Steve,
You may have been answering Toms question about general Hipo identification
but you copied my EMAIL in your reply that clearly and specifically only
addressed the question of block ID. Also you made some subsequent comment
about there being more to it than labeling (also including portions of my
post) implying that I didn't know any better. I might also add that there
was nothing in my first post that was inaccurate but somehow it seems that
you choose to interpret it differently than intended.
Steve, please be more careful in your reading of posts and replies in the
future and we can avoid these types of misunderstandings. This is not the
first time that I have seen you misinterpret peoples comments or take them
out of context.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Laifman [mailto:SLaifman@socal.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:12 AM
To: Frank Marrone
Cc: Tom Witt; Tiger List
Subject: Re: Engine Block I.D. needed
Frank,
Thank you for the link, although they are wrong about the HiPo casting
numbers, at least the 289 CID versions.
> Steve,
> I thought we were talking about engine block differences. At least I was.
> Frank Marrone
Although you may have been talking about the bare block casting, which
is not the same casting number, even though the bare casting may not
actually be different. And you CAN tell the difference by the casting
numbers, although unless everything else is there, it still may not be a
complete HiPo.
As for as what "we" were talking about, I was answering Tom Witt's query
on whether he had a true HiPo 289 with a C40E-6015C ID on the block,
behind the starter. He did not appear to just want information about the
block "design", but about whether he had a HiPo engine! So I advised him
about the block (NOT) and where else he can look for differences.
> "can anyone tell me what I have. I'm more curious than I am
> hoping so don't feel you might be the bearer of bad news.
> Thanks, Tom Witt
My referral to the Ford ID's of C3OE-B, C4OE-B 5 bolt, and C5AE-E 6 bolt
were taken directly from Tom Monroe's "how to rebuild your SMALL-BLOCK
FORD" (HPBooks). I believe your web site information is inaccurate in
that regard.
He has a "C4OE-C", which is a standard 5 bolt 289.
Thanks again for the reference, as there are very good pictures there.
Steve
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