k204drek Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Just wanted to know if anybody has ever tried or succeeded in putting a 360 ford motor into a z car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenG Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I thought a big block was one 400 or more cubic inches? I could be wrong though. Also, there is a forum for Ford V8s. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/forum/15-ford-v8z-tech-board/ Edited March 1, 2012 by BenG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 BenG, Big blocks are a different casting to the Small bocks, bigger all over, bore/stroke and external size. A stroked/bored Smallblock can get close to a stock bigblock, but a Bored/Stroked Big Block can get HUGE displacements... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six_Shooter Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Just speaking of small block versus big block displacements in general, there are small blocks that are built with displacements equal to or larger than many stock big block displacements. In the Chevy world there are some 454 small block chevys. This takes a special block and components, but the point is it's not displacement that determines the difference between small and big block, but the casting itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenG Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Ah good to know! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 This link has an informative chart - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FE_engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky280zx Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 360 is a small block the 460 is the big block version, i have a 1968 Ford F100 with the small block 360, they also came with the 460's but mostly in the 4x4 versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 There's a 360 that's a FE block, which many consider a "big block" as that was the same block as the iconic 427 in the mustangs. But the much more common motor, that the OP might have been referring to is the 460, which came in most F250 trucks and E2/350 vans. They can be found in just about any junkyard any day of the week. They can be bored and stroked up to 545ci. There's also well priced aftermarket aluminum heads and intakes too. Cranks, rods, and piston options are all reasonable too, but what can kill you building these things is all of the little things. All in all, it's cheaper to build up a windsor motor displacement for displacement. The upside is that you get so much more displacement at the buy in price, and you get better rod-stroke ratios from the taller deck. I'd rather have a mild 429FE than a 427windsor myself, unless space or weight was really that huge of a concern. I've thought for years about building a FE for my Z, but I just don't think it's a great idea. They will produce over 300lbs of torque off idle, and doesn't take much to get them to produce over 400lbs. I've seen guys with 550+ ci getting over 700 ft on engine dynos. That's a lot of torque for a car as small as the Z, especially considering practical tire size limitations. Maybe down the road I'll put one in a Jag, or maybe a cougar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTech Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 In the picture the block is for a 360/390, but just out of personal experience its much easier and cheaper to build a 460 based ford big block. And not to dis anyone, but the most common 460 based stroker is a 557ci using a .080 overbore and and a 4.500in stroke crank. If you get real crazy some of the stock 460 blocks can even go to .130+ overbore. If you want to find out more or see if I'm dropping bull take a look at http://www.460ford.com/forum/index.php I know this mainly from working on pulling trucks and mud drag trucks in central NE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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