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Old 10-30-2014, 10:16 AM
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Was any special coding placed on the engine pad for '66 L36 motors with the K66 TI option?
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Originally Posted by ranger725
Was any special coding placed on the engine pad for '66 L36 motors with the K66 TI option?
No. Suffix codes were different if the 390 car had K19 & 4-speed (code IM), or powerglide (code IQ) or K19 & powerglide (code IR).
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Originally Posted by ranger725
Was any special coding placed on the engine pad for '66 L36 motors with the K66 TI option?
No. Reason being that up until 1966, T.I. engines had a unique suffix due to their unique engine plant-installed distributor; starting in 1966, when K66 (T.I.) was specified, St. Louis removed the standard points distributor and installed a T.I. distributor in its place, so the unique-to-T.I. suffix was no longer needed.
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No. Reason being that up until 1966, T.I. engines had a unique suffix due to their unique engine plant-installed distributor; starting in 1966, when K66 (T.I.) was specified, St. Louis removed the standard points distributor and installed a T.I. distributor in its place, so the unique-to-T.I. suffix was no longer needed.
Thank you so much. I got bad information and started thinking I had a serious problem with my engine pad information.

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