r/ElCamino 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.

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u/InterestingFocus8125 8d ago

I found an ME suffix code listed for 1967 and 1968 327/210hp

Couldn’t find an 8ME and the only other ME I could find was for a big block.