heu guys i just got rebuld motor from one lady , her husband died or what happend i dont know, but i have engine and i dont know if it 289 or 302 ... im new to these motors how do i know what kind of motor this is? its v8 old motor and i dont see no serial number on that engine so any tips would help alot . thanx

 

Well, the 289 and the 302 are the same motor, pretty much. Any 302 is just a bored out 289, they are all on the same block. Do you know what year the motor is? Look all over the engine to see if you can find any numbers at all and then post them on here and maybe we can help you out a little bit more.

 

heres all the numbers i could get from engine( dorman 555-028 on head ) 14 some kind of tag
d9ze
12127
CA
9c-06
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HFP on water pump
516/2E
J9ZE-8516/2E

THATS HOW THER WERE IN ORDER I FOUND ON ENGINE BUT IT WAS NOT ON THE BLOCK thats all numbers i could find there. what year ? i have no idea (ON VALVE COVER SAYS POWERED BY FORD)

 

I'll look on the internet to see what numbers those are for, it almost sounds like a 302... Oh another thing I forgot to add and something to re-ask you, do you know what vehicle it came out of? What year the engine might be? If it is a small block v8 it could also be a 260.

 

i have no idea wich car that motor came of the lady who i got motor from dont have car or have any idea , but i took valve cover of and it looks like some body put brand new springs valves and everythink looks new under cover there still greace on those valves motor never was installed after rebuild ,,, theres any way to find that out ? from what car that engine from/ thanx

 

where was the code, J9ZE-8516/2E , found on the engine that will help a LOT.

 

it was on water pump i dont see not even one number on the block at all. im gona try to look more and try to find some numbers ,today i looked and did't saw nothink .what is the hp power on 260,289,302 v8 stock if you know. thanx man, do they look all the same size wize? im asking because i just got in to those old american cars im masing with japanise cars right now, but i wana switch to american muscle cars ...

 

actually the bores of the 289 and 302 are both 4" its just the 289 has a shorter stroke. thats why they revved so high back in the day when they used them for road or rally racing.

anyhow, good luck.

 

lol, good switch from import to domestic. Well there are different versions of these engines. The small block ford, when it began gaining popularity in the mustang, slowly went up from the 260 to 289 to the 302. As I was saying there are different types of these engines, there was the boss 302 which was putting out around 320 horse power to the 302 HO which we find in the fox bodied mustangs which puts out between 190-225 hp. These engines were put in anything from cars to trucks and they all have various HP ratings. But if you do have a 289 or a 302 that is not a high performance engine such as the boss or the HO it's probably pushin around 200 hp. Does the engine run or do you know. As for the numbers that you got off the water pump, all that you found is ford's casting number for the water pump lol, take a good look at the engine tomorrow and look all around the block. Get it cleaned up and see what numbers you can find on the actual engine block and you can go from there. If anyone else wants to help explain some of this stuff please do!

 

your cast numbers so far read
d9ze

d= 1970's
9= the 9 year of the 70;s
z= ford mustang
e= engin componet

so far you got a 1979 302 .if the numbers off the block are the same that is what it is .