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On late model heads the casting numbers are on the underside of one of the central intake ports and there is often a capital letter cast into one of the outer corners near the valve cover.
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Those are the date codes. 2C2 is March 2 1992 2E4 is May 4 1992. The casting numbers are on the bottom of one intake port. E7's will have a "T" cast into the front corner of the passenger side head and the opposite corner of the drivers side head.
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D8OE.. smog era(1978).. low compression(69cc chambers) small valves(1.78/1.45). Were these on a late model block?
The 2C2 and 2E4 date codes on the top of the heads actually only tell you the year/month/day of the casting mold and you first have to determine the decade with the main 4-digit casting number. D8 = '78 but these parts could not have been made before this mold existed in '72 so that means these date codes are in '82, and that works out because Ford was still building smog era motors using these castings until 1986.
The 2C2 and 2E4 date codes on the top of the heads actually only tell you the year/month/day of the casting mold and you first have to determine the decade with the main 4-digit casting number. D8 = '78 but these parts could not have been made before this mold existed in '72 so that means these date codes are in '82, and that works out because Ford was still building smog era motors using these castings until 1986.
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Can’t seem to figure out when the block is from. Has a tag that says “remanufactured.” Pistons indicate it’s bored 060 over, all sorts of weird stuff. Exhaust manifold was off a 79 Ford Mustang 2, but the cab is a 1985 f250, so that’s what it was sold as! Very little money put into project so far, trying to figure out what’s worth spending. Pulled motor out of curioustiy and to change the rear main seal and started discovering all these weird little quirks.
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Block casting numbers are on the bottom rear, either above the starter or at the very rear just forward of the bellhousing. If it's an E0AE block, junk it. They were thin to start with and with a 60 overbore, even worse now. My dates were off, assumed that these were E7TE heads.
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btw: No Mustang II's after 1978, only available 1974/78. 1974's only came with 2.3L 4 banger & 2.8L V6.
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Third digit is the day of the month not week. I've seen many, many with two digits here so that cannot be the week.
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So, if it was 2C02 or 2E04, then it's the day.
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must have meant 78. Found these casting numbers on exhaust manifold and they led me toward mustang II.
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Third digit being "B" isn't a Mustang part, that would have to have been a "Z" there. Don't recall offhand what that "B" was. Might be Maverick maybe ? Exhaust manifolds were pretty specific to the vehicle it was designed for. But yours being a reman engine, there's no telling.
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Third digit being "B" isn't a Mustang part, that would have to have been a "Z" there. Don't recall offhand what that "B" was. Might be Maverick maybe ? Exhaust manifolds were pretty specific to the vehicle it was designed for. But yours being a reman engine, there's no telling.
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