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Ron Earp · 11-29-03, 01:17 PM

Those mod motors fit (RF did at least one and I though another company did too), and they are wider than the 385!! They are *sometimes* heavier than FE motors. This gets debated ad infinium over on the Cobra forum and it depends on the build - mainly heads, intake, water pumps, etc. FE motors don't have as many choices as SBs and 385s so many of them end up being rather porky. But the 385 could certainly go on a diet too and if iron headed you can forget it (nobody would do that though, I don't think). This isn't heavier and beefer SVO iron block either that many people use.

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Ron Earp Ron Earp Site Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,998 Rep Power: 57	Re: I got a 385 Ford Motor - Where can I put it? Those mod motors fit (RF did at least one and I though another company did too), and they are wider than the 385!! They are sometimes heavier than FE motors. This gets debated ad infinium over on the Cobra forum and it depends on the build - mainly heads, intake, water pumps, etc. FE motors don't have as many choices as SBs and 385s so many of them end up being rather porky. But the 385 could certainly go on a diet too and if iron headed you can forget it (nobody would do that though, I don't think). This isn't heavier and beefer SVO iron block either that many people use.