Greatest V8 Ford Engines

[rangieman]

Oh so many forgotten [bighmmm]
Best Engines Ever Built By Ford - YouTube (https://youtu.be/S-Ao016VD40)
My Fav of all time the 429 Boss Cobra Jet :burnrubber:

[loanrangie]

427 sohc

[101RRS]

2.7 TDV6 [thumbsupbig] ok seeing you have put V8 in - what about 3.6 TDV8 [thumbsupbig]

[pop058]

Any Cosworth but the DFV if I had to choose only one. BDA a close 2nd. [bigsmile1]

[rangieman]

Maybe i should have added Greatest V8 (Done) [wink11]
But yes nothing like a cosworth or BDA but were not initially a ford engine but Ford did own rights to Cosworth [bighmmm]

Cosworth - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosworth)

[Chops]

Me and Windsor get on just fine [bigwhistle][wink11]

[67hardtop]

Didnt know ford made a decent engine....

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[trout1105]

Didnt know ford made a decent engine....

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I have owned both the 351 and the 302 engines and neither of them missed a beat regardless of how hard I pushed them the 4l LR V8 Not so much, There is nothing wrong with those two Ford V8's.

[rangieman]

Didnt know ford made a decent engine....

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So your never too old to learn then [wink11]

[Bearman]

I have owned a lot of those V8's - 289, 302, 351 in both windsor and cleveland configuration and they were all good motors.

[donh54]

272 Y block! [bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]

[Pickles2]

272 Y block! [bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]
Absolutely, a great engine for their time,...I think they also came in 292 & 312 capacity.
Pickles.l

[loanrangie]

Yep , 312 in the thunderbird I believe and supercharged too.

[pop058]

Everyone is thinking petrol, what about the oilers. I beleive the twin turbo DOHC 4.4 (as used in the L322) has Henry heritage. [thumbsupbig]

[scarry]

Didnt know ford made a decent engine....

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Thats the car your thinking of,particularly the Aussie ones.

the engine was OK,the rest rusted away rather quickly......

[Ancient Mariner]

Ford 427 DOHC

AM

[donh54]

Another oldie (showing my age a bit!) Side valve Mercury - helped a friend put one into a low-light Morris Minor once. Lots of beers, and a red spanner were the main requirements IIRC.

[rangieman]

Another oldie (showing my age a bit!) Side valve Mercury - helped a friend put one into a low-light Morris Minor once. Lots of beers, and a red spanner were the main requirements IIRC.
I bet the morrie diff lasted all of to the end of the driveway:burnrubber:

[Ancient Mariner]

I was looking for a 427 SOHC for my series 2 build but settled for a 428 Cobra Jet


AM

[trout1105]

I was looking for a 427 SOHC for my series 2 build but settled for a 428 Cobra Jet


AM

Very Nice [thumbsupbig][bigrolf]

[uninformed]

Ford 427 DOHC

AM


Typo?

SOHC? Is this the one referred to as the "side oiler"?

[uninformed]

351 twin over head cams, phase four heads sucking nitro........[biggrin]

but seriously the 302 boss would have to be up there winning Le Mans in a tough era.

[Ancient Mariner]

Typo?

SOHC? Is this the one referred to as the "side oiler"? Not a typo as the title said the rarest of the rare.The 427 was available as either side or top oiler with the other FE engines refered to as either top or centre .The cammers were all side oilers IIRC .Talking 40 years ago:wheelchair:

[loanrangie]

Must admit the only dohc motor I am aware of in that era was the coyote.

[Tins]

272 Y block! [bigrolf][bigrolf][bigrolf]

Put one in a ski boat back in the '70s. Nothing wrong with it except the dissy drive, which we finally sorted. Used to get two skiers up no probs, in an old clinker hull that weighed twice what any 'glass boat did at the time. Of course, we were put to shame by the other boats on the Nepean River, but they were mostly Bridge to Bridge competitors.

