[ZeroRain]

alright i need to know what my casting numbers are telling me. im told it came from a fox body bird but not sure. i wiped the oil away and im pretty sure i seen

E0AE
E3C

what do we have here?

 

[jk69cat]

that is a 1980 block beign it has AE on it, it coulda came out of anthing in 1980 .
the 85gt that i had ended up using the block out of had the orginal engine in it and was also stamped E5AE

 

[ZeroRain]

i dont know if its an 80 block. i have another block that reads almost the same but im told its and 84

 

[5.0 bird]

The block was redesigned in 1980. They don't change the casting number unless something about the part changes. I'm pretty sure that's when Ford changed the block to use the 1 piece rear main seal. The A indicates the engine is from a LTD, although it could have come from a number of other cars.

 

[ZeroRain]

it does have the 1 piece rear main if im not mistaken

 

[jk69cat]

i dont know if its an 80 block. i have another block that reads almost the same but im told its and 84

i am telling you that it is, e designates 80's and 0 desingnates 0 so its a 1980 block

 

[ZeroRain]

did the 80's block use the serp belt? i mean a ridged one with a reverse water pump?

 

[jk69cat]

if it was in a mustang yes, if not no

 

[ZeroRain]

im told it came from a bird. but idk. turns out its an 80 like noted above, has a clockwise aluminum water pump, TB injection, two serp belts, and some odd air pump , i think, that sits under the ac comp. any idea what this came out of? and do you think it has a 50oz imbalance?

 

[jk69cat]

80 should be a 28 oz inbalance.

 

[ZeroRain]

now i have an 89 sc fly that is the zero balance one. how much work would be involved in getting it 28 imbalance

 

[jk69cat]

i have never had that done so i cant tell ya

 

[5.0 bird]

SPEC clutches will rebalance it

If your donor 302 still has the flexplate, you can tell if you have a 28 oz imbalance by looking at the flex plate or flywheel. Here's a pic of the difference. The 28 oz is on the left and 50 oz is on the right.
http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2000/09/t5swap/flywheels.jpg

 

[ZeroRain]

well the flex i have looks close to the 28 so im thinking its that one. but when i contacted spec the said they couldnt do it. something about the flys wont work so i said forget it. im gonna get ahold one of my race shops.

 

[jk69cat]

if you want ill price a motorsport for you

 

[ZeroRain]

motorsport? will it have my 28oz imbalance? if so then yea go for it. has to be the sc because thats what my clutch is