# 360 fords **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 21, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966 "2009-09-21T20:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/1 "2009-09-21T20:50:03Z")
How much HP did a stock 1976 ford 360 fe engine put out? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/2 "2009-09-21T20:54:45Z")
About 215 HP. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/3 "2009-09-21T21:09:32Z")
On its BEST day… ---
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/4 "2009-09-21T21:15:35Z")
so… did anyone ever put one to the test? or are we all guessing? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/5 "2009-09-21T21:22:13Z")
The wiki article says the 360 was in Ford trucks from '68 to '76, and that the '68 was listed at 215 hp. That’d be gross hp, I guess, net would be what, 80% of that? ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/6 "2009-09-21T21:27:15Z")
These were smog engines. Designed for low emissions and low manufacturing cost. Two barrel low RPM truck engines. They were reliable, smooth and lasted a long time. Those looking for POWER dropped in a GT-390 4V engine rated at 325hp. Same block, but a different bore and stroke ratio, different heads and intake manifold. With MILLIONS of 390-428 engines available, nobody wasted their time trying to re-work the lame 360’s ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/7 "2009-09-21T22:20:50Z")
Hmmm…the phrase ‘boat anchor’ comes to mind… ---
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/8 "2009-09-23T02:15:15Z")
You are probably thinking of the 400. ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/9 "2009-09-23T10:09:09Z")
True but they made a great ton truck engine,the ones I came in contact with held up very nice despite the constant abuse they suffered-Kevin (no substitute for CID, if you are hopping up-go for a 406 or 410,410s are pretty easy to find in old Mercurys) ---
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/360-fords/36966/10 "2009-09-24T16:18:52Z")
yeah, all the ford stuff can take a lot of crud, kinda like an AK-47, can be packed full of dirt, and still shootin.