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302 or not
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302 or not
I recently purchased a supposed Cobra Motor. I'm a newbe as far as this is concerned and the code that I see on the block is 34 E7TE CA. What does this tell me?
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| SuperHart |
09-17-2008 03:26 PM |
This would most likely be a 1987 302 motor, E=1980s, E7= 1987. The "T" might designate this as a Truck motor but I'm not certain.
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| Three Peaks |
09-17-2008 03:27 PM |
The code looks like it is a 87 (E-80's), (7-year), but I'm not aware of any Cobras being produced by Ford at that time? For some reason I'm drawing a blank, but I don't think the Cobra II was built in that year- besides it wasn't a real cobra anyway by most accounts......:)
About the only way it could be a "Cobra" motor is if someone had it in his replica.
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| puppster |
09-17-2008 07:14 PM |
Is it possible it came out of one of the AutoKraft cars that were sold through Ford dealers in that time frame. I can't remember the year, but I remember seeing an Auto Kraft Cobra with a Fuel Injected 302 or a 351 option in our local Ford dealer. It must have been around '87 since the '86 5.0 was the first F.I. motor.
Just my poor memory at work,
Jeff
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| Tim Brewer |
09-17-2008 09:49 PM |
I believe it's just a plain 'ol 302, nothing wrong with that, but it's not anything Cobra except maybe the valve covers probably.
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| Clois Harlan |
09-18-2008 06:14 AM |
That is a pretty good year for a block because they had a higher nickel content than some of the preceeding years (pre-86), plus it came with roller lifters. My guess, it was in someones Cobra kit car because I don't recall there being any offering from Ford for a Cobra during that time frame.
Clois
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| Snakebit |
09-18-2008 01:47 PM |
I thought the pre 74 blocks had the higher nickle content, and the later blocks used the thin wall casting technology. That's why the newer blocks split in half.
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