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Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
I just bought 3 engine blocks yesterday at an auction. I looked them up on Mortec.com and got the following.
Here's the numbers off of them: 3979014 - I think I read it wrong and that 9 should have been a 0. 3970010 3959532 The first is a 350(good) if that 9 is actually a 0. The second says it could be a 302, 327, or a 350. How do I tell which it is? The third is a 283. Can this be built to make decent HP? Is it the same block as the 327? I don't know anything about 283's. Thanks a bunch! |
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
If you'll post the stamped in numbers off the front pad on the block I can help you.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Hmm....didn't get those. I'll go see if I can get 'em real quick.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Okay, I must be blind. Where are the numbers you're looking for at? And are they raised or stamped?
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
They are stamped into a small pad just in front of the passenger side head. ( The opposite corner from the engine number at the back of the driver side head)
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
On the front side passenger side deck. Where the head would mount there will be an extra flat pad. On that pad would be a code. For instance the the block that could be a 350/302/327. You would see something like DZ1708. DZ is the code for 302 so that with the block # would mean a 302, other number are month/date etc. Our truck blocks I think have 3 letters all starting with T I think. Don't quote me its been a while since I have looked at that stuff. But thats a ballpark view
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Ohh, okay. Thanks guys. I never realized there was a number there. I'll go look again.
I'll post back in 10 or 20 minutes.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Okay, the first one didn't have a number. It looks like the surface was machined and that took the number off. CRAP.
The second one looked like CE0A425. With 42 a little to the right. The third looked like CE0A188. With 96 a little off to the right.
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72 Chevy C10 longbed 350/350 86 Chevy K10 short-stepside, daily driver 63 Galaxie 2 door sedan 260/3 speed - basket case 72 Chevy C10 longbed - parts (good box and A/C cab) 70 Chevy C10 longbed - parts (decent box) 66 El Camino 327/Powerglide (extreme rust) 61 Bel Air, no drivetrain, sittin' in the pasture 71 F250, 72 F150, 70 F100 - parts Last edited by ChevyTough; 04-26-2006 at 04:00 PM. |
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Those numbers don't seem right to me. Possibly partial VIN numbers or something. It should look something like this...F0328TKM.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Hope this helps....
These numbers are block casting numbers. 3970014 -1970-73 350ci LA built Camaro 3970010 -1969-79 350ci car, truck, Vette 3959532 - 1956-67 283ci This is according to http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html#cdate ![]()
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
How do you know the 3970010 is a 350 and not a 327?
I also read on some website that the CE meant it was a crate engine.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Measuring the bore diameter should tell you.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Alright, thanks a lot everyone! This really helped out a lot. Now I just need to tear the bottom end out of both 350's and see if they're 2 or 4 bolt mains.
What is best to pour in cylinders to loosen up the pistons? I've heard either Coca Cola or diesel will work.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
So did our trucks with that #3970010 come with 4 bolt mains?I just pulled one out of a 71 and it has 4 bolt mains on it.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
I'm pretty sure all the 67-72 truck 350's had 4 bolt mains.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
I'm no motor head but i was under the assumption that the truck 350s from 67-72 were 4 bolts...
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
The 283 is a fun motor. Not much TQ but lots of power and high RPM's. The 283 I built 10 yrs ago was the funniest motor in a 68 Longbed and a 4 speed. If you want fun. build the 283.
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Marvins "Mystery oil"
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Re: Bought 3 engine blocks - little help please!
Yeah that stuff is a mechanical cure all
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