Identifying Chevy engines
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*[http://www.classictruckshop.com/castgm_smblock.asp SBC casting numbers] from classictruckshop.com | *[http://www.classictruckshop.com/castgm_smblock.asp SBC casting numbers] from classictruckshop.com | ||
*[http://www.inliners.org/becks/BCN2.html Inline engine casting numbers] from inliners.org | *[http://www.inliners.org/becks/BCN2.html Inline engine casting numbers] from inliners.org | ||
| + | *[http://chevellestuff.net/qd/block_casting_by_year.htm Chevelle-specific] block casting number info | ||
===BBC casting numbers=== | ===BBC casting numbers=== | ||
*[http://www.nastyz28.com/bbcmenu.php Big Block Chevy Engine Parts Identification] from nastyz28.com | *[http://www.nastyz28.com/bbcmenu.php Big Block Chevy Engine Parts Identification] from nastyz28.com | ||
| + | *[http://chevellestuff.net/qd/block_casting_by_year.htm Chevelle-specific] block casting number info | ||
==Suffix codes== | ==Suffix codes== | ||
[[File:EngineCodepartialVIN.jpg|right]] | [[File:EngineCodepartialVIN.jpg|right]] | ||
| − | + | The size of the pad where the suffix code/partial VIN is located changed through the years. | |
| + | *Long, thin pads were used from the mid '70s-back | ||
| + | * A 1-3/4" (short, fat) pad dates the block from the mid '70s to the mid '80s. | ||
| − | *[http://chevymania.com/partsid/suffix.cfm?block=Small SBC suffix code list] from Chevymania.com | + | Suffix codes are stamped into a small boss on the front passenger side of the block where the head and block meet. There will sometimes be two lines of numbers and letters, later engines had just one line of numbers and letters. |
| − | *[http://chevymania.com/partsid/suffix.cfm?block=Big BBC suffix code list] from Chevymania.com | + | |
| − | *[http://www.nastyz28.com/chevy-engine-code-stampings.php Suffix and VIN codes] from nastyz28.com | + | Beginning about 1969 the suffix code became (mostly) three characters instead of one or two.<br> |
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| + | *[http://chevymania.com/partsid/suffix.cfm?block=Small SBC suffix code list] (from Chevymania.com) | ||
| + | *[http://chevymania.com/partsid/suffix.cfm?block=Big BBC suffix code list] (from Chevymania.com) | ||
| + | *[http://www.nastyz28.com/chevy-engine-code-stampings.php Suffix and VIN codes], including many truck codes (from nastyz28.com) | ||
==Date code== | ==Date code== | ||
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