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Title: are these good heads
Post by: Ratbird on August 07, 2014, 02:36:00 PM

Rarely find FE parts around here so I thought I may buy these. Any ideas how they flow compared to Edelbrocks?

1963 Ford 406 cylinder heads FE series hi performance Bare C3AE 6090C castings

thx, Dave

Title: Re: are these good heads
Post by: BH107 on August 07, 2014, 04:14:35 PM

Quote from: Ratbird on August 07, 2014, 02:36:00 PM

Rarely find FE parts around here so I thought I may buy these. Any ideas how they flow compared to Edelbrocks?

1963 Ford 406 cylinder heads FE series hi performance Bare C3AE 6090C castings

thx, Dave

Those have been on CL over there for a long time. They are not 406 heads, but the standard 390 version of that casting number. They would be comperable to a C4AE-G 390 head, but nothing special.

Out of the box they would be nowhere near an Edelbrock head. With some work they can surpass a stock Ed head, but that work usually costs about what the new heads do.

Title: Re: are these good heads
Post by: Ratbird on August 07, 2014, 04:32:20 PM

Thx a ton Bh107!

I imagine the 390 block for $200 is a crap shoot too then. The guys name is Steve, and he claims he builds very good engines. I think I'll stay away from him.

regards, Dave

Title: Re: are these good heads
Post by: BH107 on August 07, 2014, 06:16:07 PM

Honestly it is a very common occurance with those heads. If you look them up in the books, they come back as a 406 head. But there are several heads with that same casting number, and from the pictures I could tell they were the 390 version. I can't say for sure, but its pretty likely he just doesn't know what he actually has.