63 327 Engine Decode
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63 327 Engine Decode
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new to forum here but on others on the internet....I would like to decode my engine.....numbers on front of block are....310819 F0925RE: can not see block numbers on rear at this time...thankyou GUMP
new to forum here but on others on the internet....I would like to decode my engine.....numbers on front of block are....310819 F0925RE: can not see block numbers on rear at this time...thankyou GUMP
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thank you to all those responding......been restoring other types of cars...this is my first corvette....looks like a gem....took it out for a drive yesterday and surprised how much power it has!...are these camel hump heads? and did the RE code engine have solid lifters for super high performance 327? thank you
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Yes, the 340hp motor had solid lifters. At the top is a FAQ section and in there is a thread for books and such that come in handy when owning a Corvette: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...ese-books.html
Sounds like you got a nice car.
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Sounds like you got a nice car.
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K 10 1= November 10, 1961 used in an early 1962 production 327 engine, with 300, 340 or 360hp ratings. Passenger car 300hp engines also used them.
do these numbers correspond with 1963 convertible thank you
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And yes, this 63 unit was a T10D-1 Maincase with a T10-7D Tailshaft, AND A T10-148B sidecover. It was alluminum.
The first Muncie 4 speed did not start production shippment until February 6, 1963, and started to show up in Corvette cars in May and June 1963. Passenger cars got the first round on Muncies
The vin number derative (3S10819) of your car will also be stamped on the side of the flange and a date code like WA2832 = Warner 4 sp, A=Jan, 3= year 1963, 28=day28,2=year,2 shift
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63's used the 421 bellhousing, with the small hole to match the smaller-diameter front bearing retainer; if that one has a '63-only T10-1D main case and the later 403 bellhousing with the larger hole for the front bearing retainer, the front bearing retainer isn't positively registered to the bellhousing.
I've been down that road--it ain't pretty.
