Need help decoding engine numbers please
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Need help decoding engine numbers please
Hi, I just purchased a 327 engine and the owner didn't know what it was from but I believe it may be from a 66 'vette. Here are the stamping numbers:
Rear engine block (near bellhousing): 3858174
Pad in front of passenger head: FO7II2AS
Heads, under valve cover: 3890462 & F276 & GM15
I would GREATLY appreciate anything you can contribute to helping me decode this engine. I have my fingers crossed that it's something I can use for my first rebuild. Thanks in advance! Malo
Rear engine block (near bellhousing): 3858174
Pad in front of passenger head: FO7II2AS
Heads, under valve cover: 3890462 & F276 & GM15
I would GREATLY appreciate anything you can contribute to helping me decode this engine. I have my fingers crossed that it's something I can use for my first rebuild. Thanks in advance! Malo
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I am not real good with this numbers stuff but this what it looks like to me.
3858174....327...64-67
3890462....66-67...302/327/350..Camel hump,no accessory holes,64cc chamber
F276 I think is June 27 1966
3858174....327...64-67
3890462....66-67...302/327/350..Camel hump,no accessory holes,64cc chamber
F276 I think is June 27 1966
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Originally Posted by malo68
Pad in front of passenger head: FO7II2AS
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Originally Posted by malo68
Here is a tracing from the pad stamping:
Looks to me like its FO71I2AS?
Looks to me like its FO71I2AS?
07 = July
1I = the 11th day
2AS = ???? As John stated there should only be 2 characters not 3.
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FYI, it would not be a Corvette engine with an AS- according to Noland, all 66 327's started with a H or a K, not an A. Most had 461 heads, but 462's showed up late in the production year.
The extra digit makes it a plant stamping error or a restamp error maybe? If the engiine looks like it is original, not decked or bored, it may have been a GM production error.
Don
The extra digit makes it a plant stamping error or a restamp error maybe? If the engiine looks like it is original, not decked or bored, it may have been a GM production error.
Don
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From: "cutesy" TN
Originally Posted by Don SSDD
FYI, it would not be a Corvette engine with an AS- according to Noland, all 66 327's started with a H or a K, not an A. Most had 461 heads, but 462's showed up late in the production year.
The extra digit makes it a plant stamping error or a restamp error maybe? If the engiine looks like it is original, not decked or bored, it may have been a GM production error.
Don
The extra digit makes it a plant stamping error or a restamp error maybe? If the engiine looks like it is original, not decked or bored, it may have been a GM production error.
Don
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The only 60's Flint engines I've seen with odd 3-digit suffixes were marine engines (Mercury Marine, Crusader, etc.); that's probably where that one began its life. With a very few rare exceptions, there were no 3-digit suffixes until 1970.
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Hi,i' m lost!
I have a 63 vette(NOM)
My engine number reads 12118112F0206SB
I'm from downunder(Melbourne Australia)and ,after all my research, can't work out what this engine is!!!!!!!
Can you please help?
Regards
John
I have a 63 vette(NOM)
My engine number reads 12118112F0206SB
I'm from downunder(Melbourne Australia)and ,after all my research, can't work out what this engine is!!!!!!!
Can you please help?
Regards
John
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Engine number.
The "SB" suffix was used on '62-'64 327/300hp in full-size cars; the VIN derivative stamping on that one says it's from a '62. What's the block casting number (U.S. driver's side rear flange) and the casting date (about 5" toward the U.S. passenger side from the distributor)?
This is all the information i have at the moment,i dont have the car yet
as it is just about to be loaded on to a container for shipping to Melbourne,Australia.
I only have photos of engine,not sure if this helps.
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The "SB" suffix was used on '62-'64 327/300hp in full-size cars; the VIN derivative stamping on that one says it's from a '62. What's the block casting number (U.S. driver's side rear flange) and the casting date (about 5" toward the U.S. passenger side from the distributor)?
I recently helped a friend sell a 64 Impala with a 327 / 250 hp engine, full option car (S suffix code). The pad did not have a VIN derivative.
Perhaps this varied from assembly plant to assembly plant as the VIN derivatives were phased in throughout the 60s.
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Hi, I just purchased a 327 engine and the owner didn't know what it was from but I believe it may be from a 66 'vette. Here are the stamping numbers:
Rear engine block (near bellhousing): 3858174
Pad in front of passenger head: FO7II2AS
Heads, under valve cover: 3890462 & F276 & GM15
I would GREATLY appreciate anything you can contribute to helping me decode this engine. I have my fingers crossed that it's something I can use for my first rebuild. Thanks in advance! Malo
Rear engine block (near bellhousing): 3858174
Pad in front of passenger head: FO7II2AS
Heads, under valve cover: 3890462 & F276 & GM15
I would GREATLY appreciate anything you can contribute to helping me decode this engine. I have my fingers crossed that it's something I can use for my first rebuild. Thanks in advance! Malo
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Pretty unusual to find a 62-64 low hp (250 / 300 hp) engine in a passenger car with a VIN derivative on it.
I recently helped a friend sell a 64 Impala with a 327 / 250 hp engine, full option car (S suffix code). The pad did not have a VIN derivative.
Perhaps this varied from assembly plant to assembly plant as the VIN derivatives were phased in throughout the 60s.
I recently helped a friend sell a 64 Impala with a 327 / 250 hp engine, full option car (S suffix code). The pad did not have a VIN derivative.
Perhaps this varied from assembly plant to assembly plant as the VIN derivatives were phased in throughout the 60s.
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