Need help identifying 327 engine
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Need help identifying 327 engine
I have a 327 engine currently in a 68 chevelle I'm trying to identify and sale. I was told it may be a corvette engine. Block casting is 3782870 and head casting is 3795896. The top of the spring retainers all have an "H" stamped on them. The block is also stamped FI002S. Can anyone tell me if this is a corvette engine and what it may be worth. Thanks in advance for the help. Pics are available at :http://www.ju-online.com/030704.htm
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Originally Posted by isiahman
I have a 327 engine currently in a 68 chevelle I'm trying to identify and sale. I was told it may be a corvette engine. Block casting is 3782870 and head casting is 3795896. The top of the spring retainers all have an "H" stamped on them. The black is also stamped FI002S. Can anyone tell me if this is a corvette engine and what it may be worth. Thanks in advance for the help. Pics are available at :http://www.ju-online.com/030704.htm
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the block was used through 62 to 65. the head was used for the 250hp 327. I can't say for sure if it was only used for corvettes but they used that motor. it is only worth alot of money to the owner of the car it cam out of orginalily. the they have been going for 500 to 800 dolars depending the condition of everything.
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Heads are small port/valve - 1.72/1.5 inch.
If it did start life in a Corvette is was a 327/250, which isn't worth much unless the block has the abbreviated Corvette VIN stamped next to the Flint data, and you can find the current owner of this VIN, AND he wants the original block back.
Duke
If it did start life in a Corvette is was a 327/250, which isn't worth much unless the block has the abbreviated Corvette VIN stamped next to the Flint data, and you can find the current owner of this VIN, AND he wants the original block back.
Duke
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Originally Posted by SWCDuke
which isn't worth much unless.......you can find the current owner of this VIN, AND he wants the original block back.
Duke
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nah, that car is now already a documented '65 396BB car in which case the owner might pay you to destroy that motor so it never surfaces again.
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Used for Passenger & Corvette Applications
Source book "Corvette by the numbers", Colvin (2002), page 91 says that your block number 3782870 was used from 62 through 65 (as reported above) and used for passenger and corvette applications during this period, for all hp ratings.
This is the same block casting I have on my 62 300 hp (which also has appropriate casting date for my car).
Hope this helps. Good luck.
This is the same block casting I have on my 62 300 hp (which also has appropriate casting date for my car).
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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The "S" after the engine assembly code usually denotes that the engine was originally used with a powerglide trans. Corvette codes were 2 digit codes, SC and SD in the 62-4 timeframe.
You'll find the casting date of the block on the passengers side bellhousing flange, near the distributor. It will be something like A 3 3, which would be A (January) 3 (third day) 3 (1963).
That will tell you the year the block was cast, 62 to 65 as others have stated. Chuck
You'll find the casting date of the block on the passengers side bellhousing flange, near the distributor. It will be something like A 3 3, which would be A (January) 3 (third day) 3 (1963).
That will tell you the year the block was cast, 62 to 65 as others have stated. Chuck
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Originally Posted by Chuck Gongloff
The "S" after the engine assembly code usually denotes that the engine was originally used with a powerglide trans. Corvette codes were 2 digit codes, SC and SD in the 62-4 timeframe.
You'll find the casting date of the block on the passengers side bellhousing flange, near the distributor. It will be something like A 3 3, which would be A (January) 3 (third day) 3 (1963).
That will tell you the year the block was cast, 62 to 65 as others have stated. Chuck
You'll find the casting date of the block on the passengers side bellhousing flange, near the distributor. It will be something like A 3 3, which would be A (January) 3 (third day) 3 (1963).
That will tell you the year the block was cast, 62 to 65 as others have stated. Chuck
for example my block with casting number 3782870 (same as yours) has "RD", noting a manual w/300 hp engine, which matches the engine in the car. I understand that casting numbers are more reliable (i.e., harder to modify) than the stamped codes, which can be modified. However, it would be unusual for someone to restamp a corvette engine (with double letter designators) to a non-corvette engine (with single letter designators). Appears Ron Miller's comments above are right.
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