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Originally Posted by b-man
Of course it came from a Corvette….. 
There’s more Corvette engines out there than the number of Corvettes ever produced.  |
There were very few Corvette engines that were actually different than their equivalent that went into other Chevys. Take 65 for example: All the 327s that were 250hp, 300hp or 350hp were the same as available in the Chevelle other than exhaust manifolds and air cleaners and such. The 250hp and 300hp versions were also available in the full size Chevys. The 375hp fuel injected engine was the only one unique to the Corvette. Point being, other than the fuelie, nothing was unique about a "Corvette" 327.
When it came to the new for 65 396 Corvette exclusively got the 425hp 396 but Chevy and Chevelle got the 375hp 396 and the Chevy got the lower HP versions as well. The Chevy started the year with the 409 up to 400hp but that ended when the 396 came out.