Y block engine family
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Y block engine family
Our 52 F8 has the 317 Yblock. We had some issues and had an engine from a 1960 F800. Looks to be an identical engine. It is a 332 according to the air cleaner decal. What is the difference in these engines besides the cu.in.? I ask because the information on truck applications seems incomplete compared to car counterparts.
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Our 52 F8 has the 317 Yblock. We had some issues and had an engine from a 1960 F800. Looks to be an identical engine. It is a 332 according to the air cleaner decal. What is the difference in these engines besides the cu.in.? I ask because the information on truck applications seems incomplete compared to car counterparts.
You can't go by the decal on an air cleaner. It is easily interchanged.
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317 is said to be a car (Lincoln of course) engine, where the 279,302 & 332 were truck engines. I'm not sure what the internal differences are car vs. truck. Lower compression, sodium cooled valves, maybe some other stuff.
The links below conflict regarding the 317 as a truck and car offering. A decode of you VIN and warranty tag could tell the tale as to your OEM engine.
But I would bet that 332 will jump right in there. I don't know anything about these other than these links and the usual comments about how hard it is to find parts, countered by the occasional claim that it's not hard, etc.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Y-block_V8_engine
The links below conflict regarding the 317 as a truck and car offering. A decode of you VIN and warranty tag could tell the tale as to your OEM engine.
But I would bet that 332 will jump right in there. I don't know anything about these other than these links and the usual comments about how hard it is to find parts, countered by the occasional claim that it's not hard, etc.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Y-block_V8_engine
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