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I need to know how to be sure, it seems that when we bought parts for this truck years ago, they determined it to be an "industrial" 302 ??? I would like to know for sure
It's been a while since I looked at a 292, it should have valve covers that are heald on by 2 nuts in the center on top, one at each end. It has an intake manifold that sits above the valley pan, meaning there is space under the intake manifold. It only connects to the heads and not the motor. In pickups at least there is an exhaust crossover pipe that runs on top of the front of the engine. Hopefully someone else can give you a guide on the casting numbers.
That's not to say someone hasn't put a 302 in it, a lot can happen to a truck in 40 years. Never heard of an "Industrial 302" though, there's not much industrial about them. Don't know why they were ever even put in trucks in the fisrt place. IMO of course.
Just kickin' in with what little I know. There was a line of FT motors, similar to the FE's, the chief difference being increased webbing in the bottom ends, that came in the bigger trucks. 332's? 361? and 391 flavors come to mind, but don't quote me!
There's an easy way to tell tho. All FE's have 352 cast into the front of the block on the driver's side. All FT's have a mirror image 105 number in the same spot.
There was a variation of the Lincoln Y-block that came in 302 and 332 cubic inch versions available in bigger trucks. The engine is longer than a 239-272-292-312. Therefore the valve covers and intake are longer. Also check out the hole pattern of the exhaust manifolds. The y-block has all the holes in a straight line. The Lincoln/big truck manifold holes are staggered (one high-one low). I found this out when I scored a set of ram-horn manifolds and a 4 barrel intake and thought I was going to make a killing at the next swap meet. It was then I found out that I had the parts to one of Ford's orphan engines.
I thought FE's were released to production in 58 in the ill-fated Edsel line, but I have to admit, I haven't a clue as to when the FT line showed up trucks.
Truckfarmer has it exactly right. This 302 is not a 302W. The bore and stroke of the oldie are 3.625 and 3.66. Chilton's says the tune-up specs are: Plugs .030;Dwell 26-31*;Points .017; Ign 8*;Cyl press 150; Valves .020/.020;Idle 500.
Eric
I feel kinda stupid, I went out to look at the bolt holes on the intake ect, and low and behold, under some crud on the air breather housing.......a tag. All I could read was 192 hp, but after some soaking and wiping it says plain as day, 332 ci. It is the y-block just as you described, Truckfarmer. Thanks so much for the help. would the specs be the same 626mer???
I will attempt to post some pics I took this morning in the picture section...check them out and see my new toy.
Kinard2, don't feel stupid for one minute. I have a '65 F250 with a 352 and thought for years that if it had 352 on the block, then they must all be 352's. I got into a friendly arguement with a guy who should know about Fords and was trying to tell him that the motor that he was pushing for a 390 was really a 352. I had to go back and eat crow so I learned about that the hard way. I attended the annual All Ford Picnic at Champoeg Park near Aurora, Oregon this past August, as I have done for the past 18 years and there was a 1962 Ford fire truck there that looks very similar to yours. The owner told me that it had an FT motor in it with a displacement of 391. That was all new to me and now that all of these knowlegable gentlemen have posted their thoughts, I am a bit wiser about these motors. This is a great place to hang out. Wish I had more time to do so. Steve
I got to rambling and forgot what my original intention was. The owner of the fire truck told me that he had great success getting all of the motor parts he needed from his local NAPA. He said that there are a lot of those FT's out there still going strong. Steve