serial number and a new face from holland please help me!!!

[mikefromholland]

hi there,

first i will say hello to everyone at the forum.

my name is mike and im from holland my english is not so well but i wil try my best.

i drive a olds delta 88 coupe "67

the original motor was killed so the owner before me putted another one into the car.

my question is == where can i find the motor number?

i dont know if its a old motor i know that its a small block?

can of will somebody help me???

greetz mike

[Ron of Chicago]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Olds Mike

There should be a machined surface on the front of the right (passenger side) head that will have letters stamped into it. Those letters will help you to identify the engine.

Best of luck with you car.

Ron

[vegasdelta]

Hello Mike. There is a flat area at the front of the engine, above the water pump & to the right of the oil filler. Post those numbers (and letter) & someone here can tell you what you have. Good luck, Jerry.

[mikefromholland]

thanks ron and jerry,

i have found 2 numbers nr 1: 557732 3B

nr 2: 18436572

can sombody tell me what kind of block ive got hp, ciu, cc, jear of bild and witch factory its bild

grtz mike

[vegasdelta]

Hello Mike, I think your first # is 3B 557752, which would make your engine a '77-80 350. Jerry.

[mikefromholland]

ok and how many horse power ive got now

[Sgt Art]

"ok and how many horse power ive got now"

Not very much, however part of that problem is due to the methods that were used to state horsepower. In the past, the Big Three played a lot of games with horsepower figures to fool the public. During the 1960's they rated HP at the flywheel with no accessories which isn't realistic. By 1972, compression ratios dropped to reduce harmful emissions (smog) and cam shaft timing was retarded. Horsepower is generally made in the cylinder heads and those made from 1972 on are pretty bad. They are called "smogger" heads and generally don't flow as well as some of the earlier castings. Volumes have been written on this subject and there's nowhere near enough space here to do that. Your compression ratio with that engine is probably about 8:1 maybe 8.5:1. The old heads with smaller combustion chambers were about 10:1. Secondly, the SAE standardized the method in which HP is computed making it a bit more realistic and all the numbers are lower now so it's almost impossible to compare a 1960's vintage engine to a late 1970 or 1980's engine. If you are trying to increase HP, you'll need to find some of the older cylinder head castings ID code 5 or 6 if you can find them. They don't grow on trees in the U.S. and are probably much harder to find in Europe. On top of that, you'll probably have to use higher octane fuel or they will cause your engine to knock.

Short answer, HP figures are pretty much meaningless to me. I judge an engine on how it performs in the car it is being used in. This can be gauged by it's time from 0 to 60 MPH or the time and speed in the quarter mile. Bill Jenkins gave the big block guys fits back in the 1960's with a little 327 (mouse-motor that roared) in his Chevy.