What kind of engine do i have?

Well, i recently aquierd a 92 ford mustang. I havent done any work to it myself, and have little to no info on what the car has had done to it. I know it has had many aftermarket parts put in it, such as holly carbs, a herst (sp?) shifter, new tacometer, ect, and i know it dosent have a stock engine in it.

Being that I know so little about cars, this is porbably a very easy question, i wanna find out what type/size of ngine it has in it. I know enough to know it has a v8, but im not sure how to tell if its a big/small block, 350 425 or whatever.

So in a nut shell, just looking to find out mor einfo about my car, being that it was given to me as an inherentence when my uncle passed away, i have no one to ask specifics about it with.

I know was either setup for racing, or used for racing, so im sure it must have a nice engine in it. Also, it has a rollcage installed and its an automatic transmission.


Thanks in advanced for all the help guys :)


Some extra things I forgot to mention, its setup so you have 2 switches inside the car to turn on the fuel pumps and another for i guess the fan for the fuel pumps. Also it gets about 10-11 miles per gallon of gas.

Well, stock the 92 mustangs came with a 302ci motor but if its not stock i would just ask the guy you baught it from or whatever.

If your motor is carburated, you don't have the stock 5.0 (302) V8. There is really no way anyone can tell you what you have without looking at it since it's been modded. Sorry.

I know it isnt stock, cause it came with a 4 banger stock, and i cant ask the guy who i got it from cause he isnt here anymore.... so i was thinking there had to be some sort of marks or something on the engine itself, like a serial number or something that could help me, but i dont know if or where that would be located.

I also dont know how to tell the diffrence between a big block and a small block.

Im just trying to narrow down what exactly it is so if i ever decide to sell/upgrade i have some info.

Im not really looking for if its a 302, 350 or 450 or w/e, although that would be nice, i wanna find more if its a big block or small block and then ill go from there


Thanks for the help so far guys :)

There should be a casting numer somewhere on the engine block. On Chevys, it is on the front just before the passenger side cylinder head. Sorry, I have no clue on a Ford. Check out this website when you find it. http://www.aacncclub.com or they may be able to tell you where it is.

Take pics of it and post them in the Stang forum.

they will be able to help you :thumbsup:

its probably a 302 or a 351W

if it has a roll cage in it then its probaly a drag car. and if its a drag car then theres no tellin wat it has in it. and they only had 302's v8's in a 92 and they ford never made a 350 or a 425.

if it has a roll cage in it then its probaly a drag car. and if its a drag car then theres no tellin wat it has in it. and they only had 302's v8's in a 92 and they ford never made a 350 or a 425.

Yea i figured it was used for drag since it has a huge aftermarket techometer, and i know it originally had the 4 cyclinder in it.

So i guess the fact that its a mustang has no effect, so about these casting numbers, ill look fr them.

I wish i had a digital camera!

281,289,302,330,351,390,427,428,429... basic ford v8s there

you forgot about the 460...Also there are two completely different 427's from ford.

I think i may stop and pickup a cheap digital camera on my way home from work, and ill post some pics for ya guys


Thanks for all the help you have given me so far!

you forgot about the 460...Also there are two completely different 427's from ford.

yeah... thanks, that was all just off the top of my head real quick

they made a clevland and winser with the 351. they also got a 400. i think its got a minimum of a 351 if its a drag car, dont really think anyone would make a drag car out of a 289.

How bout a 1200hp 302? Cubes aint everything.

i didnt say that they couldent be made powerful. i was just sayin more then likely it would be a bigger engine.

302 or 351 seems most likely to me... but who knows they could have stuck a 427 in it... who knows

shouldnt there be a actual size diffrence in a 351 and 427, any wya i can get an idea by just looking at the engines size?

Pictures would be nice but im poor and have no digital camera.

Anyone have a view example pictures?

well i believe a 351 is a small block and a 427 and engines up in that size range are big blocks... as far as pics go, try searching google maybe, im not sure what to tell u for those

for what car? and most of the time on old muscle cars engines the cubic inch is writin on the air intake.

for what car? and most of the time on old muscle cars engines the cubic inch is writin on the air intake.
Well its a 92 stang but its not the stock engine, so im trying to find out what it actually has in it, but you say on the air intake, i may sound noob but yea i think i know where that is. So im gonna check after work

i was talkin about thestang00 and i was askin him wat car has a 351 small block. and muscle car engines(meaning old cars) have a air intake on the very top of the engine that is a metal circle.

i was talkin about thestang00 and i was askin him wat car has a 351 small block. and muscle car engines(meaning old cars) have a air intake on the very top of the engine that is a metal circle.

what are you talking about? we dont know what his car has, he was asking if theres an actual size difference between engines, i responded to that. im sure you know some cars that had the 351 just as well as i do... early 70's stangs and whatnot. plus i said i believe its a small block... meaning im not positive.

i was saying if he has a engine from the 60's or 70's ect. that they have the displacment writin on the air intake. but thats only with old engines. and i think 351 was the big block for a mustang. and yea i messes up on what i was trying to write. i was changing what i was trying to say and messed up the whole post.

