Reply to "XE192540 Block"

> I need your help. Is the XE oiling system the same as a standard 351C?

Yes, it is identical.

> I must say it is cast a lot heavier than a std 351C.

That's a good sign. Does it carry the XE-192540 number? You should
still have the block sonic checked. A number of the several hundred
XE race blocks that were cast suffered from core shift. The race teams
got the good blocks and most of the core-shifted blocks were shipped
back to Australia and were subsequently installed in production vehicles.
Whenever I hear of a NOS XE block I wonder why it was not used back in
the day. Also Ford of Australia used XE to denote a production date
(XE = August 1980) so there are XE blocks that are standard blocks
but I think they carry a suffix different from the race block's 192540.

> BTW the cast date is 2E72(2may72).

That's odd. U.S. 351C production was still going then. I was under
the impression that Aussie block production didn't occur until after
U.S. production ceased and the tooling was sent to Australia (otherwise
Ford would have cast them in the States). I need to check my references
to find the earliest reference to the XE blocks...

Dan Jones