List of Ford bellhousing patterns

The following is a list of Ford bellhousing patterns. A list of bell housing patterns for General Motors transmissions is also available, as is a list of engines for Ford Motor Company.

Ford Flathead engine pattern

• 221 V8
• 239 V8
• 255 V8

Lincoln Y-block pattern

• 317 V8
• 341 V8
• 368 V8

Ford Y-block pattern

• 239 V8
• 256 V8
• 272 V8
• 292 V8
• 312 V8

Early MEL pattern (1958-1960, Same as FE)

• 383 V8
• 410 V8
• 430 V8

Late MEL pattern (1961-1968)

• 430 V8
• 462 V8

FE Gen 1 and Gen 2 pattern

• 332 V8
• 352 V8
• 360 V8
• 361 V8
• 390 V8
• 391 FT V8
• 406 v8
• 410 Mercury V8
• 427 V8
• 428 V8

Early Windsor V8 pattern

• 221 V8
• 260 V8
• 289 V8 (made before August 3, 1964) - had five bolts holding bellhousing to block

Later Windsor V8 pattern

Note: this is commonly called the Ford Small-block V8 pattern, though it is used in some "big block"-sized V8's as well as some V6's and I6's.

• 200 I6 1978-1983 only, partial (4 of 6 bolts) pattern.
• 250 I6
• 255 V8
• 289 V8 - (made after August 3, 1964) - had 6 bolts holding bellhousing to block
• 302 Cleveland (Australia)
• 351 Cleveland V8 (not the 351 Cleveland M-block engine)
• 351 Boss
• 351 Cobra Jet
• 351 Windsor V8
• 400 Cleveland M-block V8 aka 400FMX (certain 1973 casting numbers D1AE and D3AE, mated to the FMX transmission)
• 3.8/3.9/4.2L Canadian Essex 90° V6 (RWD only)
• 240 I6
• 300 I6
• 4.6L Modular V8 (first two casting runs, numbers F1AE and F2VE)
• 5.0L V8
• 5.8L V8

335/385 Big Block V8 pattern

335-Series (M-Block)

• 351 Modified M-block V8 (Not to be confused with the 351 Cleveland which uses the small block V8 pattern)
• 400 V8 (except some 1971 and 1973 late Windsor-style castings)

385-Series

• 370 V8
• 429 V8
• 460 V8
• 512 V8

Taunus pattern

• 1.2/1.3/1.5/1.7L Taunus V4
• 1.8/2.0/2.3/2.6/2.8/2.9/2.9 Cosworth/4.0L Cologne V6

Falcon Six pattern

• 144 I6
• 170 I6
• 200 I6 (through 1977; 1978-1983 have partial late Windsor pattern)

Early OHV Six pattern

• 215 I6
• 223 I6
• 262 I6

UK Essex pattern

• 2.0L Ford Essex V4
• 2.5/3.0L UK Essex V6

Pinto EAO I4 pattern

• 1.6L/2.0L EAO I4

Pinto OHC RWD pattern

• 1.3/1.6/1.8/2.0/2.3/2.5L OHC I4 RWD

Vulcan V6 pattern

• 2.3/2.5L HSC FWD I4
• 3.0L Vulcan V6 (FWD and RWD)
• 3.0/3.2L SHO V6
• 3.8L Canadian Essex 90° V6 (FWD only)

Duratec pattern

• 2.5/3.0/3.5L Duratec V6
• 3.4 DOHC SHO V8

Modular V8 pattern

• 4.6L SOHC/DOHC V8 (later castings, F3VE and up)
• 5.0L Coyote DOHC V8
• 5.4L SOHC/DOHC V8
• 6.2L Boss SOHC V8
• 6.8L Triton SOHC V10

External links

• Wayback machine archive of site with information on Ford bellhousings
• A discussion thread on differences between Cleveland and 385 blocks
• Ford C4/C5 bell housing information
• Right click and select "save as" to download a copy of this informative .pdf file showing Picture and Text descriptions which will help Identify The Various 1949 to 1953 Flathead V8 Transmission Bellhousings