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Anybody Recognize These Small Block Heads?

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Old Oct 17, 2016 | 01:31 PM
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You can look up casting emblems for chevy heads, but the only actual way is to pull the valve cover and read the casting numbers and then look that up.

That emblem is a run of the mill low performance 76 cc low compression head
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My guess is 3998993 or 3998997 74 cc. 1.94/1.5. Heavily cast heads.
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