Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes
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Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes
Could someone please decipher the following 1976 Corvette engine suffixes?
CLM, CLR, CLS, CHC, CHR, CKC, CKW, CKX
My 1984 edition of the Corvette Black Book doesn't break them down.
Thanx,
Jim Shea
CLM, CLR, CLS, CHC, CHR, CKC, CKW, CKX
My 1984 edition of the Corvette Black Book doesn't break them down.
Thanx,
Jim Shea
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Jim Shea)
JIm-
The '02 book shows only the following for '76 suffix:
CHC: 350ci, 210hp mt CKX: 350ci, 180hp at
CKC: 350ci, 210hp at CLS: 350ci, 180hp at ce
CKW: 350ci, 180hp mt
Hope this helps out -Rod :chevy
The '02 book shows only the following for '76 suffix:
CHC: 350ci, 210hp mt CKX: 350ci, 180hp at
CKC: 350ci, 210hp at CLS: 350ci, 180hp at ce
CKW: 350ci, 180hp mt
Hope this helps out -Rod :chevy
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Jim Shea)
CLM, CLR, CLS, CHC, CHR, CKC, CKW, CKX
You're in luck (man, I love the internet)....here ya go :
1976 CLM 350 a/t L L48 185 4 Vette/Monte
1973 CLR 350 4 spd trans. T L82 250 4 Vette
1978 CLR 350 a/t, Calif L L48 175 4 Vette/Monte
1973 CLS 350 m/t, Calif T L82 250 4 Vette
1976 CLS 350 a/t, high altitude L L48 175 4 Vette
1975 CHC 350 m/t, h/p T L82 205 4 Vette
1976 CHC 350 m/t, h/p X L82 210 4 Vette
1975 CHR 350 a/t, s h/p, Calif T L82 205 4 Vette/Camaro
1975 CKC 350 a/t, s h/p, w/fed T L82 205 4 Vette
1976 CKC 350 a/t, s h/p, w/fed X L82 210 4 Vette
1976 CKW 350 m/t L L48 180 4 Vette
1976 CKX 350 a/t L L48 180 4 Vette
Here's the site in case I left out one : http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/spcode2.html
:hat
You're in luck (man, I love the internet)....here ya go :
1976 CLM 350 a/t L L48 185 4 Vette/Monte
1973 CLR 350 4 spd trans. T L82 250 4 Vette
1978 CLR 350 a/t, Calif L L48 175 4 Vette/Monte
1973 CLS 350 m/t, Calif T L82 250 4 Vette
1976 CLS 350 a/t, high altitude L L48 175 4 Vette
1975 CHC 350 m/t, h/p T L82 205 4 Vette
1976 CHC 350 m/t, h/p X L82 210 4 Vette
1975 CHR 350 a/t, s h/p, Calif T L82 205 4 Vette/Camaro
1975 CKC 350 a/t, s h/p, w/fed T L82 205 4 Vette
1976 CKC 350 a/t, s h/p, w/fed X L82 210 4 Vette
1976 CKW 350 m/t L L48 180 4 Vette
1976 CKX 350 a/t L L48 180 4 Vette
Here's the site in case I left out one : http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/spcode2.html
:hat
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Jim Shea)
Could someone please decipher the following 1976 Corvette engine suffixes?
CLM, CLR, CLS, CHC, CHR, CKC, CKW, CKX
My 1984 edition of the Corvette Black Book doesn't break them down.
CLM, CLR, CLS, CHC, CHR, CKC, CKW, CKX
My 1984 edition of the Corvette Black Book doesn't break them down.
