Editing Ford FE engine (section)

====Custom automobiles====
The FE engine is used extensively in custom installations.  The extensive availability of multi-carburetor and other exotic intakes, as well as many other "dress-up parts", has contributed to its use where the engine would be shown off.  FEs powered the original [[Batmobile]]s built by [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]] for the [[Batman (TV series)|1966 TV series]].  It fit under the hood along with the Bat-ray, Bat-ram, a nose-mounted aluminum chain slicer and all the associated support hardware of the 5,500-pound vehicle.  One dragstrip version was equipped with a Holman-Moody prepped 427 FE with dual quads, which would be launched in second gear and spin its tires the entire quarter-mile length of the track.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Drag Digest, Volume 2 No. 18|date=May 19, 1967|title= Bat Car Wows 'Em at Lions}}</ref> In 1968 Carroll Shelby created a custom Mustang using a California Special model and an experimental Ford 428 FE (known as a CJX, precursor to the 428 Cobra Jet). This "Green Hornet"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/19/1968-shelby-exp-500-fails-to-sell-at-barrett-jackson-despite-1/|title=1968 shelby exp 500 the green hornet|author=Jeremy Kozniewski|date=2013-01-19|access-date=2013-07-06|publisher=autoblog.com}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=this is a blog. Do you have a reliable secondary source (book, magazine, newspaper, etc.)|date=February 2014}} had a custom independent rear suspension, four-wheel disc brakes and a Conelec electronically controlled port fuel injection system.  It had a 5.7 sec 0-60 time and 157&nbsp;mph top speed, versus a factory 428 cu in FE [[Shelby Mustang#1967 Shelby GT500 and 1968 Cobra GT500|Shelby GT500]]'s 6.5 second 0-60 and 128&nbsp;mph top speed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features/c12_0601_muscle_car_comparison/1968_shelby_interior_engine.html |title=1970 Plymouth Hemi 'cuda Vs. 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 Vs. 1968 Shelby "Green Hornet" Prototype - Muscle Car Comparison - Motor Trend Classic Page 4 |publisher=Motortrend.com |date=2006-06-12 |access-date=2014-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hemmings.com |url=http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2006/09/01/hmn_feature1.html |title=EXP 500 &#124; Hemmings Motor News |publisher=Hemmings.com |access-date=2014-02-28}}</ref>

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File:Wiki Ed Roth pair of FEs.jpg|Pair of FEs used in an [[Ed Roth]] custom
File:Batmobile from 2003 Car Exhibition.jpg|[[Batmobile]]
File:Wiki 3 dual Paxtons on xram in Cobra.jpg|An FE with dual [[Paxton Automotive|superchargers]] in a tribute to the [[200 M.P.H.|200 mph Cobra]] made famous by [[Bill Cosby]]
File:2011 Ridler Award Winner with Ford SOHC.jpg|2011 [[Detroit Autorama|Ridler Award]] winner – 1956 Ford Sunliner with an FE SOHC (Cammer)<ref>Eric Geisert. [http://www.streetrodderweb.com/events/1102sr_59_detroit_autorama/index.html Meguiars\'s 59th Annual Detroit Autorama.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605215848/http://www.streetrodderweb.com/events/1102sr_59_detroit_autorama/index.html |date=2011-06-05 }}''Street Rodder Magazine,'' page 53. Accessed: 2011-07-10. (Archived by WebCite at)</ref>
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