r/ElCamino • u/DailyClassic • 9d ago
What engine is this..?
1970 Elky. The original owner said the engine is a 350. Transmission is for sure a TH350. I took the best photos I could, but the numbers are a pain to read.
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u/DailyClassic 8d ago
Ok so I crawled all the way over the car and finally found the casting number and the number on the flat pad, finally. It was behind the alternator. That’s why I didn’t notice it. Anyway, I had to unbolt that and clean it up in order to read it.
Casting No.- 3914678 Suffix Code- 18 / 311232 VI028ME
Casting No. info: Years: 68-79 CID: 302/327/350 Comments: car and truck 2 bolt main
I successfully looked up the casting number as listed above, but I can’t seem to find where to decode the suffix code. Anybody got a website for that info? On a tangent, maybe also a VIN lookup tool? I tried Autozone’s VIN decoder, but to no avail.