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 (pre-1949 autos, pre-1948 trucks, post 1947 trucks with factory adapter housing)
- 239 V8 (post-1948 autos, post 1947 trucks)
- 255 V8
Lincoln Y-block pattern
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Ford Y-block pattern
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Late MEL pattern (1961-1968)
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FE Gen 1 and Gen 2 pattern
- 330 FT V8
- 332 V8
- 352 V8
- 360 V8
- 361 FT V8
- 390 V8
- 391 FT V8
- 406 v8
- 410 Mercury V8
- 427 V8
- 428 V8
Early Windsor V8 pattern
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Later Windsor V8 patternNote: 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.
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335/385 Big Block V8 pattern
335-Series (M-Block)
- 351 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)
- 370 V8
- 429 V8
- 460 V8
- 514 V8
Taunus/Cologne pattern
Named afer the 1962 Ford Taunus V-4 built in Cologne, Germany.
- 1.2/1.3/1.5/1.7L were mostly European Cars.
- 1.8, 2.0/2.3 had the same bellhousings bolt patterns with some differences from year to year. Later models came with hydraulic clutches. These were commonly found in Pintos, some Mustang II/Capris, and Rangers but do not match the V6 Bell housings below.
2.6, 2.8, 2.9, and 2.9 Cosworth. Most of these were RWD car engines. Some had the same Mitsubishi manual transmission as the 2.0/2.3 but had different bellhousings. The 2.3, 2.8, and 2.9 also made it into the Ranger, and Bronco II.
The 4.0L produced by Ford Taunus, Cologne Germany (and the all new metric Taurus/Sable FWD 3.0 V6) were put in the North American Ranger, Aerostar, Explorer platforms. The 4.0L bellhousing and the 3.0L "MAY" interchange, but they do not interchange with the previous Cologne engines.
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 v2
- 262 I6
UK Essex pattern
- 1.7 L / 2.0 L Ford Essex V4
- 2.5 / 3.0 / 3.1 L UK Essex V6
Pinto/Kent pattern
- 1.0/1.3/1.5/1.6 Kent (Pre-Crossflow and Crossflow)
- 1.6L/2.0L EAO
- 1.3/1.6/1.8/2.0/2.3/2.5L OHC I4 RWD
- 1.8/2.0 Zetec-E/Zeta Engine Zeta (Later blocks had the starter relocated to one of the bellhousing bolt locations and only partially match.)
- 1.1/1.3/1.4/1.6/1.6 Turbo/1.8/1.9/2.0 CVH/SPI
- 1.6 Lotus Twin Cam
- 1.6/1.7 Cosworth BDA
- 2.0/2.3/2.5 Lima (At least early blocks had both the Pinto/Kent pattern and the modified Lima pattern)
Lima pattern
- 2.0/2.3/2.5 Lima (The Lima has a modified Pinto/Kent pattern. The upper two bolts were moved up and closer for the Lima)
Duratec I4 pattern
Sigma I4 pattern
Vulcan V6 pattern
- 2.3/2.5L HSC FWD I4 (Ford Tempo/Mercury Topaz pushrod 2.3L)
- 3.0L Vulcan V6 (FWD Taurus/Sable and RWD Ranger, but no relation to the 2.9L)
- 3.0/3.2L SHO Yamaha designed V6
- 3.8L Canadian Essex 90° V6 (FWD only)
Duratec V6 pattern
Modular V8 pattern
- 4.6L SOHC/DOHC V8 (later castings, F3VE and up)
- 5.0L Coyote DOHC V8
- 5.4L SOHC/DOHC V8
- 6.0L Navistar Power Stroke DI turbodiesel V8 [5R110 Automatic Only]
- 6.2L Boss SOHC V8
- 6.4L Navistar Power Stroke DI twin-turbo diesel V8 [5R110 Automatic Only]
- 6.7L "Scorpion" Ford Power Stroke DI turbo diesel V8
- 6.8L Triton SOHC V10
Lincoln Continental Modular V8 pattern
- 4.6L DOHC V8 FWD
IDI
- 6.9L International Harvester IDI diesel V8
- 7.3L Navistar IDI and IDI turbodiesel V8
- 7.3L Navistar Powerstroke turbodiesel V8 1994-2003