Bought a 427 need help
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Bought a 427 need help
there is no casting numbers on the engine online found D1F and 2 was under neath it
i found that by the oil filter I think
14 352 another number
engine is not stock punched out, sk 35369 heads forgot the intake but not stock anyways
it has cross bolt mains
How do I tell if it's a side oiler or top oiler?
here are some pictures
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Can you read the casting number on it? (Your 5th picture) Look for a C2.. or C3.. or C4 etc number. You block doesn't appear to be a side oiler. It has only two motor mount bolt holes and no screw-in freeze plugs and no bulge on the driver side. It may be an earlier engine.
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This is said to be a 427 top oiler:
http://www.mustangtek.com/block/images/C5AE-A_02.jpg
Side oiler:
332-428 Ford FE Engine Forum: Sideoiler Identification
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This is said to be a 427 top oiler:
http://www.mustangtek.com/block/images/C5AE-A_02.jpg
Side oiler:
332-428 Ford FE Engine Forum: Sideoiler Identification
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Not a sideoiler for sure.
*May* also be any FE where someone added crossbolts.
Of course someone adding SK heads sure sets it apart from the common FE engine. I hate to say it, but the only way you are going to know what this engine is, is to dig a little deeper into the engine.
*May* also be any FE where someone added crossbolts.
Of course someone adding SK heads sure sets it apart from the common FE engine. I hate to say it, but the only way you are going to know what this engine is, is to dig a little deeper into the engine.
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They don't need to be grade 8.
Anyway, to the original poster. Just pull a head.
A real 427 is worth $40 in gaskets to be 100% certain what it is.
Anyway, to the original poster. Just pull a head.
A real 427 is worth $40 in gaskets to be 100% certain what it is.
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No I don't.
I was saying, you have a C4AE block (all of them came with crossbolt provisions that year, so anyone could easily add crossbolts), there are no screw in plugs, you *think* it's a 427.
So buy the gaskets and pull a head.
Chances are you do not have a 427, but you may..... only one way to REALLY find out, pull a head.
So get a tube of silicone, a set of head gaskets, and set of intake gaskets and find out.
Drew
I was saying, you have a C4AE block (all of them came with crossbolt provisions that year, so anyone could easily add crossbolts), there are no screw in plugs, you *think* it's a 427.
So buy the gaskets and pull a head.
Chances are you do not have a 427, but you may..... only one way to REALLY find out, pull a head.
So get a tube of silicone, a set of head gaskets, and set of intake gaskets and find out.
Drew
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No I don't.
I was saying, you have a C4AE block (all of them came with crossbolt provisions that year, so anyone could easily add crossbolts), there are no screw in plugs, you *think* it's a 427.
So buy the gaskets and pull a head.
Chances are you do not have a 427, but you may..... only one way to REALLY find out, pull a head.
So get a tube of silicone, a set of head gaskets, and set of intake gaskets and find out.
Drew
I was saying, you have a C4AE block (all of them came with crossbolt provisions that year, so anyone could easily add crossbolts), there are no screw in plugs, you *think* it's a 427.
So buy the gaskets and pull a head.
Chances are you do not have a 427, but you may..... only one way to REALLY find out, pull a head.
So get a tube of silicone, a set of head gaskets, and set of intake gaskets and find out.
Drew
i thought only side oilers had screw in plugs?
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whay do we look for when he takes off the heads?
