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Ford 390 FE - Build A Low-Buck Street/Strip FE

A budget 500hp 390? We'll show you how we did it.

By Jay Brown, Photography by Jay Brown
Comp Cams 306S Solid Cam Summit CCA-33-247-4 130.00 130.00
Survival Motorsports lifters N/A 65.00 65.00
Comp Cams springs Summit CCA-930-16 143.00 143.00
Rocker-shaft end stands Precision Oil Pumps 120.00 120.00
Headers (DynoMax) Summit WLKL-85041 126.00  
Headers (Hedman) Summit HED-85141   743.00
Edelbrock Performer RPM intake Flatlander Racing   280.00
Edelbrock Victor intake manifold Flatlander Racing   450.00
Holley 750 double-pumper Reman Summit HLY-65-4779 390.00
Holley 850 double-pumper Summit HLY-0-4781C   484.00
1/2-inch four-hole phenolic spacer Summit SUM-G1402 30.00  
1/2-inch open spacer Summit SUM-G1405-1   30.00
Fuel pump block-off plate Summit FMS-M-9351-A302 5.00 5.00
Accel Super Stock plug wires Summit ACC-4041K 30.00 30.00
Distributor cap and rotor NAPA 9.00 9.00
Duraspark distributor, Reman Auto Zone 40.00 40.00
Distributor advance springs Summit MRG-925D 4.00 4.00
Autolite 3924 spark plugs Auto Zone 12.00 12.00
Fel-Pro complete gasket kit Summit FEL-KS2307 66.00 66.00
Freeze plug/cam plug kit Summit MIL-34036 15.00 15.00
Mr. Gasket intake gaskets Summit MRG-202A 19.00 19.00
Fel-Pro oil pan gasket (Fel-Pro-1817) Summit FEL-1817 14.00 14.00
Engine paint (black and gold) Auto Zone 10.00 10.00
Porting kit Summit SUM-61060 30.00  
Carbide burs for port matching Enco 891-4267/Enco 381-9332 30.00  
By Jay Brown
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e-tek
REALLY excellent article. As a long-time CC and HR reader/subscriber, I can't say enough about the great articles and writing. Thanks for this one, I printed it out and taped it to my 390FE project!
Bob406
Excellent article - print more ford fe articles.
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