69 corvette engine code
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69 corvette engine code
Hi,
I would like to buy a 69 corvette with a big block. I already have a 68 small block. I am trying to verify the engine code but I can’t find any information on that suffix. It seems that it is a 427 cu 390 HP. The engine code is T1106LE. Not sure if it is a 1 or a I but sur of the suffix. Anyone has an idea of what kind of block it is ?
thank you.
I would like to buy a 69 corvette with a big block. I already have a 68 small block. I am trying to verify the engine code but I can’t find any information on that suffix. It seems that it is a 427 cu 390 HP. The engine code is T1106LE. Not sure if it is a 1 or a I but sur of the suffix. Anyone has an idea of what kind of block it is ?
thank you.
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The Lime Book shows the LE suffix as a 1969 427 from a passenger car:
LE 69 427 335 4B,TH400 PA
http://www.camaros.org/pdf/LimeBook.pdf
So the engine is likely period correct, but not original.
LE 69 427 335 4B,TH400 PA
http://www.camaros.org/pdf/LimeBook.pdf
So the engine is likely period correct, but not original.
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Hi,
I would like to buy a 69 corvette with a big block. I already have a 68 small block. I am trying to verify the engine code but I can’t find any information on that suffix. It seems that it is a 427 cu 390 HP. The engine code is T1106LE. Not sure if it is a 1 or a I but sur of the suffix. Anyone has an idea of what kind of block it is ?
thank you.
I would like to buy a 69 corvette with a big block. I already have a 68 small block. I am trying to verify the engine code but I can’t find any information on that suffix. It seems that it is a 427 cu 390 HP. The engine code is T1106LE. Not sure if it is a 1 or a I but sur of the suffix. Anyone has an idea of what kind of block it is ?
thank you.
"T" is the Tonawanda engine plant, "11" is November, "06" is the sixth day of November and "LE" is a 427/3305 out of a 69 full size as Bikespace noted above. On any day at Tonawanda (or Flint for that matter) November could turn up stamped as "11", "II", "I1" and "1I".
