Falcon straight six ID # question

What the hell size motor do I have in my Futura? I was told when I bought it that it had a rebuilt 250. Its fits in there perfect and after reading all the stuff involving the engine swap leads me to belive it may not be a 250. These are the numbers off the pass. side of the block 11 C8DE 6015-B . I figured you ford guys could look it up and tell me if this is the size or not.

 

check the water pump on it if it has 3 bolts its a 144 through 200 , if its a 4 bolt style its a 250

 

C8DE 6015 B is a 69-72 200" six

And yes I know that a C8 number would normally mean a 68 part but it looks like they used the C5 block through 68

 

Straight from Fordsix.com

Summary: Here's how to figure out what size the block is. Identification can be made with a quick glance at three items on the motor, the water pump, number of freeze plugs, and the block code.

250ci - has a 4 bolt water pump and 5 freeze plugs.
200ci - has a 3 bolt water pump and 5 freeze plugs.
170ci - has a 3 bolt water pump, 3 freeze plugs, and a "T" code (or no code).
144ci - has a 3 bolt water pump, 3 freeze plugs, and an "N" code.
NOTE: (late 170ci has a 5/16" distributor drive, early 170ci has a 1/4" drive)

Block codes were an attempt at a cast-on block identification system & can be found on the road draft tube-mounting boss. Block codes were in use up to 1964, or there about, then Ford switched to small metal tags that were bolted to the engine block. The block codes were as follows 144ci: "N", 170ci: "T" Note: 200/250ci (and some 170ci) engines did not have block codes, as they had the metal tags.

 

All the Ford six info, and then some.
http://www.fordsix.com/

 

The HAMB delivers again, thanks fellas.

 

Thinking to take this question a little further: My 66 Falcon has a 200 inline six but I'm having a difficult time seeing if it's a 2.8L or 3.3L. Was the inline 200 offered in both sizes or is one of them a V6?

 

200 is the size - in Cubic Inches, not that foreign Metric sissy liter way of measuring


If yours is a 200, its 3.3 in metric

 

Middleman,
Those are both displacements--one is cubic inches, and the other is metric--in liters.

A liter is like 60+ cubic inches, so 200/60= 3.3 liter

 

Common sense wins again. Thanks fellas. So the 170 CI = 2.8L and 200 CI = 3.3L. (autozone lists these engines in metric with no standard reference which allowed the confusion.)

Lesson learned,
JB

 

I'll jump in with a question ...what's the difference between the 170 and the 170 special?

 

Nothing, It was a marketing saying when the 170 was introduced in 1961 to help distinguish it from the 144

 

Thanks!! I had a 62 Falcon that had 170Special on the breather and did not know! Now I know it really wasn't special at all LOL