![]() ![]() All the rod journals you can slightly catch you fingernail across the grind surface, I haven't removed a main cap yet. I'm telling all this as sort of "the rest of the story" This engine has been BEAT on. The pistons are Fomoco, C8TE 6110 H, which I code out to be C8=1968, T=truck, E=engine, 6110= parts group, pistons(I think) H= I don't know. Rods are all C7AE B, I don't know if that's beginning of Part # or Engineering #, which I code to be C7=1967, A=auto, E=engine, I can't find what the B stands for, maybe 2nd version or a revision. It has Clevite bearings that DON'T fit the full width of the insert surface of rod and cap. 010 under-size, there are 3 stamped letters, prob people who did the re-grind. The crank has been reground and re-balanced. Looking at the crankshaft I find No visible part or engineering code, crank is still in the block. You remember, no block casting # but we have casting date 47A and I believe is A=Jan, 4=Day, 7= 1967. So what is it? Bore 4.03, Stroke 3.75, says it's a 390 (Don't pick on me for being thousandth or two off) done with digital Vernier Caliper a couple of times. ![]() Well I had a chance to get into the short block this thread is about. I have cyls soaking and will pull front cover, gears and chain to take cam and lifters out of the stuck situation. Hoping some of you can clue me in what I have. It and the long block were sitting in a leentoo out of weather but exposed the atmosphere. I know I have to free it up to measure the stroke. I know rods are # ed from new assy, didn't think pistons were, especially top and bottom. I'm thinking this engine was balanced other than factory. 6 of the pistons are in their respective holes, the two that aren't are just opposite where they should be. The pistons are numbered, 1 thru 8, on the top in center and they are numbered underneath on the lower wrist pin boss. The pistons have 4 valve recesses, plus a circle recess in the middle. 037, there is a patina on the wall surface that I cleaned a bit to measure the bore which should be 4.04 for the 360-390. Finally in the lifter galley between cyl 3 and 4 is 77. Next near the surface where the oil filter base bolts on is 47A. On left SIDE forward is 48 DIF, which I'm aware is the foundry where it was cast with the 48 being a code possibly for who cast it. On the rear behind the flywheel is 352 over the top of 62. The ever present 352 on the left front of block. This engine is stuck at this time, but the reason I want to identify is there is NO ridge on the cylinder tops and it could be a very sound engine. In regards to the short block there is no casting # on the block. I took way to many credits for this.Hi All, I acquired 2 FE engines. The Nickel in higher quantity at a certain point becomes a bad thing. Meaning it's totally bogus on "high nickel" I use a lower nickel rod in certain areas of the block when welding but its for a "softer" weld. 29/50071-2this X only pertains if it's upside down LOL It shows up on any sort of Ford casting, even Model T Ford blocks. If you hear someone claim that their block is "high nickel" you can be sure of one thing - that guy has no clue what he is talking about.ġ915 Model T Ford touring Black of course!ġ968 Cougar W code 427 GT-E Madras Blue / Turquoise interiorġ968 Cougar GTE 427 Augusta Green / Saddle Nickel content in a higher than normal amount is not desirable for cast iron cylinder blocks. I know from experience that F, G and H were 427 cores. ![]() Those blocks might have been used for industrial and marine engines, but they were also used to make up replacement automotive short blocks for warranty and service. CX appears on 428 blocks made after car production stopped. The C seems to have been used if the block had 428 cylinder cores. In the foundry those marks on the rear bulkhead were used to indicate cylinder core thickness content of the block. The CX scratched into the sand core on the rear bulkhead of FE blocks is another matter. JerryIt shows up on any sort of Ford casting, even Model T Ford blocks. I read this in book about Ford block ID, wich also stated CX to be industrial use block. ![]()
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