sent each of those piles of parts through the renewal process appropriate to it, in a mass-production sort of fashion and at the end, reached into the pile of "renewed" blocks and picked up one, the pile of "renewed" cranks and picked up one, the pile of "renewed" rods and picked up 8, the pile of "renewed" heads and picked up 2, pulled a cam out of a box of probably 24 generic replacement ones, and 8 pistons out of a simialr crate and assembled it. That means, somebody tore it completely down, put the block in a giant pile of blocks, the rods in a giant pile of rods, the cam in the trash, the heads in a pile of heads, etc. More likely, that engine has been "rebuilt" somewhere along the line. While certainly "possible", I'd describe the odds of such a thing happening as "quantum mechanical": lots and lots of zeroes to the right of the decimal point before getting to the first non-zero digit. NOBODY takes a 35-year-old motor in totally original unmolested untouched condition and jsut sticks it into an almost 30-year-old hot-rod car. All they tell you, is what BLOCK you've got. That stamping code, and the casting number, tell you NOTHING about "the engine" you now have. The rest of the TW* codes are 145-165hp 350's from the late 70's, so it probably fits in somewhere in there. If you can't find it in a list anywhere, I wouldn't really worry about it. Treat it like a 76-78 Chevy truck engine and you'll probably get the right parts, but really most of the parts you'll need will be specific to your car rather then to the engine.Įdit: from looking at the pics, the TWH is pretty clear. Right below that V0605TWH code you should have a series of numbers, if you can't see the serial number it's probably not clean enough.Įither way, it's just an old 350, getting parts shouldn't be a problem. Spray that pad with carb cleaner and scrub it with a wire brush. However, "TWH" doesn't show up in any of the lists on Google. V0605TWH tells you what plant built the block, a date code, and the three letters tell you the application. The only other code that matters is the one at the front of the passengers side head surface. Nothing really special, but a decent block to work with. Usually they're a 2 pc rear main seal, drivers side dipstick, 2 or 4 bolt mains. Heres a Link to my photobucket with pictures of the motor and the casting numbers : ģ970010 is the block casting number, which is about the most common 350 block. With the Trans and flywheel removed the casting in the inside is: it only has the engine ID it doesnt have the Car Vin stamped on it.ĭriver Side Rear stamped at the lower part upside down: Passanger front side ID: V0605TWH might of been a monday car, i cant find "TWH" anywhere, and im certain im reading it right its very clear. The casting numbers found on the block are the following: I lost contact with the previous owners so thats not an option. I go through quite a hastle getting parts for it at the local autoparts store. Can any one help me out decoding it, finding out exactly what it is and came out of. I got a SBC on my 1983 camaro that came with the car when i purchased it but i dont know where the engine came out of because the car was riginally a v6 but it has a v8 swaped on it.
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