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TomO

11-06-2018 @ 7:22 AM

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The original photo is from a 39-48 engine, the photos of the engine that you posted are from a 49-53 car or a 48-53 truck.

You did not specify what your project is and what transmission and frame that you are using. This could make a difference in what you need to do to make the engine work in your project. It certainly will make a difference in the parts that you will have to have to make the engine work.

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11-05-2018 @ 8:03 PM

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You have a 1948 or older engine as indicated by the integral bellhousing and the location of the coolant outlets on the top center of the heads.

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11-05-2018 @ 5:47 PM

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I believe that the heads that came with this engine in fact were not the heads that came originally because the seller sent me a picture of the engine awhile back and it has the pre-1948 heads with the coolant spout in the middle of the head. Here’s the original picture. So now my question is how to confirm what engine I actually have? Should I just measure the bore and stroke or maybe some different makers I may have missed?

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11-05-2018 @ 8:55 AM

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But can't he use these heads and intake? I'm not a post 48 guy but many used this engine with early heads. I think you have to plug some water holes. Maybe this question can get an answer on Fordbarn.

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The road draft tube works by a vacuum created at the end under the car by the speed of the driven car. The air enters at the oil fill tube cap, is pulled through the engine, and exits at the bottom taking crankcase fumes with it.

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11-05-2018 @ 6:21 AM

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The road draft tube is a crankcase breather tube to vent crankcase fumes/gases.

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The road draft tube is a crankcase breather tube to vent crankcase fumes/gases.

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11-04-2018 @ 7:11 PM

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What is the road draft tube and how does it work?

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The heads and intake manifold are for an earlier motor (48 and back). The intake has no provision for a road draft tube and there is a difference in how the water jackets in your motor line up with the ports in the heads.

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