The ford 23 liter in line four cylinder engine commonly called the lima engine because ford manufactured it in lima ohio belongs to the 20 23 and 25 liter engine family. Find the engine casting or part number.
1932 Ford Commercial Car Identification Information Flathead
Ford 4 cylinder engine identification. This was the first 50 engine based on a punched out 46 dohc cobra engine. I 4 20l zetech or i 4 25l ohv di diesel c. C represents the decade manufactured in this case the 1960s d for the 1970s e for the 1980s etc. I 4 23l efi duratech 23 e. It was capable of horsepower ratings over 400 and torque of 365 ft lbs or more. The engine is not related to fords in four cylinders that powered the 1932 to 1934 model b cars.
The ford part number on the box shown at left is on the top line. For the engine number c4ae fords system is decoded as follows. V 8 73l navistar turbo diesel h. Ford produced the 23 liter engine from 1974 to 1997. Ford places the part number in various locations depending on the engine. Heres how this number is decoded.
I 4 25l efi sohc d. Use the following list to determine the engine type based upon the eighth character of the vin sequence if the vehicle is a light truck. The engine features a ford performance 356 alloy aluminum block high flow cylinder heads and 12 mm lift camshafts. If the letter is a b it means that the engine was built in the 1950s. Other information indicates it was an engine engineering division design weighs 9 pounds provides information on the quality control inspection and the date packed. 719 mm x 820 mm.
The number is the year in that decade 1964. Common locations include the rear of the engine near the starter mount and bellhousing on the front of the blocks right side when looking at it from the front on the left side of in line cylinder engines or by the oil filter mount. The 23 powered numerous ford models. A typical ford part number looks like this. V 6 40l efi sohc f. After april 1970 the old range of 4 cyl 592e engine was manufactured for ford by ebro in spain and was supplied with a proper s industrial ford serial no until 1974 after which it became a purely ebro engine with no ford logo or serial no.
2012present 10 l fox ti vct i3 naturally aspirated. The remaining letters represent various factory modifications. The smallest ford 3 cylinder engine. Ford industrial engine serial numbers fordson type. In anticipation of another engine shortage fords lima ohio engine plant which was already producing the 23 l ohc engine decided they could modify the falcon inline six block casting molds to remove cylinders 4 and 5 to create a four cylinder engine. I 4 23l efi or v 8 54l dohc windsor plant intech b.
A series of ford dohc 12 valve inline three engines with twin independent variable camshaft timing ti vct labelled as fox 10 l duratec 11 l dragon 12 l and 15 l and turbocharged 10 l and 15 l as ecoboost. V 6 40l sohc. Read the first two digits in the identification tag to find the year the engine was made. This will be a letter. A turbocharged version powered the fox bodied mustangs and other performance cars.