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| RE: Engine ID |
| By salid - 08/20/2004 8:17:10 PM; IP 24.119.116.30 |
C7ME-A is probably a 428 PI or CJ
8C19 might be a little early for a CJ, so I might lean toward the block being a PI
C6AER could be found on just about anything from 66 or 67, real good heads, some came with injector holes drilled, some without, put in the CJ sized valves and it is every bit as good as CJ
C7AE-F is the PI intake for the 428
put this all together and you might presume you have a 428 PI engine. When you take it apart, you'll probably be able to guess if it has been apart before. Look for things like gaskets and Ford stamp on the bearing. Check the bore and the crank. To confirm that it is a 428 block, look for the 428 cast into the water jacket and the letters on the back of the block. Then try Shoe's drill bit test to see if the cylnder walls were thick enough to have been a 428.
All of this because it could just be a group of parts or it could be an as built engine. Ford part numbers do not always mean what we think they mean, and even when they do, you could find just about any FE in any car or any combination of FE parts on any FE. You can't stop the production line, and whatever fits might get used. According to SAAC, some Shelby GT-500 owners actually got 390s. You really can't tell from the outside and nobody was the wiser until they took your engine apart and said "Hey, what are these little pistions and crank doing in my 428?" |
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