problem with decoding a 327 engine
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problem with decoding a 327 engine
I was going thru some old stuff and found an engine that was given to me when I bought a car.
I was looking for a SBC to put together for a driver and didn't want to use some of my 'good' stuff. Just wanted 300+HP.
Well I started doing a jig when I removed all that new cosmoline stuff and found a RF suffix code with F1202RF.
Then I got home an looked at the pics I took in the near dark and saw a casting date of K293. So I got very depressed. The crank is forged but I couldn't get a number in the now dark.
If someone restamped this block they really did a great job as it looks very GM.
Is there a way I'm not decoding this properly? An engine can't be assembled before it was cast.
The heads I was given are double humps 461s with the big valves. I couldn't find a cam but I will look again tomorrow.
BTW I was given an older Edelbrock dual plane intake so no FE unit.
Thoughts?
I was looking for a SBC to put together for a driver and didn't want to use some of my 'good' stuff. Just wanted 300+HP.
Well I started doing a jig when I removed all that new cosmoline stuff and found a RF suffix code with F1202RF.
Then I got home an looked at the pics I took in the near dark and saw a casting date of K293. So I got very depressed. The crank is forged but I couldn't get a number in the now dark.
If someone restamped this block they really did a great job as it looks very GM.
Is there a way I'm not decoding this properly? An engine can't be assembled before it was cast.
The heads I was given are double humps 461s with the big valves. I couldn't find a cam but I will look again tomorrow.
BTW I was given an older Edelbrock dual plane intake so no FE unit.
Thoughts?
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