427 cylinder head casting numbers

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » December 29, 2006, 7:00 pm

Guys.
Jim here in Houston may have already asked this question, but I haven't seen it or any answers.
He's looking at a set of heads advertised as 427's and the casting number on them is C4AE-6049-H. I don't think its a 427 but I could be wrong (I am on a regular basis) :wink:

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In all my books, the only "C4" 427 casting number I can find is a C4AE-F and its listed as a high riser head.
I looked in the interchange manual and it doesn't list the "H" part number for anything but a 390 police interceptor, AE being a Ford passenger car.
Any comments or help?
U@ss

Bills 66 · Post by **Bills 66** » December 29, 2006, 11:09 pm

Skip
Hawkrod would know about the numbers. A lot of the published info on part numbers is incorrect or incomplete.
Unless someone is restoring a 427 to original condition, I would sugest the after market Edelbrock heads. By the time I got valves, springs ,keepers ,seals, and had the machine work and seats installed I could have had a set of aluminum heads. JMO
Bill

6166 Junkyard Dog · Post by **6166 Junkyard Dog** » December 30, 2006, 9:19 am

Try these numbers on 427 heads,

C3AE-6090 D EARLY 63 LOW RISER TO 3/15/63
C3AE-6090 G LATE 63 LOW RISER FROM 3/15/63
C3AE 6090 H LATE 63 LOW RISER FROM 3/15/63
C3AE 6090 J 64-65 LOW RISER
C3AE 6090 K 63 HIGH RISER
C4AE 6090 F 64 HIGH RISER
C5AE 6090 F or R 65-67 MEDIUM RISER
C7OE 6090 K TUNNEL-PORT
C8AX TUNNELL-PORT
These next 3 numbers are 68 failane/montego to 2/1/68
C8AE N C8AE 6090 J
C8WE 6090 A
1968 HEADS ALSO HAD 14 BOLT HOLES SINCE ALSO USED IN Mustangs and Cougars

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » December 30, 2006, 9:57 am

Hi Junkyard,
You have the same numbers that I have. I do show three C4 numbers, one Hi-rise and the other two 352/390. I am not showing anything with an "H" for 1964. Hey Skip thanks for the try, maybe somebody will come in here later and unravel this mystery. :roll:

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » December 30, 2006, 10:39 pm

C4AE H. Anybody got a make on these heads? Please put somthing up if you find it.
Thanks,
Jim

6166 Junkyard Dog · Post by **6166 Junkyard Dog** » December 31, 2006, 9:20 am

Jim, I looked through sevearl Ford books & found nothing Interchange Books & what high performance on the FE Series I have, still nothing :dontknow:

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » December 31, 2006, 12:04 pm

found C3AE-H =427 low riser head,
only other one i found with H is
C8AE-H, on my truck.

jakdad · Post by **jakdad** » December 31, 2006, 3:08 pm

Yep, looks like I'll have to buy'em and let my machine shop guys dig into it.