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Hey, Ive been working on cars for a while but mainly imports (japan and such), well ive been looking into building an old rolling camaro SS chassis that a friend sold me but didnt have an engine, until now, but i have no idea what it is...
It is in great shape and has been kept clean and free of rust.. this is the thing... it is still in the factory crate (which is def old, held together by solid wire spanning around the whole thing and bent into locking tabs where the lid locks closed), which is labled "general motors half engine 396921." Is that a serial number or casting? i didnt look for any casting numbers yet but its brand new in the crate and im sure its the original crate because it was passed down to me in my family by a member who used to race professionally in the 70's... its def original still had the plastic on it.. came with two holly 4 barrel carbs and old (but also new) elbrock valve covers... not worried about the carbs yet just want to know what engine i have, any help appreciated! if i need to take it out and get castings i will, just wondering if anyone heard of this first..
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A picture or casting number would be great. though I am searching from the info you gave us. But at first thought the number, 396921, makes me think a 396ci. I'm almost guarranteed to be wrong on that though. I beleive the block casting number is located on the driver's side, top rear of the engine block.
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Last edited by nauticstar87; 10-05-2009 at 12:39 PM.
yea im sure that number means nothing as far as block casting #'s go, its probably a serial/stock number or something... it was printing on the crate, but i havent taken the motor out of the crate to look at the casting # yet, i will get pics up asap! thanks for the help!
Didn't find anything for those numbers. I tried looking up serial numbers for different crate engines on different sites and found nothing. But if you can get us mo info like you were saying, we can track it down. I'm real curious about what you have.
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which is labled "general motors half engine 396921."
came with two holly 4 barrel carbs and old (but also new) edelbrock valve covers... not worried about the carbs yet just want to know what engine i have, any help appreciated!
the 396921 could be the GM part #
2 holly carbs. and the valve covers...maybe a 68-69 302
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