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You are wrong about a block cast in 76 or 77 having the 10.310 deck height. If your block had the suffix A2A, then it might have the 10.310 deck, but if the block was cast with A2B suffix, it will have the 10.320 deck irregardless of the D1VE prefix.
Like it was mentioned in the first few posts.....
The D1VE Tell you what year the part drawing/moulds/etc were apporved (D1), the car line that was charged for the design effort (V - Lincoln), and what divison is assoicate with the part (E - Engine). The 6015 is the basic engine block engineering/drawing number.
Take the next generation of 460 blocks. The D9TE drawings was released for production in 1979 (D9), the Truck line paid for the engineering (T) and again the E is associated with the Engine division.
Like the Boss 429 block, C9AE, was released for production in 1969, paid for by the Galaxie car line as the B9's were first going to be used for racing in the big car line.
JMO
You are wrong about a block cast in 76 or 77 having the 10.310 deck height. If your block had the suffix A2A, then it might have the 10.310 deck, but if the block was cast with A2B suffix, it will have the 10.320 deck irregardless of the D1VE prefix.
Like it was mentioned in the first few posts.....
The D1VE Tell you what year the part drawing/moulds/etc were apporved (D1), the car line that was charged for the design effort (V - Lincoln), and what divison is assoicate with the part (E - Engine). The 6015 is the basic engine block engineering/drawing number.
Take the next generation of 460 blocks. The D9TE drawings was released for production in 1979 (D9), the Truck line paid for the engineering (T) and again the E is associated with the Engine division.
Like the Boss 429 block, C9AE, was released for production in 1969, paid for by the Galaxie car line as the B9's were first going to be used for racing in the big car line.
JMO
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 01-14-03 AT 09:46 AM (EST)]BTW....when Ford or any car company say the deck height is 10.310 or 10.320....these dimensions are what is known as nominal or even opitmal. They are the lowest deck height but they can be greater. They have to devise a mould/core box/sand box casting to acheive this deck height after all the machining is finished.
If you could gain access to the Ford drawings for the D1VE blocks, there were at least 3 of them released for production, D1VE-AA, D1VE-A2A and the D1VE-A2B. The D1VE-AA had thick main webs (for 4 bolt mains but came as two bolt mains also) and a deck height of 10.300, the D1VE-A2A had thin main webs and a deck of 10.310 (or maybe a 10.310 deck also) and the D1VE-A2B had thin main webs and a deck of 10.320.
If you could gain access to the Ford drawings for the D1VE blocks, there were at least 3 of them released for production, D1VE-AA, D1VE-A2A and the D1VE-A2B. The D1VE-AA had thick main webs (for 4 bolt mains but came as two bolt mains also) and a deck height of 10.300, the D1VE-A2A had thin main webs and a deck of 10.310 (or maybe a 10.310 deck also) and the D1VE-A2B had thin main webs and a deck of 10.320.
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