289 or 352 engine?

[Retro Jim]

Hi Pamlico yes I know the c means 289 but the vin also says there is a 2 bbl carb the engine sitting in my ford has a 4 bbl carb and there is a 352 number stamped in one of the heads that is on the drivers side that is what made me curious. I'm on a fixed income so I had planned on buying small parts for the engine during the winter so I had them available in the spring but don't want to buy anything without knowing for sure what engine I have. I can't do anything for now the car is wrapped up for the winter

Doesn't matter what the VIN code is because that engine could have been swapped in at any time . That was done a lot back then .

Jim

 

[allen]

If it has 352 on the left front of engine it is definately a FE. Either a 352 or a 390. They both had 352 on the front of engine. Hard to tell which one without pulling a head or looking at the rear of crankshaft flange but about everything is interchangeable on both engines.

Here is one way I did it take a pencil into the plug hole at the lowest mark the pencil at the highest mark the pencil measure in between. if it is 4 inch its a 390 3and 3/4 352

 

[JeffB2]

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