Fords new "Boss" Block

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Fords new "Boss" Block

November 01, 2006, 06:05:22 PM

Anyone catch news of this?
http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts/part_details.asp?PartKeyField=9085
Sounds like a good starting point if I decide to build a new motor for the Fila

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #1 – November 01, 2006, 08:14:03 PM

This is the "hurricane" engine they've been working on right?

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #2 – November 01, 2006, 08:48:21 PM

No, it's an overpriced 302 block.

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #3 – November 01, 2006, 10:44:10 PM

Anyone remember when Summit Racing was selling bare 5.0 blocks for $300 - $400?

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #4 – November 01, 2006, 10:46:07 PM

They still are, at least in the catalog I have.

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #5 – November 01, 2006, 11:42:16 PM

Meh.

They're $500 now. Almost double the price they used to be, if my memory doesn't fail me. shiznit, I forgot to check and see if they were roller blocks... probably so. You could spend as much as almost $5k for a bare race block. Yuck.

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #6 – November 01, 2006, 11:47:33 PM

Quote from: Ifixyawata;111199

I forgot to check and see if they were roller blocks...

They are roller blocks

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #7 – November 01, 2006, 11:53:07 PM

Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;111201

They are roller blocks

I realized that when the description said "some of the last 5.0's produced". Hell, at that price it's probably cheaper than getting an old non-roller 'converted' over to roller with the price of machining work that would be neccessary.

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #8 – November 02, 2006, 01:17:22 AM

it doesnt ever seem to be released last i heard they pushed the dates of release to next year. i dont know though i dont really keep up on it.

it's like the boss block saposedly and starts off where the last 302 block they made stoped

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #9 – November 02, 2006, 07:43:03 PM

hurricane is the knickname of the newer big displacement modulars....

those 302 blocks are not the production blocks, these are 4 bolt mains....i assume they are some derivative of the 302 sportsman blocks. if i was building a 302 id pick up a sportsman 302. basically a beefy version of the production 302.

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #10 – November 02, 2006, 09:34:08 PM

But 4 bolt mains on only 3 of the mains? Isn't that kinda counter-intuitive?

Fords new "Boss" Block

Reply #11 – November 02, 2006, 10:04:49 PM

Quote from: Ifixyawata;111189

Anyone remember when Summit Racing was selling bare 5.0 blocks for $300 - $400?

They started out at $249... And thats fully machined..

Anybody notice that new block is capable of a 4.125 bore???? Stick a 347 crank in it, and that my freinds is 363cu in of BOSS motor... Trust me they'll sell. The Man-O-War block that is very similar is $2300...

BTW many of the HI-PO engines of days gone by just used four bolt mains on 2, 3 & 4...