24-06-09, 04:07 PM
The casting number has nothing at all to do with what car line the engine came out of. It simply says that the particular part (engine block in this case) was last modified or changed and the cost of the engineering change was charged to the car line indicated. 'A' in this case being full size Ford. The 'E' simply is an engineering code. The casting number is not the Ford part number. As you noted, the engine could be a 1967 289, or it might also be a 1977 302. An 87 would most likely be fuel injected so it would not have a fuel pump boss on the bloc
