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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: FERoadster on September 18, 2020, 01:44:59 AM
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Asked on the 332-428 FEForum and no reply.
It's in an EDC block that seems to be cast in 1958. It's a rebuilder block I bought about 25 years ago and just stored it,
Pistons are L2116 and are +030. Bore measures at the top (no ridge) 4.015 and the piston at the top 3.985. Seems to be too small a bore for a 352 but did 332's have a smaller bore? Crank measures a 3.50 stroke, So is this a 332 block with a 352 crank? Piston is barely below the deck.
Richard >>> FERoadster
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Off this website
Displacement Bore Stroke
332 4.000 in (101.6 mm) 3.300 in (83.8 mm)
352 4.002 in (101.7 mm) 3.500 in (88.9 mm)
360 4.052 in (102.9 mm) 3.500 in (88.9 mm)
361 4.047 in (102.8 mm) 3.500 in (88.9 mm)
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You measured wrong place......Measure the piston 90 degrees from the pin
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The only FE, that I know of, that has a smaller bore than 4", is the 330 truck engine @ 3.875.
The 4.015 bore diameter with a piston that is marked .030, is very different and I think the only thing that you can do now, is pull a piston and confirm the measurements and any casting numbers that the piston might have.
I believe the 78 marking, is a hold over from the early Ford era. The 1946 heads, were marked 59A. The 5 being the design date.
I was looking on Ebay for FE pistons, last night for a '58, 361 engine that I will get soon and found a set of NOS, Sterlings brand pistons for a 332, with no valve reliefs. They looked a lot like yours but, the front marking was the usual notch. The part # was 216P.
Added:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-1959-Ford-Mercury-Edsel-FE-332-NOS-Sterling-030-Piston-Set/143519747149?hash=item216a718c4d:g:1K4AAOSw1OBeCqry