Is the distrib in the front, then its a Ford.

Measure the width of the block, 351w are slightly wider than a 302. My money would be its a 302.

i and i think 351 was the big block for a mustang.

Nope, not so.

wat was the big block for a mustang?

427,428,429

427,428,429
is there any real diffrence between those 3 engines?

is there any real diffrence between those 3 engines?


Yes, google them.

is there any real diffrence between those 3 engines?

actually there are very big differences between all 3. completely different motors. for example, there is a sohc 427. bet u didnt know that they had those back in the 60's

427,428,429 what had a 427?

what had a 427?

there was only 1 year they put a 427 in a mustang and it was 1968. it was sohc and was rated at 390ish hp. but that was really really underrated.

there was only 1 year they put a 427 in a mustang and it was 1968. it was sohc and was rated at 390ish hp. but that was really really underrated.


The 427 SOHC Cammer was in the A/FX MODIFIED Mustangs as 1966 models, sold in 1965 not 1968. The 427 Cammer engine is the most powerful engine Ford made. They made 616bhp @ 7500rpms with the single 4 barrel carb, and with the dual 4 barrel carbs, it made 657bhp@7500 rpms. Both versions made 550+lbs of torque. The engine was abandoned in 1966. This engine was also race only. It never made it into a street driven car. They only made about 4 dozen of those engine too.... The engines was sold seperately from the car, and only to race teams.

The 427 SOHC Cammer was in the A/FX MODIFIED Mustangs as 1966 models, sold in 1965 not 1968. The 427 Cammer engine is the most powerful engine Ford made. They made 616bhp @ 7500rpms with the single 4 barrel carb, and with the dual 4 barrel carbs, it made 657bhp@7500 rpms. Both versions made 550+lbs of torque. The engine was abandoned in 1966. This engine was also race only. It never made it into a street driven car. They only made about 4 dozen of those engine too.... The engines was sold seperately from the car, and only to race teams.

hrmmmm.....

what is the most common engine in drag cars? Im not talking a car that you never drive anywhere except dragin, you know what i mean? You can take it to the strip on the weekend, but you can still drive it to work monday thru friday

most people that drive newer cars that drive everyday and take them on the track during weekends just have the same engine the car came with just a lil modified.

hrmmmm.....

what is the most common engine in drag cars? Im not talking a car that you never drive anywhere except dragin, you know what i mean? You can take it to the strip on the weekend, but you can still drive it to work monday thru friday


I'm not sure what you mean, but as far as daily driver to the drag strip, most of my friends and I take our normal 4.6L mustangs and run.....

It used to me more 5.0L engines, but I have noticed those being outnumbered by the modulars lately. BTW, I'm talking about daily drivers.

The 427 SOHC Cammer was in the A/FX MODIFIED Mustangs as 1966 models, sold in 1965 not 1968. The 427 Cammer engine is the most powerful engine Ford made. They made 616bhp @ 7500rpms with the single 4 barrel carb, and with the dual 4 barrel carbs, it made 657bhp@7500 rpms. Both versions made 550+lbs of torque. The engine was abandoned in 1966. This engine was also race only. It never made it into a street driven car. They only made about 4 dozen of those engine too.... The engines was sold seperately from the car, and only to race teams.

i know for a fact that a less powerful version of the 427 was in the 1968 mustang. you could probably find some info on it.

they got rid of it after that year though because not many people bought it.

The 427 SOHC Cammer was in the A/FX MODIFIED Mustangs as 1966 models, sold in 1965 not 1968. The 427 Cammer engine is the most powerful engine Ford made. They made 616bhp @ 7500rpms with the single 4 barrel carb, and with the dual 4 barrel carbs, it made 657bhp@7500 rpms. Both versions made 550+lbs of torque. The engine was abandoned in 1966. This engine was also race only. It never made it into a street driven car. They only made about 4 dozen of those engine too.... The engines was sold seperately from the car, and only to race teams.

i was talking about it being in a stock mustang also, not a modified one. neat info tho... i didnt know that they made those.

another side note... on if there are differences between the 3 motors, the 428 and 429 were also completely seperate designs. in the mustangs the 428 actually outperformed the 429, but the 429 was tuned down quite a lot, the only reason ford put that motor in mustangs was so they could use it in nascar. the nascar version was very powerful.