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| The first small blocks were made in Lima. |
| By Dave Shoe - 07/04/2002 4:13:41 PM; IP 63.233.227.161 |
Keep in mind, the V-8 engine chart I made up is false. I'm just having fun with the idea that if it's printed, it becomes fact.
The 221 OHV V-8 smallblock was manufactured in Lima, Ohio at Ford's Lima Engine Plant, not in Windsor, Canada.
Though foundry markings are easily viewed on an engine block casting, I suspect the "W" and "C" designated by Ford for the 351 are more likely to indicate the engine plant than the casting plant. This is because it appears that multiple foundries typically cast a given block, such as the 390 block being cast at both CF and DIF in a given year, but the engine machining lines didn't change very much.
I logically believe the "M" was initially intended to mean "Michigan" by the engineering department, but it was misinterpreted to mean "Modified" by someone in Ford's marketing department, and so the "Modified" name stuck.
It seems to me when someone claims that FE means "Fairlane Engine", it's more reasonable to ask for the origin of the info rather than to accept it as fact without question.
Shoe. |
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