Editing Ford FE engine (section)

{{Infobox engine
| name  = Ford FE V8
| aka   = Ford FT V8
| image = Ford_FE_engine.jpg
| manufacturer = [[Ford Motor Company]]
| production = {{start date|1958}}–{{end date|1969}} in passenger cars; until {{date|1978}} in industrial trucks
| predecessor = [[Ford Y-block engine|Ford Y-block V8]]
| successor = {{ubl
| [[Ford 335 engine|Ford 335-series engine]]
| [[Ford 385 engine|Ford 385-series engine]]
}}
| configuration = [[Pushrod engine|OHV]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| weight        = {{cvt|650|lb}}
}}

The '''Ford FE engine''' is a medium block [[V8 engine]] produced in multiple displacements over two generations by the [[Ford Motor Company]] and used in vehicles sold in the North American market between 1958 and 1976. The FE, derived from 'Ford-Edsel',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzQF9uMUZIwC&q=%22Ford-Edsel%22+%22FE+engine%22&pg=PA32|title=Full-Size Fords: 1955-1970|author=David W. Temple |publisher=Car Tech, Inc.|page=32|year=2010|isbn=9781934709085}}</ref> was introduced just four years after the short-lived [[Ford Y-block engine]], which American cars and trucks were outgrowing.  It was designed with room to be significantly expanded, and manufactured both as a top-oiler and side-oiler, and in displacements between {{cvt|332|cuin|L|1}} and {{cvt|428|cuin|L|1}}.

Versions of the FE line designed for use in medium and heavy trucks and school buses from 1964 through 1978 were known as "'''FT'''," for 'Ford-Truck,'<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Christ
  | first = Steve
  | title = How To Rebuild Big Block Ford Engines
  | year = 1983
  | publisher = HP Books, a division of Price Stern Sloan, Inc., 11150 Olympic Blvd., sixth floor, Los Angeles, CA 90064
}}</ref> and differed primarily by having steel (instead of [[Ductile iron|nodular iron]]) crankshafts, larger crank snouts, smaller ports and valves, different distributor shafts, different water pumps and a greater use of iron for its parts.

The FE block was manufactured by using a thinwall casting technique, where Ford engineers determined the required amount of metal and re-engineered the casting process to allow for consistent dimensional results. A Ford FE from the factory weighed {{cvt|650|lb|kg|0}} with all iron components, while similar seven-liter offerings from GM and Chrysler weighed over {{cvt|700|lb|kg|0}}. With an aluminum intake and aluminum water pump the FE could be reduced to under {{cvt|600|lb|kg|0}} for racing.

The engine was produced in [[#427|427]] and [[#428 Cobra Jet|428]] cu in high-performance versions, and famously [[#Road and track racing|powered]] Ford [[Ford GT40#Mk II|GT40 MkIIs]] to [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance racing]] domination in the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] during the mid-1960s.

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