Re: Engine Number Questions & Proper Running & Intake Manifold

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2009/9/26 21:10:51

The "288 STD 327 AT" means that this head is for engines that are either 288 cid with a standard trans, or a 327 with an auto.

The large square shouldn't have anything on it, as far as I know. I've seen several straight eights and none of them have anything there.

The "tag" on the head isn't a tag at all per se. It is part of the casting, and yes, it's the day the HEAD was made, not the engine.

A little smoke is normal, think of a cigarette that's just been put out and is in it's final throes of burning. That amount is normal for an original engine. Don't worry about it until you see a lot.

Fifth and sixth pic, they're both "humorous repairs". Someone needed a plug and used a petcock from a radiator. That's where the vacuum to drive the wiper motor should go, in most cars.

The actual casting date for the engine will be below the starter towards the rear of the engine, in the last "box" made by the lower crankcase strengthening gussets. This will be a normal date, IE "4 15 51", etc. It WILL NOT be "04 15 51" or any other variation of a date. It WILL be "Day Month Year".