1973 350/245hp 4 spd,Calif Z28
1976 350/185hp a/t Monte Carlo
CLR
1973 350/250hp 4 spd trans. L82
1978 350/175hp a/t, Calif L48 Vette
CLS
1973 350/250hp m/t, Calif T L82 Vette
1976 350/175hp a/t, high altitude L48 Vette
CHC
1973 307 tur hydro, Calif NB2 F, B, & X bodies
1975 350/205hp m/t L82 Vette
1976 350/210hp m/t L82 Vette
1980 350 auto trans. in full size
CHR
1975 350/205hp a/t Calif L82 Vette
1978 350/170hp auto trans. Camaro
CKC
1973 350/145hp m/t A & X bodies
1975 350/205 a/t L82 Vette
1976 350/210hp a/t L82 Vette
CKW
1972 350/200hp 4 spd trans. Vette
1973 350/145hp t/h F & X bodies
1976 350/180hp m/t Vette
CKX
1972 350/200hp t/h Vette
1973 350/145hp t/h Camaro
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Jim Shea)
Thanx,
Just what I needed. I am sending an eMail to Corvette Fever correcting their May 2002 issue which has an article under SHARKbites on 1976 4-speed Vettes. Both the L48 and the L82 were available with 4-speed manual transmissions.
JIML82
Just what I needed. I am sending an eMail to Corvette Fever correcting their May 2002 issue which has an article under SHARKbites on 1976 4-speed Vettes. Both the L48 and the L82 were available with 4-speed manual transmissions.
JIML82
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Jim Shea)
I am sending an eMail to Corvette Fever correcting their May 2002 issue which has an article under SHARKbites on 1976 4-speed Vettes. Both the L48 and the L82 were available with 4-speed manual transmissions.
Before you get that out, were they talking about the close-ratio M21 and the L82. Per the Corvette Black Book, the M21 required the L82. Thus the M21 was not available with the L48.
You could get both engines with the wide-ratio 4-speed but only the L82 with the close-ratio M21.
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Tom73)
Yes, I just read that too. I think Sal Carbone meant to say "M-21 was required with L-82". The reader that wrote in however, said his car had an L-48 in it. Showed it in his VIN too. Then Sal went onto say, "Since your car has an L-48 in it, it had to have come with an automatic." Made it sound like there were no L-48 4spd(M-20) cars built in '76. :lol:
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Paul Borowski)
Thanks for the clarification on the close ratio versus wide ratio. I had already sent off the eMail to CF. It will be interesting to get an answer from them.
Now, I need to clarify some issues in their article about "rag joint R&R".
Jim Shea
Now, I need to clarify some issues in their article about "rag joint R&R".
Jim Shea
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Jim Shea)
Now, I need to clarify some issues in their article about "rag joint R&R".
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Re: Decipher 1976 Vette Engine Codes (Tom73)
It concerns me that they are prying on the lower end of the steering column in order to get clearance to remove the flexible coupling. I think that they are actually collapsing the steering shaft back into the steering column. It is not a safety issue but a collapsed steering shaft can start to have lash over time.
The shaft is actually two pieces. They are flatted where they come together inside the column. The area where they are flatted and engaged with each other is actually injected with molten plastic at the factory to "lock" them together under normal driving. However, under a severe front end collision, the plastic shears and the two shafts telescope onto each other. It is that plastic injected joint that is being sheared when the lower end of the column is compressed.
Also they make no mention of checking to be sure that the stop pins are central in the column flange slots. The plastic spacers are on the replacement flexible coupling to help align everything as you are assembling the steering column to the steering gear. You are supposed to pull the spacers and throw them away after you button everything up. (You can grip the spacers with a hook (like a coat hanger) and pull them straight off.)
The shaft is actually two pieces. They are flatted where they come together inside the column. The area where they are flatted and engaged with each other is actually injected with molten plastic at the factory to "lock" them together under normal driving. However, under a severe front end collision, the plastic shears and the two shafts telescope onto each other. It is that plastic injected joint that is being sheared when the lower end of the column is compressed.
Also they make no mention of checking to be sure that the stop pins are central in the column flange slots. The plastic spacers are on the replacement flexible coupling to help align everything as you are assembling the steering column to the steering gear. You are supposed to pull the spacers and throw them away after you button everything up. (You can grip the spacers with a hook (like a coat hanger) and pull them straight off.)
