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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy...item43a51b6e48
Is this a Corvette engine? What puzzles me is the F0219S code.
Any experts know this one.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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Yeah, that is strange. 63 had an SC for 250HP auto, and SD for 300 HP auto but no plain S that I know of.
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S is for a passenger car used for Impalas and trucks with a 283 and 327. for 63 it was 327/250 with a power glide and a 4 barrel carb for a Impala
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Its a 250hp 4bl power glide Feb 19 1962
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
S is for a passenger car used for Impalas and trucks with a 283 and 327. for 63 it was 327/250 with a power glide and a 4 barrel carb for a Impala


I found this great site the other day....

http://www.73-87.com/chevy_ids/sbcid2.htm
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It can't be a 62 as the castin date is B93 as in Feb. 9th 1963.
I have a bid in on it so I geuss if I get it I can have it decked
and leave the pad blank. Is there anyone near Minerva Ohio
that migh be willing to check it out for me?
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Anyone have any idea how much this bare block would weigh?
I would need to have it shipped from Seller to Port Huron Mi.
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Here is another site for decoding http://www.348-409.com/suffixsb.htm . As far as shipping out of country its foreign to me
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Passenger cars had 1 character suffixes, Corvettes had 2 character suffixes, and I think trucks had 3 character suffixes in the late 50's and 60's.


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Originally Posted by rongold
Passenger cars had 1 character suffixes, Corvettes had 2 character suffixes, and I think trucks had 3 character suffixes in the late 50's and 60's.


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Not true on 65 and up
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Passenger cars had 1 character suffixes, Corvettes had 2 character suffixes, and I think trucks had 3 character suffixes in the late 50's and 60's.
I have a '66 Chevy truck with a 283, it has a 2-letter suffix. ("WA" - 283/175hp 2 bbl)
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Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
S is for a passenger car used for Impalas and trucks with a 283 and 327. for 63 it was 327/250 with a power glide and a 4 barrel carb for a Impala
That's correct - the single-character "S" suffix was used for many years from '57-up for truck and passenger car Powerglide applications. Corvette engines never used a single-character suffix.
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