Need help identifying engine!
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Easiest way to tell the diff between Corvet and Camaro TPI is this... On the Corvette motoe the fuel rails (connections) come out of the front left (pass) side of the motor as you are looking at it, the Camaro fuel lines come out of the right hand (drivers) side. Yours looks like a L98.
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and it can be a 305 if it was on a GMC Sierra (i dont know for sure if the Sierras came with 305's)
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90-92 fbodys were map systems, but that could just be the induction system on a 305 as mentioned before. If the engine was pulled from a fbody and is a 350, then the code 638 should appear on the driver's side (I think, could be pass. side) of the block by the freeze plugs.
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Theres a few different things I detemined.
Its definatly a 90+ F-body TPI.
Its not a vette motor, those dont look like 113 heads.
The ceterbolt heads mean 87+ bolt pattern, vette intake base wouldnt
work.
It has a small cap HEI with the external coil (F-body or Truck)
F-body fuel rail.
Its either the truck motor with an F-body TPI and vette valve covers.
Or its an F-body motor with vette valve covers
Or it could be a one off build that someone did with a TPI, and theres no telling.
The only way to be sure of the CI is to check the casting #'s
Its definatly a 90+ F-body TPI.
Its not a vette motor, those dont look like 113 heads.
The ceterbolt heads mean 87+ bolt pattern, vette intake base wouldnt
work.
It has a small cap HEI with the external coil (F-body or Truck)
F-body fuel rail.
Its either the truck motor with an F-body TPI and vette valve covers.
Or its an F-body motor with vette valve covers
Or it could be a one off build that someone did with a TPI, and theres no telling.
The only way to be sure of the CI is to check the casting #'s
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Its definatly a 90+ F-body TPI.
The ceterbolt heads mean 87+ bolt pattern, vette intake base wouldnt
work.
It has a small cap HEI with the external coil (F-body or Truck)
F-body fuel rail.
Or it could be a one off build that someone did with a TPI, and theres no telling.
The only way to be sure of the CI is to check the casting #'s
Engine underneath has no relevence to what is bolted on top.
Anything can be mixed and matched on a SBC.
Front access are not Vette ; has normal rotation water pump and idler in non Vette L98 location.