Somebody please help me!
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Car: 87 trans am WS6
Engine: 305 TPI
Somebody please help me!
Ive got an 87 trans am. When i first got the car a few months ago on the undersection of the hood it said 5.0, 305 so i assumed thats what it was. Last night i was puttin a new battery in and i noticed some small writing on anote under the original number, it said 350-18436572. I know the car was originaly a 305 but i cant figure out if the moter was swopped to a 350 or not because i cant see the id number on the engine. The stock exhaust also sounds alot louder than a 305 engine. Can anybody help me or give me some info? I Really have no idea and dont have the tools to take the engine out because my dads garage is being rebiult.
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18436572 is the firing order of all the sbc engines
a note ?
that someone wrote and lost in there?
and you consider it to mean that your car is a 350 car
lmao....
a note ?
that someone wrote and lost in there?
and you consider it to mean that your car is a 350 car
lmao....
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Car: 1987 camaro RS/Z28 clone
Engine: 305 bored .030 over
Transmission: 700r4 slippin its way home
Axle/Gears: 9 bolt 3.43 gear
even though it was kinda funny!!!!!
but still
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Car: GTA
Engine: 383 HSR
Transmission: TH-700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
You need to get the casting numbers from the block. Behind the engine on the bellhousing flange there will be numbers. It is the horizontal/ rounded surface behind the distributor. On the drivers side it should say 5.0LG or 5.7LG on the passenger side it says the casting numbers.
This is the only way to know for sure without tools :P
This is the only way to know for sure without tools :P
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Car: 1987 camaro RS/Z28 clone
Engine: 305 bored .030 over
Transmission: 700r4 slippin its way home
Axle/Gears: 9 bolt 3.43 gear
ewww i gotta do the same but i got egr piping screaming in my face when i try to look at the right side of the engine lol.
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Last night i was puttin a new battery in and i noticed some small writing on anote under the original number, it said 350-18436572...
Like the others pointed out, such writing should be considered fluff. The only way you'll know for sure, is to pull the actual numbers from the block. Either that, or simply dyno it (anything over 200 horsepower leads us to suspect a 350)...!
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If the oil dip stick is on the drivers side it is likely a 350, and your better off. If it is on the passenger side then it is likely a 305, and your still okay.
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Car: 87IROC, 740iBMW, 328iBMW, 86GMC
Engine: 5.7, 4.4LV8, 2.8, 6.0
Transmission: Manuals & Auto's
Axle/Gears: 3.27, 3.42