2v 351C heads or 4v 351C heads 1972 mustang

[wulk025]

Ok so Three weeks ago I found a 1972 mustang no joking in an elderly mans shed. I ended up buying it from him and now starting to do a restoration on it. Now the VIN says that this babe has a 2v 351C but on the heads in the top right and left corners of both heads are the number 4. Now from my under standing, is that only the 4v 351C had this stamping and the 2v 351C had the number 2 stamped on the heads. So I went back to Bill and asked him if he had ever had the car worked on or the heads changed out and he says no. And yes he is the original owner of the car. Any feed back would be great on wether this is a mess up by the Manufacture or what?

 

[D.Hearne]

You're correct, it's got 4 bbl heads. Lots of things happen in thirty years. Also not the first time Ford would put parts on a car that weren't supposed to be there, if that were the case.

 

[Cupid]

Hmmmmm.....

I don't know about that one man.... From everything that I have researched, the 4 stamp indicates 4V. It seems like you know how to read your VIN correctly. You can go to TheMustangShop to validate it. If you are doing a restore anyway, pull those suckers off!

 

[96 DOHC Cobra]

Are you sure on the VIN info? Post the info from your data sticker on the door jam. Does it have the "H" in the fifth digit location? If it has a "Q" or a "R" it should have 4V heads. Does it have a 4V carb and intake? If it has a 2V carb and intake on 4V heads, it wouldn't run very well.

 

[D.Hearne]

2bbl carb and intake on 4 bbl heads wouldn't run bad at all, unless the wrong gaskets are used and there's a vacuum leak. Did this on my brother's 71 Torino with no ill effects.

 

[wulk025]

the vin on the dash and door both have an H and it did have a 4bbl carb and intake i just put an edelbrok 750 and performer intake on it.

 

[Stang_1973]

Just like to share my enthusiasm on the fact that aother big body is in the right hands.

Good luck with the car.