Thread: 58 Edsel engine
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Old 10-15-2020, 04:49 PM   #9
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Default Re: 58 Edsel engine

Ford had a lot of different cranks and bore sizes with the FE series engines. They were Fords original versatile engine. None of the other Ford designs of the time were available in so many different configurations. Not all were FE since they had an FT in the design category for trucks but you add them all up and it's a lot of different engine sizes.

The Edsel 361 had high compression applications that made it different than the 360 which was actually for light duty trucks only but didn't have the FT designation since it was not a big truck engine. The 359 was an FT engine but still had the same bore and stroke as the 361 and 360. It was a one year only engine and had too many truck like components such as the timing cover front mount and the small port truck heads.

The 410 FE was short lived. It was only used in 66 & 67 Mercury cars. They simply used the 428 crankshaft in the 390 style block.

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