Hey, I'm not to familiar with my car, and am very interested in becoming more familiar with it. In my latest quest to determine which engine was in my 72 maverick grabber i stumbled across this forum. However i did not find the answer to my question and was hoping i could get more help. Here's the deal. From the forums I learned that i could tell the engine from the VIN. From this technique i learned that the car was built stock with a 200. However; The car was totaled a few years back, reconstructed, and a new engine was ordered from New York. So the stock engine does me no good. Any advice on how to tell what engine was dropped in my car? I have spoke to the previous owner and he believes it was a 170 that was dropped in but he doesn't really know for sure.
This is from the link I sent you in above post. The freeze plug is a round piece of metal that is concave shaped a little bigger than a quarter and is inset in the block you should be able to see them if the block is clean. Freeze Plugs: The 144/170ci engines have 3 water jacket freeze plugs which are visible directly below the exhaust manifold, while the 200/250ci engine have 5 freeze plugs. This is the easiest way to distinguish the 144/170ci from the 200/250ci engines.
Thanks, Glad you all like it And thank you again, Mike. Will be sure to check that out next time i have a little free time, hopefully tomorrow if it's not dark already when i get home.
I know for sure it's not a 250, its either 170 or 200. i guess hopefully i can see those freeze plugs and determine tomorrow.
In the summary it also says a 200ci-4 main (whatever that is) only has 3 freeze plugs as well while the 200ci-7 main has the 5 freeze plugs...and the only way to tell the difference between the 170ci-4 main and the 200ci-7 main is the block code.
You are correct, upon more reading I saw that statement as well. I guess it is a mystery until further investigation is done
I suppose so, I guess i'll look for that block code then and see if i can tell...if not i guess i'm on my own not knowing unless i wanna get the bore or whatever it is! I'll check it out a bit and let you know, maybe if i clean the engine up a bit i can see something!
I spent a little bit of time searching around for that Block Code. No luck, I found a lot of numbers...a few letters, but nothing which really struck me as the block code. However, i have no idea where to look...So if anyone knows where the block code is on a 170/200 ci please explain to me, and pictures are very helpful if at all possible!
Tyler, Go to this Ford 6 site and ask questions about your engine: http://fordsix.com/forum/ Also, here is a great reference book for hopping up your 6: http://www.falcon6handbook.com/ Ken
Does this look like the metal tagging for the block code? If so, does anyone know how to tell from here the engine? Also, I am not sure much about cars...Is this tube meant to lead to nothing or does it need to be reattached to something?
