Ford FE question

[Jeff]

I have a Ford FE question, just learning some things about the Ford motors. I have a FE 360 and a FE 390, all the internals on the 360 are good, forged pistons, fresh heads, but the block has a crack on the outside casting going into the water jacket and leaks. Going to try and get it welded up. The 390 pistons have broken ring lands, block looks good. I am trying to build on a tight budget

My question is for the Ford Specialist, will the 360 crank, rods and pistons fit into the FE 390 block?

I have not measured the bores yet between the 360 and the 390, so I am aware the 390 block will need to be bored to fit the 360 Forged pistons alongs with new rings, bearings and gaskets

The heads should be a direct bolt on along with the intake etc...
Any suggestions ideas would be great, building the motor for my tow truck 73 f250

Thanks Anra guys and gals

Jeff

[Roy]

Same engine block,only the stroke was changed.There is some great advice over on fordfe.com.ROY

[Ron Gribble]

Thats correct.
Also if you want an overview of the FE engine Pat Ganahl wrote a book some years back FORD PERFORMANCE, "Includes all modern ford performance engines" Its dated, but only parts availability has changed. copyright date 1979.
Be sure to measure the pistons & bores if you are swapping. Ford used a wide range of piston sizes to accomodate production variation in blocks.
Ron

[Jeff]

Thank you both Roy and Ron for the info

Jeff