Ford 302 Head Casting Numbers

Cylinder heads casting id decode for 260 289 302 351 390 406 427 428 429 460fe boss shelby.

Ford 302 head casting numbers.

Ford and mustang cylinder heads 6090. The boss 302 engine was a 351 cleveland cylinder head bolted onto a windsor short block making the first clevor hybrid. In 1965 this number was changed to c5ae 6015 e for the 289 2v 4v and hi po note the change to full size ford designation and 6 bolt bell housings. The 221 260 289 were originally designed for the fairlane and produced only in the cleveland engine plant from 1962 1965.

We have a list of the small block ford casting numbers used and this should help you determine what you are working with. A ford 302 engine can trace its roots to 1962 when it was first introduced in a ford fairlane. There are different number and letter combinations that designate manufacture dates and other details. Boss 302 cleveland windsor small block hybrid.

Just click the attachments under this message and find your number. Identifying ford 302 cylinder heads is a matter of locating and decoding the casting number stamped directly on the head. Ford cylinder heads casting and mustang cylinder heads casting. These numbers provide a lot of information to those who are familiar with what the numbers mean.

The 351w will follow the same basic rules as the 302. If you have a head with no displacement casting numbers and bolt down sled fulcrum rockers then you have a post 77 255 302 351w head. The 302 heads are routinely switched with those of other ford engines making identification necessary in certain situations. Here we have the venerable e7te pa 5 0l head.

If you have a 302 with rail rocker arms it is a 1968 1977 head. In the 1960s ford started using the numbering structure with the first letter being c. One thing to note is that due to the general numbering scheme of ford s casting numbers you can have the same major casting number for two completely different applications. 221 260 289 302.

Ford kept track of the various parts and castings in its inventory by assigning each item its own unique alphanumeric identification number. Decode ford lincoln and mercury part numbers casting numbers engineering and service parts and date codes. The 1964 289 casting number for all 289s was c4oe 6015 c later an f suffix. It remained in production till the mid 1990s.