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I have a 302 roller block in my garage thats in really good shape that i want to put in my car. My question is are there any numbers casted on the block or on the pistons or anywhere on the shortblock so i can tell what car it came out of. The reason i want to find out is because i don't want to be useing a shortblock from a lincoln because i heard they are different. Is that correct?
 
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Yeah the difference would be the H.O. vs. the non H.O. You definitely want the H.O. I'm not sure how to tell. Is it just a bare block or a complete engine. I would think there would have to be a casting number somewher on the block. Have you looked it over real good?
 

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fastfox86 said:
Yeah the difference would be the H.O. vs. the non H.O. You definitely want the H.O. I'm not sure how to tell. Is it just a bare block or a complete engine. I would think there would have to be a casting number somewher on the block. Have you looked it over real good?
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Its a complete short block.
 

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ummmmm, not quite...Mustangs, trucks and passenger cars shared the same block, crank and rods...pistons were different until '93 when Ford went Hyper with all of them. (edit: in '91 the rods went back to a "dual rib" design in the trucks, and I don't think Mustangs got them until a little bit later.)

The block casting number will be on the passenger side of the block under where the starter would bolt on...if it's out of a '87-'93, it'll more than likely be an E7TE, or F1SE casting number.

If you can see the bottom side of the slugs they should say TRW inside, and E7ZE-something (can't remember the exact part number)
 

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txstang84 said:
ummmmm, not quite...Mustangs, trucks and passenger cars shared the same block, crank and rods...pistons were different until '93 when Ford went Hyper with all of them. (edit: in '91 the rods went back to a "dual rib" design in the trucks, and I don't think Mustangs got them until a little bit later.)

The block casting number will be on the passenger side of the block under where the starter would bolt on...if it's out of a '87-'93, it'll more than likely be an E7TE, or F1SE casting number.

If you can see the bottom side of the slugs they should say TRW inside, and E7ZE-something (can't remember the exact part number)
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i thought that an HO would have a different crank and cam seeing as how the firing order is different. Not all pass. cars and trucks came will roller motors, even if they are FI.
 

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nope...the crank is the same, the cam is different yes, but, the crank and rods are the same
 

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Well i know the pistons are forged. They say trw on the bottom.
 
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