v6 351? toreno

[|WYG|SS]

my friend is restoring a 79 ford toreno and he says his has a v6 351 engine in it. my dad says that they dont even make 351 v6's,, is this true?

[pre98zetec]

not true, only 351 made was a V8.

[|WYG|SS]

u know where the plate would be located on the engine to tell wut kind of engine it is?

[brokenantimatter]

Torino's stopped in 76'

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by brokenantimatter

Torino's stopped in 76'

I was about to say something like that too, I thought they stopped in 76-77 one of those years, i knew when I saw 79 I thought .

[|WYG|SS]

sry but cant remember wut year he told me.

[brokenantimatter]

I think they stopped the V6 version in the 60's anyways may have been 72 but I am thinking the 60s.

[|WYG|SS]

does any1 know where the plate on the engine would be located to see wut the engine size really is?

[brokenantimatter]

I personally just eyeball the engine.

[zx2guy]

my book says it died in '76 and appears in the post '70 years that the smallest motor torinos had was the 250ci I6, after that the motors range from that to the 460.... so if we are willing to assume it was 73 or post the motors are thus:
73, i6 250, 5.0 (<thats 302), 429/460 <same motor different guts
74, same, , same, same, but 429 isnt shown so im assuming just 460's were available.
75, 351, 400, 460
76, (same as 75)
so heres what you need to do, the year is listed in a number of places on a car... its in the vin, in the engine compartment in at least 3 places off hand<(think emissions sticker) and if ALL ELSE POSSIBLY FAILS < cuz it happens. look at the writing on the taillights assuming they are stock the last 2 digits of the year made should stick out at you. using this knowledge you should be able to figure it out. if it still illudes you give me all the info you have and answer a few questions and il figure it out.