Thread: What engine do I have?
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02-25-2007 07:09 AM #1
What engine do I have?
Hi gang, I just bought a street rod with a chey engine. There are no numbers on the front of the block boss. The only one I can find is the casting (?) # on the rear of the block. That # is 330817. I was told by the seller it was a 400 ci. I had one parts guy tell me if it did not have a harmonic balancer it was a 400. It does have one. Can anyone help? THANKS!
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02-25-2007 08:00 AM #2
You have a 1973-1980 400 CI engine.Keep smiling, it only hurts when you think it does!
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02-25-2007 09:53 AM #3
Originally Posted by lbroknwing
Live everyday like it were your last, someday it will be.
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02-25-2007 11:48 AM #4
Originally Posted by mooneye777PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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02-25-2007 12:04 PM #5
Moretec lists it as a 72 - 80, 400 CID, 2-bolt main.
Of course it needs an harmonic balancer. Chevy 400's were externally balanced, and require a different balancer and flywheel from other small block Chevys. Your parts guy is out to lunch.Jack
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02-25-2007 12:34 PM #6
Many earlier 283s didn't have a balancer...just a hub where the pulleys bolted to.
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02-25-2007 12:58 PM #7
Possibly, but he was asking about a 400.Jack
Gone to Texas
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02-25-2007 01:11 PM #8
Originally Posted by mooneye777
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02-25-2007 04:48 PM #9
Originally Posted by poncho62
That hub is the balancer.Ken Thomas
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02-25-2007 04:59 PM #10
Originally Posted by NTFDAY
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02-26-2007 06:09 AM #11
Thanks everyone for the feedback. This forum is a wealth of information thanks to people like y'all!
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02-26-2007 10:32 PM #12
i never trust parts guys unless they're pretty dang old... but we're running out of the old timers... i still got mine down the street though, he worked at the dearborn plant back when my mustang was built.... he knows his ford parts good enough he never looks on the computer or the book he just walks back and grabs them..... i wish there were more parts guys like thatjust because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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02-27-2007 07:07 AM #13
I agree, getting parts are a problem ,for the people working there don't know the difference from a water pump or alternator. If it isn't listed in the computer for your make and year car they don't have it. I can't tell you how many times I tell the person to just give me a part from another car and they look at me dumbfounded. Its the same ***** part just give it to me. I think its because they ride there bicycle to work.
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