Seeking a little history on versions of E9

[james j neiweem]

For there being 13000+ 865's there doesn't seem to be many survivors compared to the E-9. Was the 865 the best of the early V-8"s

[Superdog]

For there being 13000+ 865's there doesn't seem to be many survivors compared to the E-9. Was the 865 the best of the early V-8"s

Including the one Dad had,alot of 865's had head and head gasket issues,but it was a running SOB when it wasn't in the shop. I never heard much bad about the 866's

[AZB755V8]

For there being 13000+ 865's there doesn't seem to be many survivors compared to the E-9. Was the 865 the best of the early V-8"s

I have heard there was upwards of 12-13000 E9's as well produced. There are still MORE than a few working every day. There are issues with them the biggest is parts availability and the cost of parts. Other thing is ALL mechanical, no plugin date logging for the man.

We have had 6-8 of the early V8's. The heads and bearings were issues. We scrapped all of them except for 2, one is in my B. The reason there are few still around is that it is far easer to replace them with a I6 engine that has over 100hp and 400ft/lbs of torque more and be more reliable. Parts are an even bigger issue than the E9's. No one even knows what they are to work on them, we do all our own work. Funny, Mack here in AZ said most of their Guys have never seen one to begin with. I was the only guy to order parts for one in the last 10 years or an E9 for that matter.