Ford Crossflow Engine type

[v8zuki]

the easiest way to find out what year model a ford part is any ford part is to look at the casting number it has the year and mth cast in engine blocks location under the intake on a crossflow all factory made ford parts have a code to mtell where and when it was made and if it si an update to the original casting

[Eddy]

yup ... same motor, only real difference is whats bolted to the head.

Early EA motors were either 3.2 or 3.9 litre. Later motors all 4.0 litre, but all the other stuff is the same.

ok so in saying that i should just swap the heads??
then rewire,
run a VL fuel pump..
and it should be good for another heep of kw's and drivability?

Sounds easy when ya say it quick don't it ?

but

yeah, I believe so.

pay to check out the Ford forums anyway, there's blokes there right into the modern stuff, far more than I am.

(gotta link somewhere ... hang on I'll look under th couch ... )

[Struth]

Thats certainly not a 200ci

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Straight-6_engine

Theres a list of all falcon 6 engines and their capacities. (3/4 down page)

At the top of the page on the right you can see a 170 straight 6, this is more like what the 200 ci looks like.

Your right chimp, would be a great time to whack in a later model ford 6, as it should pretty much bolt straight in ! ED 4.0 MPFI, would need manual computer, and pre smartlock. not too difficult, and fairly easy to get hold of too.

The 170 was non Xflow with inlet manifold cast as part of the head.
No Xflow 170 was ever built. Many Xflow and non Xflow 200s were built.

Wikipedia has it all very very wrong if they don't reckon Ford made 200 Cuis in both engine types.

Cheers