block info required.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Europe , Luxembourg
block info required.
Hi
I found a block for my 68 with following details :
321 4 bolt block with T1120ID stamped, no vin. The cast date I believe is an I7 but the cast date is fairly unreadable.
My car's build date is C 05 = Oct 05 , 1967
I can't work out the stamped suffix number on this block. No ID in my black book for 68.
Also if the block has a casting date of I...7 , being Sept 67 , shouldn't the suffix stamp be something like T09...I. ?
Why is there no VIN stamp on the pad ?
Sorry for all those questions.
Gunther
I found a block for my 68 with following details :
321 4 bolt block with T1120ID stamped, no vin. The cast date I believe is an I7 but the cast date is fairly unreadable.
My car's build date is C 05 = Oct 05 , 1967
I can't work out the stamped suffix number on this block. No ID in my black book for 68.
Also if the block has a casting date of I...7 , being Sept 67 , shouldn't the suffix stamp be something like T09...I. ?
Why is there no VIN stamp on the pad ?
Sorry for all those questions.
Gunther
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Re: block info required. (WESCH)
The "ID" suffix was used for the 427/425hp engine in '66-'68 full-size passenger cars. Pretty unusual for a block to sit around at Tonawanda for two months before being machined/assembled. If there's no VIN derivative on the pad, it's either a service engine or it's been decked and re-stamped; does the pad show longitudinal broach marks? 
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St. Jude Donor '09
Re: block info required. (JohnZ)
If you do get enough numbers together, here is a great site to find out what you have.
http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html
http://www.nastyz28.com/sbchevy/sblock.html
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Re: block info required. (Desertdawg)
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Melting Slicks
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From: Europe , Luxembourg
Re: block info required. (Desertdawg)
Hi
Thanks.
Ups, I learned something here, this block was 2 or 4 bolt.
3916321....427.......68......2 or 4 bolt
I thought that it was always a 4 bolt main.
Something else to watch.
Gunther
Thanks.
Ups, I learned something here, this block was 2 or 4 bolt.
3916321....427.......68......2 or 4 bolt
I thought that it was always a 4 bolt main.
Something else to watch.
Gunther
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Re: block info required. (WESCH)
My Chevrolet V-8 Engine Code Pocket Guide shows:
T -- Tonawanda (NY) plant code
11 -- Month of production (November)
20 -- Day of month (20th)
ID -- Engine Suffix generic for 66-68 427
I'd say your have a GM replacement big block.
T -- Tonawanda (NY) plant code
11 -- Month of production (November)
20 -- Day of month (20th)
ID -- Engine Suffix generic for 66-68 427
I'd say your have a GM replacement big block.
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