[Tins]

Everyone is thinking petrol, what about the oilers. I beleive the twin turbo DOHC 4.4 (as used in the L322) has Henry heritage. [thumbsupbig]

The last one in that vid, the PowerStroke, would do me.

[Tins]

Another oldie (showing my age a bit!) Side valve Mercury - helped a friend put one into a low-light Morris Minor once. Lots of beers, and a red spanner were the main requirements IIRC.

Isn't that the FlatHead mentioned in the Vid? Or were the Ford and Mercury branded products different in those days?

[Ancient Mariner]

Mercury introduced 1939 .062"bigger bore and 5 more hp than Ford 239 versus 221 ci In 1946 to 1949 basicaly the same engine In 1949 Mercury got a 4" stroke Ford stayed at 3.750" with the bore the same for both till end of production 1953 [bigsad] and French continued production for about another 37 years

As well as the popular Ardun OHV conversion their was a DOHC made wich was not realy a success .Sorry about pic quality

AM

[uninformed]

Not a typo as the title said the rarest of the rare.The 427 was available as either side or top oiler with the other FE engines refered to as either top or centre .The cammers were all side oilers IIRC .Talking 40 years ago:wheelchair:

SOHC per bank or quad cam?

I use to think Multi cam the only way to go.....now I think the LS3 about one of the best road car engines out there. Compare its weight, COG, size, power output, fuel consumption, ease of service, less parts etc and put it against more tech europien engines etc and IMO it stands out.

solinoid valve control should be the next step in tech

[Tins]

solinoid valve control should be the next step in tech

Renault did that, in a way, in their F1 engines, only it was pneumatic. Electronics were basically science fiction in those days. Seems to me that one of the mob these days would have taken it back up if they saw any merit in it. Maybe they have.

[uninformed]

Renault did that, in a way, in their F1 engines, only it was pneumatic. Electronics were basically science fiction in those days. Seems to me that one of the mob these days would have taken it back up if they saw any merit in it. Maybe they have.

It is being developed. Konigsegg is doing it, maybe others also

[rm_rocky]

351c4v

[pop058]

351c4v

The heart says yes but the head says ( sorry ) no [wink11]

[rangieman]

351c4v
Make a good boat anchor [bighmmm]
Yes the best of the cleaveland engines but by far not the best Ford V8[wink11]

[rick130]

The heart says yes but the head says ( sorry ) no [wink11]Hahaha.

Love it.

The Clevo I had in my old F100 used 2V heads with 4V valves throated to suit.

Torque monster.

The 4V headed Clevos I've driven were amazing above 4000 though.

[Tank]

351 twin over head cams, phase four heads sucking nitro........[biggrin]

but seriously the 302 boss would have to be up there winning Le Mans in a tough era.

The Ford engine that blitzed Le Mans for years (60's) is the Ford FE series 427 side oiler under the leadership of Carrol Shelby, Regards Frank.

[pop058]

The Ford engine that blitzed Le Mans for years (60's) is the Ford FE series 427 side oiler under the leadership of Carrol Shelby, Regards Frank.

Is that in the Ford GT. What about the formula open wheelers. ?

[uninformed]

The Ford engine that blitzed Le Mans for years (60's) is the Ford FE series 427 side oiler under the leadership of Carrol Shelby, Regards Frank.

I’ll have to check my book, but I think the 302 more successful in the GT40s than the 427

[rick130]

Is that in the Ford GT. What about the formula open wheelers. ?F1 used the Cosworth DFV and derivatives that Ford commissioned/financed.

F5000 were mostly Chev based although a few Aussie punters used Repco/Holden's.

[uninformed]

The Ford engine that blitzed Le Mans for years (60's) is the Ford FE series 427 side oiler under the leadership of Carrol Shelby, Regards Frank.

66,67 = 427
68,69 = 302

these both winning their repsective years.

But over all, Looking at the GT40's race history, the most prolific engine used was the 289.

other engines used much less were - 256, 305, 351, 390, 429 and a 496.