Man my old man worked for Ford from 1962-1995 and I have heard him talk about the hipo 289 forever and you got a very correct and complete 289 hipo that is modified by Shelby. Also you can’t show it but it has hatchet rods and a balance tab on crank with a birnell test mark. So original and untouched. Anyone that questions that engine has no knowledge of Ford high performance engines. You even got the hipo water pump cool. It kills me how trolls pick and say they had this or that, when all they ever had was a head full of dreams and lies and empty hands.. you are knowledgeable .
Hatchet rods ? Your confused ! They had a hatchet style balance weight slid over the snout of the crank ,the rods were heavier than regular 289 rods due to the larger 3/8 bolts ,same rods were used in the 302 boss !
Regarding the serial number on the lower block above the oil pan...those are only found on California Hipo Mustangs...if your car was manufactured in Detroit the engines are not serialized to a particular car (a guy who owned two Hipo 289's, denoted by the bigger main caps, and neither block had the serial/vin number on the block). Fyi, as to Shelby's claimed 306 BHP...that is spot on. One of my Hipo engines i applied the Shelby mods and it pulled 305 on the dyno.
Tip! Distributors no vacume adv. And duel points part# C5OE-12127-E , aluminum water pump,C5AZ-8501-K timing cover matches the pump,yes large dampner C5AZ-6513-C also high nodular crank 3/8 rod bolts special rods C5ZZ-6200-A good little motor 😊
Thanks for the great video. All I can add is the fuel pumps are specific to the k engine. The pumps should be date coded to the engine and be double sprung to provide additional fuel at higher revs.👍
Another thing is, the Aluminum Valve Covers had what they call "Hollow Letters" on the "COBRA" part of the cover. Inside the valve cover it says "Buddy Bar" which is the company who cast the covers.. That is what was on my 1965 GT 350 engine.
I thought the hi po heads would have bigger valves, and ports besides the spring pockets and the screw in studs. Since this was a solid lifter motor and rated to 6000 rpm it needed those studs
Nice job, been check'n out HiPos for Shelby friends all way back to before we were old enough to drive! This Seems right-on and the SAAC paperwork documents is always the Gold Standard! Thx share!
It is already covered in comments below, but "NOT ALL" HiPo engine blocks got vin#'s stamped on them. While, most if not possibly all 1965-1966 engines are stamped with a vin# there are many original 1967 HiPo engines that did NOT get a vin# stamped on them .... this is particualry true of the later in the year cars. Of course this fact surrounding "missing vin stamps" is documented in the two most authortaive books out there being Shelby America World Registry and "The High Performance Mustang" book by Tom Gregory. However, as well pointed out in this video there are various other clues (all of which in the cumulative) help you dial in on what you are looking at..... LOVE the HiPo's
I agree with you about the Vin stamping on the block and some of those blocks that were not stamped. but I would add I believe the value of the engine is greatly increased with a vin stamping on the side of the block
High performance Ford engines have a stamped VIN that matches the cars they were in. Other Ford engines did not. All 289 Hi-Po engines had solid lifters and adjustable rocker arms.
good video. I used to paint my blocks the light early Ford Blue too. One thing you might be aware, and I am speculating, but your passenger side valve cocer is like the one I owned and bought fro Ford in the early 1970s. It has the right grommet for the PVC valve. My driver side valve cover has a push oin oil cap. If you look at replacement valve covers , both valve covers are the driver side only, and uses a screw in oil cap, and a grommet that screws in the cap hole for the PVC valve. I have often speculated why they are doing this? Did the break or loose the original mold for the passenger side valve cover? Also I love your Tiger, I had an Alpine I wanted to convert, but when I owned it, I didn't have the skills to convert. But it is my most favorite car I ever owned, even with it's negaitivities like Lucas wiring, wire rims that would spin in it's axles if not tighened, bad weak rear end, plastic rear window, and the very worse, vapor lock. I always had to park it on a hill to roll start it. The Alpine was notorious for vapor lock. I like that you also have the removable hard top. I didn't know the 289 also had a five bolt similar to the 260. Everyone is putting Coyote engines in their cars, nice to see a old school engine. I follow a Aussie You Tube channel, and they are getting 600 HP out of 289s there.
I had a k code in a mustang and this was in 74 never touched had a aluminum water pump and it had 3/8 rod bolts and a counter weight on the crankshaft no vacuum advance
You are very correct, sir that’s the one thing I regret when I made this video is to not make the date codes a little bit clearer for everyone being an older guy recording a video and trying to get all this information out is mind-boggling. Sometimes I’m gonna start doing outlines before I do videos, but the guys who know all the date codes are correct.
I get flak for pointing out my comet is a K-code. I'm well aware it's no hipo, but it has the components off said mustang (intake and whatnot). I'm currently running a holley 4160 and headers with an edelbrock intake, so it may be nearing those specs.
There were different timing gear & chain setups also along with the cover. Not picking a fight but I'm not convinced that just those few changes found that much horsepower w/o a cam change.
The cam change might be a possibility, but I guess that’s one thing that I will never know the motor I had has never been taken apart so I couldn’t measure it to verify. I don’t know if there are any original Shelby guys left alive to confirm this or not.
There is a video of this engine, running on a run stand on my channel. You can listen to it run and decide for yourself. If it sounds like it has a more aggressive cam than the original hipo Cam.
In those days everyone rated their engines under for insurance reasons. I do know a 'D' model engine, early '65, ran extremely good for 210 hp. That motor used the 260 timing gears & chain. With a set of 3:55 gears it would pull 5000 in 4th gear. That was past 120 & then some.
Yes a narrow bolt pattern toploader will work. they made two different bolt pattern toploader 4 speed one for the 5 bolt bell housing and one for the 6 bolt.
I agree but without the vin stamp all you have is a stock 289 , maybe they have the right part's but the value of the block itself is in the vin stamp. with no stamp you cannot prove it,s a real Hipo.
My understanding is that that is a hydraulic cam that closely resembles the 289 Hipo solid lifter cam it’s A Ford cam released by Ford in 1969 for a 289 , 302 it’s a relatively mild performance cam for the small block Ford
@@normanjones5167 I don't want to get into a comment tug of war, but 65 1/2 exist, I had one and one an won many bets pulling out the pink slip. 1/2 yr productions are not that uncommon.
@pyleup yeah l got burnt buying these heads, was told they were hipo heads like 15 years ago. These have been heavy modified, l think someone has put chevy 202 intake valves in it, screw in studs, brass guides. I got a set of aluminum heads ld rather use. Don't guess these cast iron ones is really worth anything then?
Show the right side "hi po" head again and the "alignment holes" for the pushrods and the front rocker that's "out of alignment" on the valve stem by at least 1/16th of an inch. That's REAL "hi po", lol.
Definition of motor - "a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving parts." You fool
