Engine Identification
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Engine Identification
My neighbour just bought a 66 B/B car and we are trying to determine where the engine came from.Casting # really hard to see at this point but last 3 charactors look like 289...casting date L9S1? ....Pad Vin.12556085 TO12CSP ..In book Chevrolet By The Numbers it looks like 454 Any comments. Thanks.
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CSR is a '72 Corvette 454 and the P <> R is an easy miss depending on how the stamp is.
That would jive with the '72 to '78 casting number of -289.
Of course, the TO12CSP could be a T0120SP but there are no -SP suffixes.
Clean well, double check, get a clear photo, and get back with us.
That would jive with the '72 to '78 casting number of -289.
Of course, the TO12CSP could be a T0120SP but there are no -SP suffixes.
Clean well, double check, get a clear photo, and get back with us.
