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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. OAM" data-source="post: 325359" data-attributes="member: 9816">Had a similar experience with my wife's '66. The previous owner said he put a 1968 302 into it. It was originally a 6 cylinder car. The intake and block was for a 1968 302, but the crank, rods, pistons, and heads were for a 289. After decoding the casting number I learned it was one of the blocks that were cast at the Windsor plant but then Ford decided not to actually build the 302's there, and then shipped the blocks to Cleveland. Cleveland used some of them to finish up production of the 289's and then used the rest for the begining of the 302 engine. So if you get a 1968 302 block with a letter "B" at the end of the casting number it could be either a 289 or a 302, even though 302 is cast in the lifter valley.Yup, no regrets now to modify your engine.Steve</blockquote>