SBC cylinder head identification
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=="Fuelie" heads== | =="Fuelie" heads== | ||
| − | The most recognized end casting identifier of the SBC heads is the "fuelie", "double hump", or "camel hump". It got the name fuelie from the fact that it was used on | + | The most recognized end casting identifier of the SBC heads is the "fuelie", "double hump", or "camel hump". It got the name fuelie from the fact that it was used on optional high performance fuel injected SBC engines, mainly installed in the Corvette. The name fuelie is somewhat of a misnomer, however; the fuelie heads were used on carbureted engines as well. |
| + | The names "double hump" and "camel hump" comes from the physical shape of the casting identifier. The fuelie head was used from the 1960's to the 1970's on the high performance optional engines up to and including the 375 HP fuel injected L-84 327 cid engine, and the 365 HP L-79 4-barrel engine of 1964, and the bad-to-the-bone LT-1 engine, to name just three. | ||
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| + | ===Casting number "462" fuelie heads=== | ||
'''462''' is the most-used SBC head casting number out there- at least six different SBC cylinder head casting numbers end in 462, according to 'the books': | '''462''' is the most-used SBC head casting number out there- at least six different SBC cylinder head casting numbers end in 462, according to 'the books': | ||
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===Other fuelie casting identifiers=== | ===Other fuelie casting identifiers=== | ||
[[File:Fuelie end ids1.jpg]] | [[File:Fuelie end ids1.jpg]] | ||
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