engine blk # doesnt make sense
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,417
Likes: 336
From: Texas
engine blk # doesnt make sense
i have a 79 L82 corvette, i know the engine has been replaced sometime in the past, we installed new bearings and rear seal in the engine and the old bearings had GM 81, i'm assuming 1981,it was a 4 bolt main, anyway, the pad at front of engine only has one
# VA 252800, block casting # on rear is 14016379, can any one decifer these. i just found my carb # 17059216 carter, it fits a 305-350 camaro w/ac, it runs, starts, idles fine, what a mix match of parts.
thanks for any help.
# VA 252800, block casting # on rear is 14016379, can any one decifer these. i just found my carb # 17059216 carter, it fits a 305-350 camaro w/ac, it runs, starts, idles fine, what a mix match of parts.
thanks for any help.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 6,640
Likes: 287
From: Ann Arbor Michigan
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,417
Likes: 336
From: Texas
well, the date on the back of the main bearings indicates that someone changed the bearings sometime around 81. i still dont know about the number on the pad at the front of the block, it only has that one number # VA252800, nothing else.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 405
Likes: 15
From: Minneapolis
If your car is an L-82, the ID pad on your engine block at the front should have one of the following prefixes
ZBA - Four Speed
ZBB - Automatic
If you have a VA--------, it's not a Corvette motor. '79-82's all had a three-apha code starting with a Z.
Hope this helps.
ZBA - Four Speed
ZBB - Automatic
If you have a VA--------, it's not a Corvette motor. '79-82's all had a three-apha code starting with a Z.
Hope this helps.
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 76,656
Likes: 1,853
From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
You can check engine casting numbers on our web site just by entering the number in the search box.
You can do the same with engine ID codes, axle codes, Head, Intake, exhaust manifold casting numbers, alternator numbers, starters and coils.
We're not done adding to the list but should have all of them real soon.
The engine casting number you have was used in Late 1979.
**1979**
3970010 350 195 & 225 Horsepower
14016379 350 Late
You can do the same with engine ID codes, axle codes, Head, Intake, exhaust manifold casting numbers, alternator numbers, starters and coils.
We're not done adding to the list but should have all of them real soon.
The engine casting number you have was used in Late 1979.
**1979**
3970010 350 195 & 225 Horsepower
14016379 350 Late
