Figured it out!
Hey guys, I need some help. I have a 350 casting number 14010207, and I really do not know anything about it . Can you help? Great block. Stamp a vin on it and it is correct for a June, July, August car.
History of the engine is; I messed up the engine in my 63 quite a few years ago. This engine was on an engine stand in a friends garage and he said I could throw it in my car until I got my original engine back together. I eventually just bought the thing from him because it took me so long to put my engine back together. (Needed new sleeve)
Now that my original engine is going back into the car, this engine is available. I am trying to find out what the correct application is for this block is. I have every book imaginable on earlier cars, but most of the books I have do not go to 1980ish.
On the front pad is has "V0821ZDC" and nothing else. My guess is that there is a casting date, but until I get a few things out of the way, I cannot see it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just want to make sure I do not trash something someone can use. If nothing else, it is still a great running small block.
Thanks Again,
Thanks Guys, I just found my "Corvette Black Book" It covers from 1953-1992. That tells you how old the book is and how long I have been around. I guess I need an updated version.

 

Can't tell you about the deck stamp, but it's a run of them mill 350, cast somewhere between '80 and '85. That deck stamp will narrow it down to it's exact use in its previous life.

 

Thanks

 

V0821VDC

V=Flint
08=August
21=21st day
VDC=no idea, probably wrong

14010207=80-85 truck 350

Should be a cast date code on the top back of the block

 

We have seen many of those blocks and we have seen some good ones and some bad ones as far as sonic testing goes which is one of the first things we check on OEM blocks.

The only down fall you will have with this block it will have passenger side dipstick.

 

Right side dip stick tube? Normally the 207s, If it's the cast number you are talking about would be a reverse side dip stick.

 

Like I said, I figured it out. The "VDC" was wrong like it was suggested. I went back to look again and it turns out to be"ZDC"
It turns out to be a 1981,350 assembled on August 21st "V0821ZDC" 190 HP manual trans with California Emissions.
It might be a great block for someone. It is a great running engine and there is no vin on the front pad suggesting it was an over the counter crate engine. All someone has to do is add the vin and they are set to go, that is if they have a August or September build car.
Thanks Again guys.
A few years back I also found a 63 block in the same situation. It was an "I 12 2" dated block that had "F0914RE" (340 HP) on the front pad. It was an over the counterblock as well. It had no vin so all someone had to do was stamp a vin in it and go with it. It was a rare find. I hate to admit I had a number stamped in it and never used it. I ended up getting my original block fixed. Repairs have come a long way over the past twenty five years. That block is still sitting in the corner of my garage.
It is time to start getting rid of all of this stuff.
Once again,
Thanks for all the input.

 

I don't understand your statement about adding a VIN stamp to the engine, especially for a car built before the engine.

 

You are correct. Believe it or not, I have sold a lot of blocks over the years. I just got mixed up about the direction of the months the block would fit. Man ,as I get older, I make more and more of these dumb mistakes.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
It actually might evenfit an 82 a bit better, but the "ZDC" is 81. I am not sure when actual production started. My guess was September like most years, but I am not sure.

 

'82 production started in October, so the engine you have would be suitable for an '81 built between the end of August and the end of that year's production.

 

Careful with model year and calendar year. Model year 1981 production began in August 1980. Your ZDC block assembled in August 1980 would have been slated for a very late August or early September built 81 at St. Louis.

Clean and check the pad again. It should have a VIN derivitive stamped on it.

 

Could the fact that there is no VIN stamp simply mean the block has been machined at some point?

 

Possibly not. Decking the block usually takes off both stamps. If assembly line workers could not get a legible VIN derivitive stamp on the block pad for whatever reason, the alternate location was to stamp it down near the oil filter. If the alternative location by the oil filter was used for the VIN derivitive, the "bad" stamp on the engine pad was supposed to have been ground off. If they actually followed procedure, only the engine code would have remained on the pad.

Who can say what occurred on the line on any given day?