A friend of the family is building a 52 Ford truck, we already ordered the Mustang front end with the rach and pinion and have all of that finished, and the frame is Boxed. We have the chance of getting a 428 (I believe) its from a 68 car, with 39,000 origanal miles mated to a C6. Is this a good engine? What are the pros and cons?? Thanks you.

Its a sweet engine, they are really quick, they are a fe style engine. Do you know if its a plain 428, 428CJ or a 428SCJ engine. The 428 is the big brother to shelby's 427 engine and most of the shelby power options will bolt right on. The 428 was a mustang GT optional upgrade engine in the 60's.

yeah the 428 is an FE block the 427 was the real performance engine though it had a shorter stroke and a bigger bore. There is an oiling issue with some of the 428's depending on year. I don't know which years of the top of my head. It really depends what he is trying to build if that is the right motor for him, and like the other post said if it is a CJ or SCJ which I doubt. If the goal is a reliable big block with tons of power then go for a 460 but if you want the nostagia of a FE and something fairly streetable then the 428 would be a good way to go.

hey gordon-most of the FE oiling Issues that I've known of are the center oiler 427's not being as good as the side oiler motors...

John, yeah I think you are right. Never mind the oiling coment. It has been a lon time since I have thought about or touched an FE.

The oiling problem involves all FE's. The oil passage that drops down into each Main Bearing never lined up very well from the factory so at high revs there is a problem of smooth oil flow. Keep the revs below 4000-5000 and there should not be a problem for a bone stock engine.

They didn't last for 20 years of production for nothing.

When it comes time to rebuild then simply smooth the passage with a dremal or die grinder to aliagne the passage to the hole in the main bearing.

BTW buy that 428!!!

Eric