2010 Mustang Stocker

[Damn Yankee]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Rich, its fairly easy to buy all the parts you need to build a 352. The only thing you need from Ford is the heads intake and throttle body. Everything else can be bought through the aftermarket. I would go with the boss block from Ford, its a great piece that needs very little machining.

Steve, not sure about your combo, but my old combo does not using many oem parts. Such as rods, pistons, cam, valves, and on on. Everything you need for a 352 or 428 is available from Ford. Everything else is available through the aftermarket.

Not sure what your point is other than the HP factor, which is really not part of this topic.

Ken, I was looking at the HP classification between the 2010 352 at 285, and the 2013 363 at 330 ? Is this correct 45 more HP in the rating for simply increasing the bore size from 4.060 to 4.125 ? Basically identical engines plus 9 c.i.'s ?

[Ken Miele]

Originally Posted by Damn Yankee

Ken, I was looking at the HP classification between the 2010 352 at 285, and the 2013 363 at 330 ? Is this correct 45 more HP in the rating for simply increasing the bore size from 4.060 to 4.125 ? Basically identical engines plus 9 c.i.'s ?

There are some differences in the combo's. The 352 is now rated at at 312hp for the auto. The 352 has a bigger intake valve, 2.06 vs. 2.02 for the 363. The 352 has 11 less ci, with a 4.06 bore vs. the 363 4.125. All other specs and parts are them same.

On its face the 352 looks to be better at 312hp vs. 330hp for the 363, but I can't tell you why it was rated at 330. I can only guess it was a consensus between NHRA and Ford Racing.

I think it is still a good combo even at 330. The valve size to me is a wash because of the bigger bore, you should get better flow into the cylinders with the less shrouding. I also think it might be a better choice at the present time because there are none out there, you would be able to control future horse power increases.