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What the biggest motor you can cram into a 68 F100 is? It has the 360 in it currently.
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Any Ford Truck engine or car engine will go in them.
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are we linited to older ford engines or can we go out on the modify the inner fenders and frame binge? how about a 4 1/4 over the road cat engine? it will fit with a few mods.
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428 is as big as I ever went. I suppose the Cat engine might be alright but don't know how it would handle with a tandem steering axle on the front end! :hmm:
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You could go to a 534, but it was physically a very large engine and heavy.

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How much money do you have?

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As has been said any gasoline powered ford car or truck engine will fit with varing degrees of dificulty. All the older stuff (FE's, Windsors, Clevelands, Limas) is just a matter of finding the right combination of parts.
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goodtimejonny wrote:What the biggest motor you can cram into a 68 F100 is? It has the 360 in it currently.
Just curious.
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Seen an SOHC 427 squeezed into one! WOW was that cool. I'll have to find the pix on line, if I can.
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FORD428CJ wrote:Seen an SOHC 427 squeezed into one! WOW was that cool. I'll have to find the pix on line, if I can.
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That is an easy stuff the engine in trick. The SOHC is the same width as any FE at the block mounting area. The Heads overhang the block but F series truck have plenty of room on the sides for clearing a FE and more that enough room on the front for the chain case.

I drove a SOHC 54 F1 with top loader and that was a really tight fit.

Try stuffing a SOHC into a 67 Mustang it fits but if not for the top plugs you would never tune the engine.
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