Triton V10 engine tag decoder
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Trailering
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Triton V10 engine tag decoder
Hi,
I'm trying to find an engine tag decoder online or a chart - does anyone know of there is such a thing.
It's a model year 2003 and really just as a matter of interest and to have full knowledge of what I have.
I know it's a 2 valve with the PI/LP (Performance Improvement Long Plug, thankfully) as I can see the casting number on the right hand head.
I'm in the UK so don't have a "local Ford dealer" who would have any clue what I'm asking.
Thanks
I'm trying to find an engine tag decoder online or a chart - does anyone know of there is such a thing.
It's a model year 2003 and really just as a matter of interest and to have full knowledge of what I have.
I know it's a 2 valve with the PI/LP (Performance Improvement Long Plug, thankfully) as I can see the casting number on the right hand head.
I'm in the UK so don't have a "local Ford dealer" who would have any clue what I'm asking.
Thanks
Last edited by grizlyadams; Jan 5, 2025 at 02:55 AM.
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I'm interested in this as well. Hopefully someone comes along with an answer. In the meantime, you might want to start a new thread for the same thing over in the Modular V10 (6.8l) forum.
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Trailering
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TBH, the most stressful part for me was confirming which heads I have on mine - from the right hand front wheel well you can see the part of the head with the casting number - that will tell you which heads you have - can be pretty difficult to read, but it is there. IC2E is what you want to see there - that's the "PI/LP" Performance Improvement, Long Plug Thread head.
good luck in your search - if you do find it anywhere come back and let us know 🙂
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there is 2 sticky threads in this area that might lead to some help https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum49/ the v10 area it self holds a lot of information to be found within the old threads
otherwise what are both of you looking to find out about?
otherwise what are both of you looking to find out about?
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there is 2 sticky threads in this area that might lead to some help https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum49/ the v10 area it self holds a lot of information to be found within the old threads
otherwise what are both of you looking to find out about?
otherwise what are both of you looking to find out about?
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your 2003 was long a safe one, early 4.6, 5.4 and v10's from around 98 or 99 had the short thread issues that was long talked about in the v10 area, yet even some of us that had early 3 valve motors with the first pencil plugs had issues to deal with when the 2 piece plugs broke coming out
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Yep, as mentioned above and very much thanks to this forum, I was able to confirm that I have the PI/LP heads. Thankfully! 😀
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your 2003 was long a safe one, early 4.6, 5.4 and v10's from around 98 or 99 had the short thread issues that was long talked about in the v10 area, yet even some of us that had early 3 valve motors with the first pencil plugs had issues to deal with when the 2 piece plugs broke coming out
If I recall from previous discussions around here, the change from short thread to long thread heads came around the changeover from model year 2002 to model year 2003. Over in the Excursion section there have been numerous threads on this with folks suffering short thread plug blowouts and the EX didn’t begin production until 2000.
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