Reconditioned Ford V8 engine

[Lynn Eades]

Tony Here it is from my perspective:
Carriers came with a nomenclature: eg, Carrier Universal, No1, MkI.(BTW. I am not suggesting this is a carrier engine)
The "No.1" refers to the engine. (they also came with No.2, No.2A, and No.3 engines)
The No.1 was a British engine.
In carriers the British engine was referred to as a 60 H.P. engine. These engines were 3.062" bore by 3 3/4" stroke. (3621.5cc)( Basic 221 Cu.In.)
They were either Ford model:
SE-51-6000 or,
79F-6000-CS or,
79E-6000-CS.
They originally produced 65 H.P., but were up rated to a max of 73 B.H.P.at 3500 rpm and a max. torque of 1600 lb. inches at 1500 R.P.M.
The treasury rating (tax) was 30 H.P.
The above from a carrier instruction book printed in 1940. (not the 65 h.p.)
In a later (1944)publication the No.1 engines are part numbers:
79E-6004 CS, or
79E-6004 DS. (a forum member was going to send me the build info so that I could make sense of these models, but it never happened. There is a book of Engine build data)
Other carriers were fitted with (No.2, No.2A, and No. 3)engines that were British built engines equiped with American auxilliaries, American Engines, or Canadian built engines. (the 85 and 95 H.P.engines)
I believe that the engine that is the topic of this thread may not be an 85 H.P. engine, as the British heads with 18mm plugs are a lower compression and belong to the 65 H.P. engine. (internal parts are not interchangeable with North American engines)