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need help with 289 - 6/3/2008 6:47:44 PM

blackout

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i recently came across a 1965 ford fairlane 500 sport coupe 289. how can i tell if it is a hipo or not besides the 6 bolt bellhousing without taking it apart

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RE: need help with 289 - 6/4/2008 2:08:27 PM

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Exhaust manifolds would be different.

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RE: need help with 289 - 8/11/2008 9:41:27 PM

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Actually 6-bolt bell housing wouldn''t matter anyway - ''67 or ''68 (I forget exactly) U.S. 289''s had 6-bolt bellhousings on non-performance engines. I own one (paid $75 at a salvage yard ten years ago - added new gaskets and been driving it since coupled to a 351 Thunderbird transmission).

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