heads and blocks
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These numbers only are probably not enough info, I think you are going to have to actually check out the engine. (The heads could have been changed, so even if they were on a particular engine from the factory, this is 38 years later.)
All you need to do is remove all 8 spark plugs to make it easy to turn the engine over by hand. Then use a small (1/4" stick - 8"+ long) to feel the piston position. Put the engine on TDC by the timing mark. Put your stick in the spark plug hole perpindicular to the top of the piston and make a reference mark flush with the spark plug hole. (Remove the stick.) Then turn the crank 180 degrees - you can make a chalk mark directly opposite the timing notch on the harmonic balancer. The repeat placing the stick through the spark plug hole and make a second mark. The distance between the marks is the stroke. 3.5" stroke is a 360; 3.78" (or approx. 3-3/4") is a 390.
All you need to do is remove all 8 spark plugs to make it easy to turn the engine over by hand. Then use a small (1/4" stick - 8"+ long) to feel the piston position. Put the engine on TDC by the timing mark. Put your stick in the spark plug hole perpindicular to the top of the piston and make a reference mark flush with the spark plug hole. (Remove the stick.) Then turn the crank 180 degrees - you can make a chalk mark directly opposite the timing notch on the harmonic balancer. The repeat placing the stick through the spark plug hole and make a second mark. The distance between the marks is the stroke. 3.5" stroke is a 360; 3.78" (or approx. 3-3/4") is a 390.
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Originally Posted by Bob Crain
Where do you find the numbers that tells what block and heads on a 1969
F100 no vin on the door.
Numbers on the heads are C8AE-H DIF FoMoCo 8H17 W25 Right head
C8AE-H DIF FoMoCo 8H22 W26 Left Head
Intake Is C8TE 9425-A 8F24 is it a 360 or 390
F100 no vin on the door.
Numbers on the heads are C8AE-H DIF FoMoCo 8H17 W25 Right head
C8AE-H DIF FoMoCo 8H22 W26 Left Head
Intake Is C8TE 9425-A 8F24 is it a 360 or 390
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We have the heads of the motor top of piston is 4" with a little over 3.5"
stroke it has ben worked on at one time or another.
it has Headers and electric points.
I have 1969 F100 short box with a 240 c.i. , a 1972 costom with a 302
and a 1973 F250 with a 360.
Just got the 1969 F100 ranger .
stroke it has ben worked on at one time or another.
it has Headers and electric points.
I have 1969 F100 short box with a 240 c.i. , a 1972 costom with a 302
and a 1973 F250 with a 360.
Just got the 1969 F100 ranger .
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With a margin of error by .280" with a 4.00" plus bore (?), would that be 4.050", 4.060", 4.070" or 4.080" overbore?
I carry in the truck at all times 3 pieces of 3/32" Tig rod, one at 4.045", 4.125", 4.225" (dreamer size) plus a length of 1/8" brazing rod at 3.78".
With these any quick check of a motor can be performed including oversize bored blocks. Just as fast and safe vs getting a caliber ripped off or lost if in the truck all the time. Replacing a Helios isn't cheap.
I carry in the truck at all times 3 pieces of 3/32" Tig rod, one at 4.045", 4.125", 4.225" (dreamer size) plus a length of 1/8" brazing rod at 3.78".
With these any quick check of a motor can be performed including oversize bored blocks. Just as fast and safe vs getting a caliber ripped off or lost if in the truck all the time. Replacing a Helios isn't cheap.
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