455 Identification

[Guest]

Anyone know where to get engine codes to identify what car an engine came from??<P>thanks

[rocketraider]

You can look at the engine number and narrow it down to what year engine, and the VIN of the car it was originally installed in, but that's about all. Olds used a tape on the oil fill tube to ID the engine specifics, and the tape is always history.<P>1968-later engine #s are stamped into a machined pad at the left front of the engine block, just below the cylinder head. Sometimes the pad is obscured by the alternator mounting bracket. To read it: it will have something like 39Mxxxxxx, in which 3 is Oldsmobile Division, 9 would be 1969, M is Lansing assembly, and then the six digit car VIN. 455s will have 8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5 or 6 for the 2nd digit, for years 1968-76.<P>442.com has a FAQ section that should give the alpha codes for specific engine applications.

[Guest]

<A HREF="http://my.en.com/~thall/olds/ofeng.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://my.en.com/~thall/olds/ofeng.htm</A> This is the best olds resourse site I've found.Good luck.