V8... Who knows?!

[MagnuM4WD]

Hi! It's somebody who can help me?! In the '50's-'60's years, in Romania, was produced a light/medium truck - SR 131/132 Carpati, SR 113/114 Bucegi... - wich was powered by a light V8 gas engine - 344kg - manufactured in Romania under licence. That engine licence it was from Ford - official version; but on the official site of manufacturer is not specified wich type of Ford engine was... The engine could be made earlier, before '50's...
Half of this engine - 4 in-line - was use on the first ARO models - M 59, M 461...

If somebody know something about this engine, can tell me what type of Ford engine it was?! The romanian version have code name SR-211 and have this specifications: V8 97mm x 85mm 5025ccm 140HP 32daN.

I put some pictures here; maybe someone recognize it... The cover of cylinder heads is from M-207 - ARO engine, but the engine from this pictures is SR-211, mounted on a M 461-C chassis, by a czech guy!

http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n221/MagnuM4WD/SR-M/


Thank you, for your understanding!

 

[pauly383]

Looks kinda like a Y-Block Ford to me .

 

[sandawgk5]

Here is a page about the Y-block

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Y-block_engine

They did have a 312 Cu In that came out in 55. It is roughly 5100 ccm

Dik

 

[4X4HIGH]

That engine looks like a 292 or 312 which was from the vintage you say. Get a casting number off the head and block and i can check it out for you. The casting number on the head is found on the corner near the intake manifold side. If it is a ECZ then the heads are 312.

 

[3 on the tree]

The "Y" Blocks came in 4 displacements, that I know of;

239, 272, 292, and 312 cubic inches.

That darn sure looks like a "Y" block to me. Considering the horsepower rating, I'm guessing its a 272 cubic inch.

 

[BGKYK5]

Hmm. Doing the math with a bore of 97mm and a stroke of 85mm I get a displacement of 306.6 cid or 5025 cc.

 

[MagnuM4WD]

Hmm. Doing the math with a bore of 97mm and a stroke of 85mm I get a displacement of 306.6 cid or 5025 cc.

Right... ~307cid... Not fit with Y-blocks from list... Maybe is earlier made, not in '50's...

 

[sandawgk5]

Right... ~307cid... Not fit with Y-blocks from list... Maybe is earlier made, not in '50's...

The V-8s before the Y-block were flatheads. That ain't no flathead

Dik

 

[MagnuM4WD]

The V-8s before the Y-block were flatheads. That ain't no flathead

Dik

Yes, is not a flathead. But cid is betwen 292cid and 312cid from Y-blocks list... and not fit also the bore x stroke...

 

[sandawgk5]

The bore and stroke of a 292 is 3.75 X 3.3 inches. Converted to mm it is 95 X 84. It is possible that it is a 292 that has been bored enough to clean some ring ridge out of it.

Dik

 

[MagnuM4WD]

... It is possible that it is a 292 that has been bored enough to clean some ring ridge out of it.

Dik

Maybe... But all SR-211 engines manufactured in RO, have bore x stroke 97 x 85 and 5025 ccm! Thats was the manufacturer specifications...

But, bore could was modified by the manufacturer... I don't know!!! Almost no informations about origin, for this engine...

 

[sandawgk5]

Maybe... But all SR-211 engines manufactured in RO, have bore x stroke 97 x 85 and 5025 ccm! Thats was the manufacturer specifications...

But, bore could was modified by the manufacturer... I don't know!!! Almost no informations about origin, for this engine...

Maybe it is a European only 305 Y-block?

Dik

 

[pauly383]

Maybe it is a European only 305 Y-block?

Dik

Could be , Ford was already global by then , Y-blocks were even used in Argentna into the early 80's .