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May 21, 2018 | 09:03 PM

Bsbc

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519 engine decoding

I have a 519 283 engine with date code J59 and id stamped Fi007D im needing help figuring out what this went in. Any help would be great!

May 21, 2018 | 09:27 PM

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I have a 519 283 engine with date code J59 and id stamped Fi007D im needing help figuring out what this went in. Any help would be great!

Welcome to the forum. It’s for a 1960, but what? October 5 59. October 7 assembly date. There should be another letter after the D. DG, DH or DJ. If it’s just the D, it’s an over the counter block that wasn’t installed on the assembly line.

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May 21, 2018 | 09:33 PM

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Thank you i will look at it better tomorrow. If it is a over the counter are they worth anything?

May 21, 2018 | 09:38 PM

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Thank you i will look at it better tomorrow. If it is a over the counter are they worth anything?

Sure. It just needs the next letter stamped, but which ever letter, it would be for an automatic transmission.

May 21, 2018 | 09:51 PM

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What car do D codes go in? Im trying to figure all this stuff out. I like old school engines and love to learn how to decode them. I also got a 870 327 F0305YA with date code C35

May 22, 2018 | 08:50 AM

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D= full size Chevrolet with two barrel and automatic transmission.

YA= truck manual trans 4 or 5 speed, L30 or base engine for models CSM60-S89
C35= March 03 1965

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May 22, 2018 | 09:45 AM

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May 22, 2018 | 02:07 PM

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Your 519 engine was a production engine and was not an over the counter block.

The "D" suffix for a 1960 model production engine was a 283, 170hp, 2bbl, powerglide for a 1960 Chevrolet passenger car (Biscayne, Impala, Brookwood, Parkwood, Kingswood, Nomad, El Camino).

The "Lime Book" is a sticky at the top of the C1/C2 page that has all of the Chevy engine codes from 1955-1991. Here is the link to the book:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...df-format.html