the Daytona 500, Ford got its behind kicked by Elephant-powered ...

This humongous V8 proved that American muscle was better than sophisticated Italian V12s on the biggest stage of them all: the 24-Hours of Le Mans. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 24 ...

Specifically, a 427 side oiler. Like any engine build ... Officially known as FT engines (Ford/Truck) instead of FE engines (Ford/Edsel), the 361/391 engines all used steel cranks, and all ...