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emilo2008
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how can you tell?

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how can you tell the deference in a 390 and 352 ? i check the vin and it says a 360 was in it i dont know what motor my grandpa's truck had.i need help .i need to start working on it already we had it for a few years already and my dad to it to a mechanic and he replaced some old tired parts and got the motor running. im going to start a post to start to finish. so if you have any f series parts let me know what you got i need both fender inside fender where the battery goes a short bed.
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measure the stroke
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emilo2008 wrote:how can you tell the deference in a 390 and 352 ? i check the vin and it says a 360.
To tell a 390 from a 352 or 360 measure the stroke, the procedure for doing so has been detailed here several time and recently.

To tell the 352 from the 360 is one of the rare times that an FE block casting number might actually be of some use.
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Here is a thread were Keith describes how to measure the stroke.

http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... ure+stroke
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