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Ford ThunderBirdFord thought they'd take their own stab at the nostalgia business. There are quite a few last-century icons that wear the blue oval. For a revival subject, why not use a car famous enough to have been the subject of Beach Boys songs, starred in George Lucas movies, and has been gone long enough to be missed? Why not indeed. In 2002, the Thunderbird was reborn.
Just got my project car. It's a really nice no rust project, the unfortunate part is that it's in pieces. A quick inventory showed me missing the crankshaft. The guy at the parts store says his computer shows a setup for a 390 and a 390fe high performance. I'm pretty sure through all my research that it's just a 390 but can someone tell me for sure?
Also the cam appears to be in good shape and the lifters show little or no wear but they were not labeled in the order they came out. Do I have to start over with new cam and lifters?
Thanks, I'm just getting started and don't want to screw up the heart of this baby.
if im not mistaken the only difference between the 390 and 390fe with respect to the crank shaft is one is forged, one is production cast. how old is th emotor, mileage etc? if ur gonna go with a new cam and lifters get a performance camshaft and a nice set of lifters (should be close in price to that of the stock units anyways). personally id swap the cam and lifters just to be on teh safe side. you seem like you really wanna take care of this car. if the motor/ car has been sitting for a while id suggest a compression test once you get the new crank in. make sure everything is good to go before you go to cruise with it.
now snap some pictures of that muh fuggah!!!
Travis
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1965 Tbird - lots of help needed 
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