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hey, there are casting numbers on every head correct? i have a 351m / 400 and i need to find out what exactly it is so i can order parts and get it ready to install.
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Hey Matt, if you need any help, pop me an email. Also, I have two extra 400s here at the house in various states of disrepair if you need some parts. What is the 400 going into, the ranger? lol.
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its in plainville.... gonna be a simple swap. ive had that motor out prolly 4 times. everything will bolt off old motor onto new motor. change the pan and valve cover seals and intake and bam should run. i havnt compression tested the motor yet so im going to do that this weekend. i need to see what it is so i can order parts
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Matt, where did you get those casting numbers on the head. I just checked the head from the 400 that came out of my 78 Bronco and the casting number on the head under the valve cover is D5ae a-2a. That would correspond to a '75 style casting. I was too lazy to pull the valve cover on the heads in the truck that came off a '70 or '71 400 out of a car, but I would guess that they probably have a cast something like D0ae or D0ve etc. There was also a 8G12 cast into the head on the D5AE head. That is probably a number corresponding to the date cast etc. Others may have better info.
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D5ae a-2a. That would correspond to a '75 style casting.
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Sorry, That relates to the design Number for the part.
D5AE = Engine designed for 1975 Large Ford car.
The last 2 digits are the part design change-up codes.
The 2A tells me it was changed quite a few times.
The date of casting is the 3 or 4 digit number he posted
6m21
December 21st 1976
Now since the 351M was first designed and placed in the 75 Ford cars
I believe the engine is a 351M.
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There was also a 8G12 cast into the head on the D5AE head.
again: a part cast on July 12th /1978 of a 1975 Engine design for a large ford car.
1978 351M.
*NOTE: A 1978 Truck 400 would be cast with a D7TE-A
as the 400 was re-designed and introduced in 1977 Truck.
A 72 400 would have been cast
D1AE-A
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a '70 or '71 400 out of a car, but I would guess that they probably have a cast something like D0ae or D0ve etc.
The casting D0VE-A would be an engine designed for a 1970 Lincoln (ie: 460)
Casting D0AE-A would be an engine designed for a 1970 Large Ford Car.
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Sorry, That relates to the design Number for the part.
D5AE = Engine designed for 1975 Large Ford car.
The last 2 digits are the part design change-up codes.
The 2A tells me it was changed quite a few times.
The date of casting is the 3 or 4 digit number he posted
6m21
December 21st 1976
Now since the 351M was first designed and placed in the 75 Ford cars
I believe the engine is a 351M.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quote:
There was also a 8G12 cast into the head on the D5AE head.
again: a part cast on July 12th /1978 of a 1975 Engine design for a large ford car.
1978 351M.
*NOTE: A 1978 Truck 400 would be cast with a D7TE-A
as the 400 was re-designed and introduced in 1977 Truck.
A 72 400 would have been cast
D1AE-A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a '70 or '71 400 out of a car, but I would guess that they probably have a cast something like D0ae or D0ve etc.
The casting D0VE-A would be an engine designed for a 1970 Lincoln (ie: 460)
Casting D0AE-A would be an engine designed for a 1970 Large Ford Car.
Last edited by Mil1ion; Oct 31, 2006 at 04:44 PM.