What casting numbers would make my car numbers matching?

[bcmbcmbcm]

Hey folks,
I have searched and I can't seem to find a clear answer.

If I want to drop in a replacement engine, what casting numbers would make my car numbers matching?

I have a late-production (July 1987) LX 5.0. I would love a coast 306 but I would like to keep the numbers matching, if possible.

Thanks in advance!

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I could be wrong, but i don't believe Ford serial matched engines to cars since the old Boss cars.

 

[wythors]

Correct. "Numbers matching" is a Chevy thing.

 

[bcmbcmbcm]

what about the date codes

I have read a few threads here and there ...some talk about casting numbers with date codes. Is this only for older 302 blocks?

 

[4G-KDMP]

i remember reading there is a casting # on the block some where that matches part of your vin #.

 

[wythors]

Ford parts are date coded. The Classic guys get all flushed and wound up about having the proper date coded hoses and clamps and wires on their cars. If you're going that route, you're going to have to do a lot of research someplace other than here.

 

[4G-KDMP]

so there is no # other than date codeing?

 

[Mustang5L5]

i remember reading there is a casting # on the block some where that matches part of your vin #.

I remember that as well. It's on the block under the header opposite the starter. If i remember, the last digits of the VIN number are stamped here.

Of course i have never seen it myself, so no idea if it's true.


Other than that, the only numbers would be date codes, and all the parts for an '87 should begin with an E7 casting number. An E8 or E9 would have come on an '88 and '89 and would not have appeared yet. The block i beleive would have an E7ZE casting number

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I remember that as well. It's on the block under the header opposite the starter. If i remember, the last digits of the VIN number are stamped here.

Of course i have never seen it myself, so no idea if it's true.


Other than that, the only numbers would be date codes, and all the parts for an '87 should begin with an E7 casting number. An E8 or E9 would have come on an '88 and '89 and would not have appeared yet. The block i beleive would have an E7ZE casting number

I'm not so sure they updated the casting numbers from E7, because the castings were exactly the same, so they would've had to change the cast in order to change the number after the letter. So if that makes sense, an '88-89 and so on would still have E7 heads because they never changed the castings. That should be true for the blocks as well.


So, if that's true, then i would assume that pretty much every number on a '90 would be an E7, so would be the same as any other '87-93 as far as what the numbers begin with, so you wouldn't be able to tell what the car actually came with....just that it had the right E7 and not an E6 or E5, because the '86 and '85 were completely different castings.

 

[4G-KDMP]

i found it, this is thread i was talking about.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=623954&highlight=VEHICLE+Identification+Number

 

[dtlionsfan]

On the flat pad behind the rear intake seal will have the vin stamped.I know my 89 was and I did'nt see it till the block was cleaned for assembly.It matches

 

[4G-KDMP]

dtlionsfan

thats the same location '84 ltd lx on the corral site said to look

 

[dtlionsfan]

dtlionsfan

thats the same location '84 ltd lx on the corral site said to look

Sorry,I didn't read the link because I was in the process of posting at the same time.

 

[4G-KDMP]

Sorry,I didn't read the link because I was in the process of posting at the same time.

been there.