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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: westcoastgalaxie on June 01, 2018, 12:40:13 AM
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I am looking at a crank with this casting number and all my books show this as a plain jane 390 crank yet this one has the full groove and is in a 63 center oiler 427. Is this really a 427 crank or is it just a 390 crank someone tossed in during a rebuild? Thanks
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the answer is yes
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Have you measured the stroke?
Sorry, thinking of my 428 stroke.
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Olman the 390 and 427 have the same stroke but different bore sizes.
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Probably a 390 crank. Seems too early to be a steel crank Does it have a $ on it? Or plugs on the side of the rod throws? I can't remember when the 427 steel cranks came out. Wanting to say '66.
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Well there is no doubt it is a cast crank, no $, no cross drill, and yes it’s the same stroke either way I am more curious because it’s an odd duck based on the casting number grooves mains and what the books show. I know they can be wrong but what it really is and more importantly what it is worth to other people is what I am trying to figure out. It’s part of a package deal and I am assessing the parts based on what I will do with them.
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Early performance 427 cast crank.
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Just like the c4ae-b cast crank, they were used in both the 390 and 427s.
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Shocker, a ford part number wrong in a book. Thanks guys this long block is making more sense.
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An old HP book by Steve Christ shows a C4AE-H as forged steel cross drilled for 64-65 and C4AE-AJ as forged steel not cross drilled for 64-65.