[misfit41]

with all respect Mr bandit,,I think we're beating a dead horse here,,I am sure your correct about why the 460 ended up in lincolns and the like,the first thing I remember seeing them in were the huge 75 { I think}t birds,then the 350 econolines,we had lots of problems with them holding up in ambulances in the early stages.
The fe's were being phased out for a more adaptable design,the 460's were retro fit to 351 and 400 trannys and such.At the same time epa was coming down on the car builders,the trend was big cubic inches and low compression to keep emissions low and inable using unleaded gas,while keeping some small image of performance,,then came the ugly stripes and decals,the cars of the mid/late 70's werent fast but they tried to make them look like it.
I suppose since it is in the same design of the 429 a 460 could be considered a performance engine adapted to general use,and I will give you this,when you take a huge displacement engine with average heads and fuel delivery ,combined with very low compression { like the stock ones were },then throw in good flow,,high compression and hot parts,you do get awesome horsepower on the cheap,this is kind of a throw back to the early hod rodder days when guys took huge caddy and olds engines ,added hot carb set ups and cams to get big power for small bucks in the early rods,I am all for it,,
I saw the link to the 427 2 bolt main blocks,actually i have the ford book that is from ,what i dont understand is this,while I have heard and read a couple times that early 427's werent cross bolted,I havent talked to any one who has actually seen one,on the other hand,I have seen very late 406 blocks {Nascar}that were crossbolted from ford,it is natural to assume these were the 427 predessors,why would it be both ways ? dosent make since to me,,but oh well,,
I still have a headline from a daytona paper after the 500 in 1964,," Fords Flew,and Chevys Blew"
ya gotta love it,,,Tk