410

[mustang_170556]

now, i understand that mercury had an engine called a 410. i also know that it's just a 390 with a 428 crank that is externally balanced with flywheel and the harmonic balancer. i just want to know which vehicle that mercury offered these engines in. i also heard that ford put left over 410's in their trucks instead of 390's. if someone could tell me where i could find one of these i would truly appreciate it.

[R Pope]

The ones in trucks are hard to find, they are identified as 390's on the build sheets. I've seen quite a few of them cause guys fits when they go to overhaul their "390" and the parts don't fit!

[SnakeHerder]

I've got a 410 out in the shop, but it's bored .060 over to be nearly a 428. It ran well, and did use the 1U crankshaft found in the 428 engine. This one had the C8AE-H heads, ID'd as either 390 GT or 428 depending on who you talk to. Big valves - close to the C8OE-N heads that are on the car now. Also had a "S" code 390GT intake, and the free-flow 390GT exhaust manifolds when I pulled it from the Shelby.

I'd offer to sell the thing, just to get it out of my garage, but shipping from California would be brutal!

[Dave Severson]

Many years ago, I pulled a couple of them from Mercury Montclairs, don't ask me the year!!! Both of the ones I found were in the Merc's with the electric roll down rear window.... Maybe '64???? Hopefully someone who still has an active memory will come along and verify the year!!!!!

[buccaneers_97]

Hey Dave. The car that you pulled the 410 out of was probably a 1966 or 1967 as they were the only two years that the 410 was used in the Mercury cars. I have a 410 that I just pulled out of a Mercury Park Lane. I was going to bore it out to be equivalent to the 427 or 428 but wasn't sure how thick the remaining wall would be. Any help on whether I could do this or not would be greatly appreciated. Thanks