Ok heres what info I got,Center distributer.Head casting number is 3836848. Gm 28. On passenger side above starter is LAA37I649 and to the left of that 00N1 C183 I have looked through all the casting nymbers for the Gm stove bolts and no matches.The car is a 1948 chevrolet stylemaster.Rochester carb 7003582c Any info will be greatly appriciated tahnks
sounds like a gmc or a chevy truck block..... most likely 235 .... check with the stovebolt forum or the inliners international website
"C 18 3" sounds like the casting date for the block--March 18, 1953 (since, by 1963, Chevy had discontinued the early six in favor of the 230), and an "848" head came on 1956-62 235s, so it apparently got a later head at some point. Being a '53 block, it can be either a babbit pounder or an insert engine depending on whether it came out of a stick or PG equipped car.
LAA would be a 1953 Passenger car with 3 speed, which should be a babbit pounder. You can tell by looking at the drivers side of the block. There should be a small 3 bolt plate called an oil distribution cover. If you see that, you know you have a babbit pounder.
Something doesn't add up here... I thought the 848 head didn't fit on a babbit pounder block. Can you post a picture of the engine?
Does anybody know if a 18 bolt head will mount on a 15 bolt block or vice versa? I know one hole is a no go but was wondering if the other 14 bolt positions are the same.
The next time I'm in my garage, I'll lay a 216 head gasket over a 235 head gasket and see. In any event, you'd have to fab up a special side cover, as the 216 cover extends up to cover the side of the cylinder head, whereas the 235 cover does not.
I ask this to determine if only one additional hole is required in my torque plate for boring/honing older blocks I will add it but if the differences are substantial well then I wont have time for that. I have one more to make soon and wouldnt mind seeing it turn into a batch. </O I wish I could find more time to act on a few more tall sidecover designs modeled but only virtually machined. <O</O <O</O <O</O I was going to buy gaskets but now Ill wait for a bit of feedback. Thanks<O.
Hey, I just laid a 216 head gasket on a '58 235 head, and all of the bolt holes down either side line up. It's the center bolt holes that screw it up.