Well i would not say that. The 385 block Fords were a darn tough engine . In my youth i had big block Fords And trust me on this the 390 i built was one tough engine and it got ran HARD every Friday thru Sunday and made many a trips from Ohio to D C in the off seasons and more then likely set a couple land speed records between Ohio and Ft. Gordon Ga. on three day passes , it did get a year off while i was in Nam and we won't go into all the street racing it did as it was supplemental PFC income on the weekends Then the 88 460 in my F 350 4X4 cab and Chassis that got the wheels run off it , I got it with 62 K on the clock and oil field refuge not well taken care of every U/ Joint was OUT under side packed in MUD I built a flat bed for it and bought the Gooseneck and started running it from east side of Ohio out to the big creek running to sale and hauling stuff back , some weeks and i am not joking here i was changing oil twice in a week due to miles run , i never worried about the Mule and would load the wagon and go . The one sale in Ill. i ended up with a 806 D with cab duals and full weight pk ft. and rear with loaded tires and about ten tractors later i snagged a nice 1066 with cab duals and full weights , I was NOT making two trips and they both got loaded and off we went . The 460 had no problem pulling it at 55-60 until the first hill east of I 71 on US 30just before the top i had to drop to second and two more times across 30 . I ate one rear end and a Bushel basket of U/Joints and one clutch in 287000 miles and it would use one Qt. of oil between changes and it also loved to munch ECM'. , always carry a spare ECM and two u/joints behind the seat . And oh it would pull better then a Cummins , Never complained about fuel mileage only once and that was the night i bought a K 2 Gleaner out in Plymouth In. , I got both heads with it and i pulled the grain head and put the corn head on and put the grain head on the racks i had with it partly up on the gooseneck and setting on the load levelers then tucked the corn head up under the grain head . When i left the sale around 6 in the evening and head east i was fighting a vary stiff head wind and was having a hard time keeping 55 Mph and eating gas i sucked the ft. tank dry around Columbia City and wondering if i was going to make the east side of Ft. Wayne . I made it to the fuel stop and put 35 and a half gallons in it in a 36 gallon system . Thinking that ya know this is NOT going to work . i need to change things and in the back of the lot i unloaded the combine and turned it around and backed it on and tied it down and pulled out , still in the head wind but 200% easier pulling across U S 30 , many don't know that it is and up hill drag to the Ohio line going east but it sure is . Just by turning it around reduced wind drag . and i made the what 270-290 miles on home and still had a half tank left . No i never complained about gas mileage with a 460 , Many did but none ever made the change of timing gears , the cam in the 460 was the same cam that was used back in the late sixty's early 70's just the key way and timing marks were changed and if you changed that and advanced the ing. timing to 36 Degrees at 2000 and run high test they picked up mileage and OH wait Power . I sold that truck to a farmer in western Ohio and about 14 years ago i was headed home with the semi across U S 30 and i saw it coming up a side road . You could not miss that truck as it had a different paint job then any other . It got a factory recall on a list of issues including the paint and i took it in with around 111000 miles on it and the Ford dealer that did the work also did the paint job . I asked the body shop manager if he would two tone it for me and i would make up the difference and he said he would two tone it at no extra charge . And strip it . I have nothing but good praises over there work as they DID A PAINT JOB EVERYWHERE , all glass was removed all the insides were removed every inch of that truck was painted from top to bottom when Horse and team got done with it . Horse was the body shop managers name , I worked in several dealerships in my younger days and worked with some rally good people BUT never ran into a Body shop that did that kind of work before , one of my Jockey friends even brought his truck up from Athens for them to redo . I have had several V 8 engines last me well over the 100000 miles and they were NOT babied , Road Runner 383 176000 miles a 340 Duster 178000 miles .
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