Ford engines
, liking the 302 c.i.d., belong to a series of engine families.
Count number of bolts on the valve covers. Five bolts indicate an FE family engine; six bolts belong to the 90-degree family; seven indicate either a 429 or a 460, and eight bolts means it is either a 351 Cleveland, 351M or a 400.
Casting Clues
Various casting numbers or codes further identify a Ford eight cylinder.Ford besides placed stickers identifying the engine on either the air cleaner or the valve insert. These may as well be gone, as parts obtain changed and stickers wear absent. The leading affair when identifying Ford engines comes from component changes, wear and modifications, making a serial number search combined with other identification techniques necessary.
Bolt Counting
Ford's V8 engines are Everyone division of a family, including: the Y-block, the 90-degree and the 335 series. Spotting a Ford eight-cylinder is little, on the contrary Everyone family has its own identification methods and using a incongruity of techniques is recurrently fundamental.
General Identification
Ford's trademark engine colour is "Ford gloomy." All of Ford's eight-cylinders were originally this colour, nevertheless may be adamantine to inspect after agedness of employ.On cylinder heads, the 351 For instance, the engine displacement is stamped in the valley and is visible when the valve cover is removed. Engine block casting numbers are normally located on the passenger's side, halfway down. These codes will give the date and year of manufacture, but not the engine displacement. Using deduction from the methods mentioned will give a good idea of the engine size. If not, the crankshaft casting number will be needed.
