When people say side oiler they probably are thinking of the 427 cammer.
Lots of other ford blocks were side oilers.
Nyet, nyet. Scott's right. The original 427s had a different oil flow path through the engine. Ford modified it for racing purposes, and that is the origin of the "side oiler." It gave priority to the main bearings and crank.
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When people say side oiler they probably are thinking of the 427 cammer.
Lots of other ford blocks were side oilers.
Nyet, nyet. Scott's right. The original 427s had a different oil flow path through the engine. Ford modified it for racing purposes, and that is the origin of the "side oiler."
Would that be the one that we knew as “Boss”….that had intake valve diameter of 2 1/4”. Pretty much dwarfed the infamous Chevy 2.02’s”! memtb
2.19 intake valve.
I thought that the 4 barrel Cleveland was .2.19” and the Boss was 2.25”……I guess that I remembered wrong! I think I confused it with the port outlet size! ☹️ memtb
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Not going to claim it as the best but fords 4.6 v8 pulled some serious duty in hordes of crown Vic’s, mustangs and f-150’s
I’ve got one in a 2009 F-150. 226,000 VERY low maintenance miles. That truck has been outstanding! I can say the same for a 2006 Chevy with a 4.8. It has been just as good.
Working for a competitive make dealer for so many years, it kinda pains me to say that one of the most durable "modern " engines I've seen is the 2.2 chevy 4 cyl. We had a customer with a fleet of a good many 2.2 S-10 service trucks, and I can attest that the people driving them daily didn't give 2 s**** if they blew up or not. They'd drive until they couldn't. Usually the major problem was bad radiators, but I can't comment as to whether it was because of poor design, or the lack of maintenance the fleet had before we took over the work. They usually came in filthy inside and out, and some of the techs didn't want to deal with them because the inside of the cab smelled like they filled them with dirty socks and underwear every night when they were parked. Usually just needed P.M. or tires or a radiator if it had never been replaced
