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| RE: 390 Code Question |
| By Gerry Proctor - 03/20/2006 6:04:06 AM; IP 137.242.1.15 |
Casting numbers for FEs can helpful in telling you what something is not, but rarely helpful in telling you what is.
It probably is a 390GT, but it could also be something else.
Some clues will be in what else is on the engine.
If it still has the assembly tag still on the coil bracket, that will help decode the application and configuration.
It should also have a Holley carb with a Ford stamping number on the air horn (like C6OF...).
The engine should also have chrome valve covers, open element air cleaner with a chrome top, and chrome dipstick handle.
What you know for sure is that the engine came out of a '66 Fairlane and only a '66 Fairlane. The casting codes and the 14-bolt exhaust flange give that away.
The "S" on the intake means nothing. All Ford FE 4bbl iron intakes used the same casting number.
What made a 390 an S-code for most 390s is the cam, carb, and valve springs. Casting numbers would be otherwise the same.
If the price is fair, I'd probably buy it since it probably is an S-code. |
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