Need your expertise. I think i found the information surrounding this block but really uncertain. I located a rebuilt Long block that i picked up for the old falcon. It appears to be a SBF 302 with the number EOAE D3C and then 4B22 buy the starter. So far i think it is a 302, 1984-Feb 22 with some interesting heads that appear to have no casting but ports for a crossover tube in the rear of the heads. Does any one know anything about this block? Just looking for a base to begin replacing parts on it. One thing i do know is they like blue paint.
Casting numbers for those heads are on the underside near the intake ports. remove the intake manifold and use a mirror to look for the numbers. If a crossover tube can be bolted up on the backside of the heads, they are probably low performance "smog" heads. I have a pair of them in the trash right now.
I am assuming they probably are the same heads. will tear into it tomorrow and check them out. May be craigslist bound soon, since they look to be rebuilt.
Does it have the steel "spider" for roller lifter retainers? Looks like a fuel injected truck engine with a manifold swap. The cast tab on the block under the pass head is one clue. As is the distributor and dual sump style oil pan. The heads may well be Ete7e mustang heads. A lot of trucks use the same heads. Good engine to modify.
When working with an engine with a few blanks in it's history don't forget it could have been set up for a reverse rotation marine application. A buddy got a good deal on a rebuilt SBF, after a few "spells" trying to get it timed to run with some other buddies and failing, they dug deeper into it's history and discovered the machine shop that did the work had rebuilt it for marine use............ Ed
Is that injector bungs welded to the intake manifold? If so, someone was planning on running EFI with a throttle body. The distributor looks to have a TFI module too.
Yup, what he said, that's an EFI distributor on it. Youll want to do some digging. Its probably a good start. No crossover is better. Find some gt40 or gt40p heads if they are low compression ones on it.
The ports in the heads are for the A.I.R {smog pump}system, you can plug them off. That is a computer controlled distributor with a steel gear more than likely, no good unless you want to run a computer. Could be a roller cam, have to pull intake and see if the sheetmetal spider {lifter retainer} is there or not. I think that intake may have been set up for ported nitrous for drag racing instead of fuel injectors. A good base to build on, especially if it is a roller cam.
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