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 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

• 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 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 302 Windsor V8 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 Windsor V8 5.8L Windsor 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
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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

• 1.7 L / 2.0 L Ford Essex V4
• 2.5 / 3.0 / 3.1 L 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

• 2.5L/3.0L/3.5L Duratec V6
• 3.4L 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
• 6.0L 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

External links

• Wayback machine archive of site with information on Ford bellhousings
• 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