Posted by Charlie (IP: 172.141.244.131) on August 03, 2000 at 18:57:07:
In Reply to: you can tell... posted by rickyracer on August 03, 2000 at 14:55:36:
The balancer is visibly different and the heads are visibly different from the outside, but I can't tell you exactly how, visit some mustang websites and ask, you'll get a clearer picture. I suggest mustangsandmore.com, its a good source of info like that.
Of course, from the factory all HiPo's had a 4V, chrome vlave covers and air cleaner, and dual point distributor. These can be easily added to a regular 289 though, but the balancer is the key difference. You cannot use a HiPo balancer on a regualr 289. -CP
: without pulling it apart, casting numbers is the only way to tell.
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: : Sorry to sound stupid, but how can you tell a Hi-po 289 from a generic 289? The owner is an old man who has owned the car for many years, and he doesn't really know much about it, other than that it has a locker rear. I can probably buy the whole car for a couple of hundred bucks.