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Ford bellhousing patterns

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Ford Lincoln Y-block pattern

  • 317 V8
  • 341 V8
  • 368 V8

Ford Ford Y-block pattern

  • 239 V6
  • 256 V6
  • 272 V8
  • 292 V8
  • 312 V8

Ford MEL pattern

  • 383 V8
  • 410 V8
  • 430 V8
  • 462 V8

Ford FE Gen 1 and Gen 2 pattern

  • 352 V8
  • 360 V8
  • 361 V8
  • 390 V8 (the engine in Steve McQueen's Mustang GT 390 in the film Bullitt)
  • 391 FT V8
  • 410 Mercury V8
  • 427 V8
  • 428 V8

Ford early Windsor V8 pattern

  • 221 V8
  • 260 V8
  • 289 V8 - five bolt block

Ford later Windsor V8 pattern

Note: this is commonly called the Ford Small-block V8 pattern, though it is used in some "big block"-sized V8's as well as some V6's and I6's.

  • 255 V8
  • 289 V8 - 6 bolt block
  • 302 V8
  • 351 Cleveland V8 (not the 351M "Cleveland" engine)
  • 351 Windsor V8
  • 400 M-block V8 aka 400FMX (certain 1973 casting numbers D1AE and D3AE, mated to the FMX transmission)
  • 3.8/3.9/4.2L Canadian Essex RWD 90 degree V6
  • 300 I6
  • 4.6L Modular V8 (first two casting runs, numbers F1AE and F2VE)
  • 5.0L V8

Ford 385 V8 pattern

  • 370 V8
  • 400 M-block V8
  • 429 V8
  • 460 V8
  • 512 V8

Ford Big block 335/Cleveland V8 pattern

  • 302 Cleveland
  • 351M V8 (Not the 351 "Cleveland" which uses the small block V8 pattern)
  • Boss 351 V8
  • 370 V8
  • 429 V8
  • 460 V8
  • 512 V8

Ford Taunus pattern

  • 1.2/1.5/1.7L Taunus V4
  • 2.6/2.8/2.9/2.9 Cosworth/4.0L Cologne V6

Ford Pinto EAO I4 pattern

  • 1.6L/2.0L EAO I4

Ford Canadian Essex FWD pattern

  • 2.3/2.5L HSC FWD I4
  • 2.3L HSO FWD I4
  • 3.0L Vulcan V6 (FWD and RWD)
  • 3.0/3.2L SHO V6
  • 3.8/3.9/4.2L Canadian Essex 90 degree FWD V6

Ford Pinto OHC RWD pattern

  • 1.3/1.6/1.8/2.0/2.3/2.5L OHC I4 RWD

Ford Duratec pattern

  • 2.5/3.0/3.5L Duratec V6
  • 3.4/3.6L DOHC SHO V8

Ford Modular V8 pattern

  • 4.6L SOHC V8 (later castings, F3VE and up)
  • 4.6L DOHC V8 (later castings, F3VE and up)
  • 5.4L DOHC V8
  • 5.4L "Triton" SOHC V8
  • 5.4L "Triton" DOHC V8
  • 6.8L "Triton" SOHC V10