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#1
06-03-2006, 06:11 PM
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engine vin number
my gto judge's engine has the serial number as 0470756WS .... that number doesn't match my serial number which is 2423701125079.... can i find out what this engine came from? on the heads they say f189 and f179 but the heads have been off before sooo?????
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#2
06-03-2006, 06:20 PM
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The 0470756 is the Engine Unit Number (EUN), not the VIN. The partial VIN on your engine should be located beside the timing cover on the passenger side of the engine, just below the radiator hose outlet. You'll be able to see it if you look at it from under the car.
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#3
06-03-2006, 06:32 PM
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k i'll check into that...
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06-03-2006, 07:46 PM
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Actually, you MAY be able to see it- but sometimes the VIN stamp is even difficult to see with the engine OUT of the car.
I have a numbers-matching Fremont-built 1970 455 car, that I looked everywhere for the VIN stamp. Oh- I KNEW where it was supposed to be, but there was nothing there. After I had the engine out and on a stand, with all the accessories and hoses stripped from the engine, I located the VIN stamp- up much higher than all sources say. Turns out, this location was typical for Fremont cars... |
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#5
06-03-2006, 11:31 PM
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Let's see, looking at an old post, someone stated your car is a May built unit, is this correct? The motor is an April assembled unit (my opinion). Are you questioning the block as being the original one?
Last edited by Held for Ransom; 06-04-2006 at 12:53 AM. |
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06-03-2006, 11:44 PM
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my fremont was not in the normal location also..plus the numbers get faint as they go on, which i also read was typical for fremont. just a 70 ys convertible
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#7
06-04-2006, 01:00 AM
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http://216.178.81.108/forums/showthr...t=vin+location
Here is a thread about this some time ago. Mine is wierd but who knows what they were smoking at the Freemont plant. They were 'free' with location of all 3. Pic of mine is there in the thread.
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06-04-2006, 03:28 PM
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the number is stamped there but is quite hard to see but it matches my vin....so now i don't know if i should rebuild this one or find another 400 or 455 to build up ....i dull not want to blow the original one up
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#9
06-04-2006, 07:11 PM
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Well, what are you planning to do with the car? Go racing a bunch? Might be better to build another. Only some infrequent trips to the strip, but a decent amount of shows/cruising? Build the original, but build it RIGHT. Spend the extra money to beef up the one part that is historically weak on a Pontiac- the connecting rods. With a good set of Crower's, and your clearances right, you won't blow it up.
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06-04-2006, 08:10 PM
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What TJH said. Especially since it looks with a WS code you have a stick. That is what I am doing. Don't need a stock rod disconnecting in the middle and punching an extra hole or more in that numbers matching block. I cringe at what I did with the engine when stock when I missed a shift and floated the valves. No idea what the rpm's were. Phew!! It is still in one piece.
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#11
06-05-2006, 02:48 PM
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i am now and planning too drive this car hard! i'm thinkin i'll look for another 400 or 455 to build up and when i pull the old engine out i'll just wrap it up and keep it .....
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