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 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
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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

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

2.5L/3.0L 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
6.2L Boss SOHC V8
6.4L Navistar Power Stroke DI twin-turbo diesel V8
6.7L "Scorpion" Ford Power Stroke DI twin-turbo diesel V8
6.8L Triton SOHC V10
7.3L Navistar Power Stroke DI turbodiesel V8 (1994.5-2003 only)

IDI/early Power Stroke pattern

6.9L International Harvester IDI diesel V8
7.3L Navistar IDI and IDI turbodiesel V8