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Jan 14, 2000 | 03:18 PM

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Looking for more info on FE heads. The numbers are 2153 head bolt 575 On a diffrent subject timing covers. which is better newer or older and why the design change. thanks in advance.

Jan 14, 2000 | 07:32 PM

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Jan 14, 2000 | 08:07 PM

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The casting #'s are located between the two middle sparkplug holes and usually start with a "C" or a "D" followed by a # and two or three letters.

Jan 14, 2000 | 08:35 PM

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The casting numbers are as posted above, also these heads are a little different in exhaust area by the design, Instead of thin casting ridge into a much thicker area. The top is thin all way to the valve cover lip. Sorry about the way of wording casting numbers. Again 2153 head bolt 575 Also thanks again. Timing covers ???

Jan 14, 2000 | 09:09 PM

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ok I found a listing for 5752143 they were on 1959 332,361 from code 96A my book says also have 5752142 1958-1959 332,352,361 to code 96A combustion chambers are the same 70.4-73.4 so far thats all I can find. hope this helps . book dosn't list 5752153 only 4's no 5's but thats just what my book has good luck if i find any thing else i will post.

Jan 15, 2000 | 05:09 AM

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Sorry for any confusion on my part. I can't say that I ever saw an older set of these heads, nor do I recall anyone ever commenting on their characteristics (good or bad). I guess my personal preference would be to stick with a set of heads which were either original to my application or go with a set of "proven" heads for performance. These may be valuable to the restorer of that vintage FE.

There is a forum which discusses only FE related issues. Perhaps you can get additional information there. Go to www.fomoco.com and link to the tech forum. Use the search feature on that forum to find recent thread which mentions this other "FE-only" Forum. As to the timing cover, I'm going to suspect it's also from an early vintage FE since it doesn't have the traditional C or D prefix. I have nothing to back that up though.

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Jan 15, 2000 | 10:40 AM

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In the Ford Truck Enthusiasts tool bar select links then when the links come up on the left of screen go to Ford Car Sites then scroll down you should see the site FE CLUB of AMERICA. You might find more info thru them goodluck.
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