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
  • 239 V8
  • 255 V8

    Lincoln Y-block">Lincoln V8 engine">Lincoln Y-block pattern

  • 317 V8
  • 341 V8
  • 368 V8

    Ford Y-block">Ford Y-block engine">Y-block pattern

  • 239 V8
  • 256 V8
  • 272 V8
  • 292 V8
  • 312 V8

    Early MEL">Ford MEL engine">MEL pattern (1958–1960, Same as FE">Ford FE engine">FE)

  • 383 V8
  • 410 V8
  • 430 V8

    Late MEL">Ford MEL engine">MEL pattern (1961–1968)

  • 430 V8
  • 462 V8

    FE">Ford FE engine">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 Small block">Ford Small Block">Small block V8 pattern

  • 221 V8
  • 260 V8
  • 289 V8 - had five bolts holding bellhousing to block

    Later Small Block">Ford Small Block">Small Block 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 pattern.
  • 250 I6
  • 255 V8
  • 289 V8 - - had 6 bolts holding bellhousing to block
  • 302 Cleveland
  • 351 Cleveland V8
  • 351 Boss
  • 351 Cobra Jet
  • 302 Windsor V8
  • 351 Windsor V8
  • 400 Cleveland Ford 335 engine#400 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
  • 240 I6
  • 300 4.9 I6
  • 4.6L Modular V8
  • 302 5.0L Windsor V8
  • 351 5.8L Windsor V8

    335/385 Big Block">Ford 385 engine">Big Block V8 pattern

  • 351 M-block V8
  • 400 V8
385-Series
  • 370 V8
  • 429 V8
  • 460 V8
  • 514 V8

    Taunus/Cologne pattern

Named for the 1962 Ford Taunus V4 engine and Ford Cologne V6 engine built in Cologne, Germany.
  • 1.2/1.3/1.5/1.7L were mostly in European Cars.
  • 1.8, 2.0/2.3 had the same bellhousings bolt patterns with differences from year to year to be wary of. The Mazda transmission 5M** does not "directly replace" the Mitsubishi transmissions as there are shifter spacing differences in the floorboard. The Mitsubishi transmission was made to fit Mustang IIs and was shoehorned into the early Rangers. Later models came with hydraulic clutches. These were commonly found in Pintos, some Mustang II/Capris, and Rangers but do not match the V6 Bell housings. Changing the engine to a V6 often requires changing the bellhousing but the Mazda trans had an integral bell.
  • 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, and 2.9 Cosworth. Most of these were RWD car engines. Some had the same Mitsubishi manual transmission as the 2.0/2.3 but had different bellhousings. The 2.3, 2.8, and 2.9 also made it into the Ranger, and Bronco II.
  • 4.0L was produced by Ford Cologne Germany. Both were put in the North American Ranger, Aerostar, Explorer platforms. The 4.0L bellhousing and the 3.0L bellhousings "MAY" interchange, but they do not interchange with the previous Cologne engines.

    Falcon Six pattern

  • 144 I6
  • 170 I6
  • 200 I6
  • 188, 221, all 250, 3.3 & 4.1 I6

    Early OHV Six pattern

  • 215 I6
  • 223 I6 v2
  • 262 I6

    UK Essex pattern

  • 1.7 L / 2.0 L Essex V4
  • 2.5 / 3.0 / 3.1 L UK Essex V6

    Pinto/Kent/Lima Pattern (also see Taunus/Cologne Pattern)

  • 1.0/1.3/1.5/1.6 Kent
  • 1.6L/2.0L EAO
  • 1.3/1.6/1.8/2.0/2.3/2.5L OHC I4 RWD. This engine was also produced in Cologne, Germany. It was put in Pintos, Mustangs, Fairmonts and Rangers. It was then modified by Mazda to become the 2.5L in the late 1990s Ranger/U.S. sold Mazda pickups. Ford modified this design further so it is hardly recognizable from pre-2000 year models. Caution!
  • 1.8/2.0 Zetec-E/Zeta Engine Zeta
  • 1.1/1.3/1.4/1.6/1.6 Turbo/1.8/1.9/2.0 CVH/SPI
  • 1.6 Lotus Twin Cam
  • 1.6/1.7 Cosworth BDA
  • 2.0/2.3/2.5 Lima
  • 2.3/2.5L HSC FWD I4

    Duratec I4 pattern

  • 1.8/2.0/2.3/2.3 DISI Turbo/2.5 Duratec
  • 2.0/2.3 EcoBoost

    Sigma I4 pattern

  • 1.25/1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7 Sigma
  • 1.5/1.6 EcoBoost

    Vulcan V6 pattern

  • 3.0L Vulcan V6
  • 3.0/3.2L SHO Yamaha designed V6
  • 3.8L Canadian Essex 90° V6 .

    Duratec V6 pattern

  • 2.5L/3.0L Duratec V6
  • 3.4L DOHC SHO V8

    Modular V8">Ford Modular engine">Modular V8 pattern

  • 4.6L SOHC/DOHC V8
  • 5.0L Coyote DOHC V8
  • 5.4L SOHC/DOHC V8
  • 6.0L Powerstroke
  • 6.2L Boss
  • 6.8L Triton SOHC V10
  • 7.3L Ford Godzilla

    Lincoln Continental Modular V8 pattern

  • 4.6L DOHC V8 FWD

    IDI/DI

  • 6.9L International Harvester IDI diesel V8
  • 7.3L Navistar IDI and IDI turbodiesel V8
  • 7.3L Navistar Power Stroke turbodiesel V8 1994–2003
All 7.3L Power Stroke engines had a removable adapter on the rear of the block with either the IDI pattern or SAE 2 pattern.