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Topic: engine block casting number
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1968vert
Journeyman Posts: 5
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Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-30-2003 03:46 PM
 
The casting number on the engine of the car I'm thinking of purchasing reads C8AE-6015-B.How do I find out if its a 289 or 302?The seller says that the car was factory ordered with an early 1968"C" code 2 bbl/195 hp motor,but my research with the vin tells me that it came with a 2V 289.The DSO is 24 Jacksonville,Fl.,but the assembly plant is Metuchen,NJ.Can anyone tell me what this means,I'm very confused,  and want to get the facts straight.
Thanx, Glenn
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lreeder
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Houston, TX 77090
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-30-2003 04:18 PM
If it's a C code it's a 289. 68 302 would be a J code (and a 4V). At that time, Ford was beginning the phase out of the 289. The only 100% acurate way will be the crank casting number. 1M is a 289, 2M is a 302. Metuchen is where the car was built. Jacksonville is the distribution center it was shipped to.
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1968vert
Journeyman Posts: 5
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Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-30-2003 04:41 PM
Thanx Ireeder!!
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bibbs68
Gearhead Posts: 1732
From: Medina, TN
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-30-2003 04:48 PM
Or, if you are as fortunate (if you wanna call it that) to have gotten mixed up in the transition to the 302, you will have a 302 block with the 289 crank, etc.  ------------------
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lreeder
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Houston, TX 77090
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-30-2003 05:42 PM
C8 casting should be a 302 block. Only difference in the 2 blocks is that the 302 has a slightly longer skirt.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-30-2003 06:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by lreeder:
If it's a C code it's a 289. 68 302 would be a J code (and a 4V).
Or an F code for a 302 2V. ------------------
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lreeder
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Houston, TX 77090
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-30-2003 07:46 PM
Right you are. Forgot about the F code.
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 4511
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 07-30-2003 08:13 PM
It's early in the morning, my head is fuggy ... but weren't all '68 302s 4V?
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-30-2003 08:30 PM
No. The 302 2V was a midyear replacement for the 289 2V after the 289 was phased out.------------------
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DONNIE1
Gearhead Posts: 345
From: conover nc
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 08-01-2003 11:30 PM
my blk # is D90E 6015-E9A..what would you call that...I say its a 351W..small block///OK...give me YOUR answer...thanks..D
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phat460cid
Journeyman Posts: 2
From: Beach Park, IL USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted 05-08-2004 08:53 PM
C8OE-6015A decodes as follows:
C=1960s
8=1968
O=Fairlane/torino
E=engine, engineering
6015=????
A=289/302??? 2V or 4V
8E20 stamping decodes as:
8=1968
E=May
20=20th dayWhat gives with the "O" for a Fairlane/Torino? The engine has 302 4V heads on it and a C-4 tranny, and the door tag said it was put together in may of 1968 in Metuchen NJ. Was it commonplace for Ford to stick engines/trannys alotted for fairlanes/torinos during mid-year production? Or am I looking at a non-numbers matching block transplanted into a 68 GT fastback? thanks for weeding through the long post. Any help is appreciated.
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whiteknight289
Gearhead Posts: 1391
From: Wheaton, IL, USA
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 05-08-2004 10:41 PM
phat460cid,
6015 is ford's part number for almost every engine block they ever made.
In Ford lingo, the prefix and suffix will tell you the application for the individual parts, the middle number is referred to as the 'basic' number. Almost all engines will have 6015 as their basic number.
Now, just because the prefix is C8OE doesn't mean it was only designed to go into a 68 Fairlane/Torino. Many car lines shared parts for many years, and Ford did not create a separate casting for each individual car line.------------------
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phat460cid
Journeyman Posts: 2
From: Beach Park, IL USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted 05-09-2004 01:01 AM
quote:
Originally posted by whiteknight289:
phat460cid,
6015 is ford's part number for almost every engine block they ever made.
In Ford lingo, the prefix and suffix will tell you the application for the individual parts, the middle number is referred to as the 'basic' number. Almost all engines will have 6015 as their basic number.
Now, just because the prefix is C8OE doesn't mean it was only designed to go into a 68 Fairlane/Torino. Many car lines shared parts for many years, and Ford did not create a separate casting for each individual car line.
Knight289:Thanks for the quick reply...now if only I can get the 460 cid out of it and return the 302 to its proper place-between the fenderwells. 
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