[olddog]

The FE started at 331 cid. The 352 FE is the same bore and stroke as the 351W and 351C and it compares very well to the two 351, even the 4V 351C.

There were many heads that went on the FE engines. They are not all the same. The tunnel port heads on the 427 held their own against the 426 Hemi on the Nascar tracks, even though the Hemi design has quite an advantage. The FE has quite a good record in racing.

Not all FE are the same and to lump them all into one group is silly.

As for the early Hemi designs (there were many) in the fifties. A lot of them had 2 barrel carbs. I do not recall any of them coming from the factory with two 4 barrel carbs. They made good power for what they were in their day. The 392 was very popular for a while. The 426 dwarfed them, and they were soon all but forgotten.