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Old 01-27-2004, 03:55 PM
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Most common sizes that you may encounter:

260
289
302
332FE
351W
351C
351M
352FE
390FE
392W (Ford Crate Engine)
400M
406FE
410FE
427FE
428FE
429
460
514 (Ford Crate Engine)

Engines that look the same:

260,289,302

351W,392W

351C,351M,400M

332FE,352FE,390FE,410FE,427FE,428FE

429,460,514

Some of the other guys will have to chime in with the bores and strokes. But here are some:

302 is 4.00" Bore
351W is 4.00" Bore, 3.5" Stroke
I think the other 351's are the same bore and stroke

390FE bore is 4.050", 3.98" Stroke

Pretty sure the 406's, 410's, and 428's have the same bore, 4.130". Of course the strokes are different.

427's have a 4.230" bore, 3.78" stroke.

As for the stroker engines...yeah it works the same. You can throw a longer stroke in an engine and get more cubes....

i.e. 351W, .060" overbore, 4.100" stroke = 425ci.

You can get that with aftermarket stroker cranks....you can't really interchange cranks in Windsor motors like that....but you can put a 400M crank in a 351W and get more cubes. Most of the FE engines will interchange cranks, which will allow different cube combos.

That should get you started. The FE and 385 guys can give you the specs on the FE engines.

Once you fill up your list with the bores and strokes, you can do the quick math and come up with the displacements. For the most part, Ford small blocks won't interchange cranks...There are too many different blocks and not enough displacements. Chevy made it easy because they had so many small blocks...302, 305, 327, 350, 400....All you had to do was swap cranks. However, the 260 thru 302 engines had a different diameter crank journal....the 351's are kinda by themselves, then you have the Cleveland and Modified engines....which will interchange I think. It's just a big jarbled up mess.

Do you have anything in mind? Are you trying to come up with a certain displacement or engine? It would be easier to help out that way....hehehe
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