Tech Tip #94

Some considerations when choosing an industrial engine - Tech Tip #94

This Tech Tip one of a series that we publish focuses on the Ford Industrial engine family. See for example, our Tech Tip #4, Ford 172/192 Industrial Engines, Tech Tip #24, Ford 300 Industrial Downdraft Carburetors, and Tech Tip #92, Identifying the Ford Dover and Dorset Engines: Five Easy Ways to Tell the Dover and Dorset Apart. The Ford 460 Industrial engine is part of the Ford 385 series family that includes the 429 and 514 engines. As used in industrial applications, the Ford 460 is referred to by Ford as a Model LSG875. However you wish to refer to the Ford 460, either as a Ford LSG875 or simply as a 385 Series Ford, it was Ford's largest V8 until it was replaced in 2000 by the Model WSG1068 6.8 liter V10 engine.Read more