L88
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,103
Likes: 802
From: Massapequa Park NY
The CE code is a over the counter warranty exchange block code.
If someone had a real L88 and blew the motor during the warranty, Chevy would have used any 4 bolt main 512 block and stuck the correct L88 internals in it.
Thread Starter
3rd Gear
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Great news,was considering buying a 68 and building a tribute car. Need to think this over now, Thx for the quick feed back.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,152
Likes: 252
small block CE engines will be date stamped on the starter mount pad. IIRC it was applied to big blocks also?
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 11,608
Likes: 780
From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
I have no issues building my fake road race themed 69 and calling it a poser,
But i will grin a little each time some cat asks me if i found an old face car in a barn and got it running,
Dont give up on the project just because of the engine,
Heck, there's an l88 listed for sale on here,
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,152
Likes: 252
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,717
Likes: 551
From: Seattle Washington
In todays world of easily re stamped serial numbers buyers are more interested in the date codes anyway. Just go to one of the major Auctions and as a valuable collector car is getting close to the block everybody has the flashlight looking down at the Bell Housing area.
I'm in the same situation. I have a 69 L88 that I am going to restore. Only problem is I have no way of proving it left the factory as an L88 or any other engine. I'd love to prove it one way or another but I have exhausted my re sources trying. I know where the Car was sold and that Dealer is long gone. I talked to the owner who had it in 1985 but I have no clue what happened in between. So far I have nothing to prove it was not an L88 so that is the route I intend to follow.
I'm in the same situation. I have a 69 L88 that I am going to restore. Only problem is I have no way of proving it left the factory as an L88 or any other engine. I'd love to prove it one way or another but I have exhausted my re sources trying. I know where the Car was sold and that Dealer is long gone. I talked to the owner who had it in 1985 but I have no clue what happened in between. So far I have nothing to prove it was not an L88 so that is the route I intend to follow.
Thread Starter
3rd Gear
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
In todays world of easily re stamped serial numbers buyers are more interested in the date codes anyway. Just go to one of the major Auctions and as a valuable collector car is getting close to the block everybody has the flashlight looking down at the Bell Housing area.
I'm in the same situation. I have a 69 L88 that I am going to restore. Only problem is I have no way of proving it left the factory as an L88 or any other engine. I'd love to prove it one way or another but I have exhausted my re sources trying. I know where the Car was sold and that Dealer is long gone. I talked to the owner who had it in 1985 but I have no clue what happened in between. So far I have nothing to prove it was not an L88 so that is the route I intend to follow.
I'm in the same situation. I have a 69 L88 that I am going to restore. Only problem is I have no way of proving it left the factory as an L88 or any other engine. I'd love to prove it one way or another but I have exhausted my re sources trying. I know where the Car was sold and that Dealer is long gone. I talked to the owner who had it in 1985 but I have no clue what happened in between. So far I have nothing to prove it was not an L88 so that is the route I intend to follow.
sure if we want to make an investment not able to prove the L88 side
of the deal.
By any chance, have you ever been involved with turbo's?
Thx. My email is Hilstreet427@yahoo.com. 916-216-6717
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 13,082
Likes: 3,399
From: SW Florida.
My 75 vert is gonna have chrome bumpers and 454 with rectangle heads. The mercruiser dual plane is exact match for L88 intake. I'm gonna call it a wannabe. check the hood corners. next time somebody post "HELP, I CANT OPEN MY HOOD!" I will post a close-up of it.
Last edited by derekderek; Nov 5, 2017 at 05:21 AM.
Pro
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 607
Likes: 122
Im not meaning this smart *** at all, things get lost in type, but isnt by defination a "tribute" just a more noble way of saying poser, so who cares if the l88 engine is a real factory one, pretty darn sweet to me to even have a fresh built l88 that wasnt a gm build,
I have no issues building my fake road race themed 69 and calling it a poser,
But i will grin a little each time some cat asks me if i found an old face car in a barn and got it running,
Dont give up on the project just because of the engine,
Heck, there's an l88 listed for sale on here,
I have no issues building my fake road race themed 69 and calling it a poser,
But i will grin a little each time some cat asks me if i found an old face car in a barn and got it running,
Dont give up on the project just because of the engine,
Heck, there's an l88 listed for sale on here,
Its not original by any means, but I don't care and thats all that matter to me.
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 13,082
Likes: 3,399
From: SW Florida.
it is a CE short block. date code on the block. part numbers on the pistons, rods, crank, cam. it they are all correct and still stock bore, it IS for all intents-purposes a CE L88.
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 13,082
Likes: 3,399
From: SW Florida.
counter engines were built to whatever specs the customer required. or over-built. they would have used a 512 4 bolt for a 2-bolt build if that is what they had laying around. but few people would put the steel crank and correct pistons-rods into a block to fake an L88 and install used bearings cuz they had the correct dates on them...