[jayrod80]

I have a 63 1/2 galaxie. I've found several places online that say the Z code is the 390ci/300hp engine and the P code is the 390ci/330hp interceptor engine. and i've also found sites on the net that say the exact opposite, one of them being hagerty when i search my vin. On Hagerty it came up as the 330hp interceptor model. i have a z code and i always assumed it was the 300hp model, but now i'm seeing different and am not sure. just would like to know exactly what it is. help?

 

[FEandGoingBroke]

haggerty is wrong.

 

[JCAllison]

I have a 63 1/2 galaxie. I've found several places online that say the Z code is the 390ci/300hp engine and the P code is the 390ci/330hp interceptor engine.

Hey Mr. JR,
Those places are correct.

and i've also found sites on the net that say the exact opposite, one of them being hagerty when i search my vin. On Hagerty it came up as the 330hp interceptor model.

Sites saying that the P-Code is 390cid/300hp and Z-Code is 390cid/330hp would be in error.

i have a z code and i always assumed it was the 300hp model, but now i'm seeing different and am not sure. just would like to know exactly what it is. help?

Quoting from the book "Super 60's Fords" by John Smith:

"The most popular 390 was the Thunderbird 390 Special, rated at 300 horsepower at 4600rpm, 427 lbs-ft of torque at 2800rpm and with 9.6:1 compression and a hydraulic camshaft. A single 446cfm 4-barrel carburetor was mounted on the traditional cast-iron intake manifold. The engine block and cylinder heads were black in color with silver valve covers and air cleaner. Fords originally equipped with this engine carry the "Z" engine code on the data tag."

After describing the "G" and "B" engine codes, Smith goes on to state:

"The next step down the horse-power ladder was the much more streetable Police Interceptor 390 V8, with 330 horsepower at 5000rpm and 427 lbs-ft of torque at 3200rpm with 9.6:1 compression, a mechanical camshaft and header style exhaust manifolds. A single 600cfm Holley 4-barrel carburetor was mounted on an aluminum intake manifold. The engine block and cylinder heads were black in color, with gold valve covers and air cleaner. Supposed available only to law-enforcement agencies, Fords originally equipped with this engine carry the "P" engine code on the data tags."

In the real world, the P-Code engine DIDN'T have a Holley Carburetor, nor did it have an aluminum intake manifold.

HTH

JC

 

[shady gal]

all the Z codes I've ever seen all had gold thunderbird valve covers. & yes the Hag is wrong.

 

[jayrod80]

Thanks for the info guys!