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Spades posted:Dad's world is fire. And blood. Please buy your dad an account. Please. Jackie the Mick posted:
Yeah, but the "FE" name for the venerable BBF does indeed stand for "Ford/Edsel". Cop Porn Popper posted:It is not easy to track down parts on. I'm surprised. It was the big block of choice for the Mustang, T-bird, Galaxie; pretty much anything cool in the 60s that came from big blue would have had the FE as its top option. Also, I reiterate: I wish the counter monkeys in my neck of the woods gave half as much of a poo poo as you. Only the old farts at one particular Napa know anything about anything.
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Edsel used the MEL block used in late 50's/early 60's Edsels, Thunderbirds, and Lincolns and is a really interesting design, ranges from 383CI to 462CI, rare, and very difficult to find parts for. The FE block was used in loads of applications throughout the 60's and 70's ranging from 332CI to 428CI (most common was the 390), is pretty common, relatively easy to find parts for, etc.
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wallaka posted:The FE has tons of support; the MEL is rare. They had that dumb canted deck thing like Chevy 348/409 where the pistons formed the shape of the combustion chamber instead of the cylinder heads, which were pretty much flat. Oh, I must have misread. I thought Cop Porn was saying that he was having trouble finding parts for an FE. The MEL, I agree, has very little aftermarket and is probably pretty hard to make power with. I know how that is; I have a Y-block, haha.
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Spades posted:Did I mention the time that during the 1970s fuel rationing, he invented an outboard coal fume gassifier system solely so that he could do burnouts outside of the police station on the days the police weren't allowed to drive? Holy poo poo, wanna meet that dad 
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Spades posted:I will need to urgently part out the remaining body to ensure that my dad does not drop a 565 merlin into it over a weekend, 'because it needed an engine and I had this one not being used'. Sounds like you have an alternate solution to your engine sourcing problem already onhand! 
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