hey hambers.. i need a little info on how to correctly identify a buick 340.. i dug around on the net a bit and couldn't come up with any casting numbers to look for.. i'm going to look at an engine soon but i want to make sure it's what i need.. i'm looking for casting numbers and where they would be.. also if anyone could toss in numbers for a Buick 350 that would work too.. i just need this motor to be a Buick 340 or 350 to work.. thanks HAMB
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Just looking at the intake will tell whether or not it's a 350. The 300 and 340 engines had an intake port pattern of 1-2-1, while the 350 had intake ports paired 2 and 2, like a sbc. Also, every Buick 350 intake I've seen has a large "350" cast on the top of the rear of the manifold.
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if you really weren't trying than you must be a natural Just playin.. i found the casting numbers i needed.. thanks all..
It's probably hard to find the casting numbers because the 340 and 350 are engines you can just look at, and tell what they are. at least some of us who worked in junkyards way back when can.
well i went and looked at the engine.. got some numbers off of it.. i looked at that team buick site and compared the numbers but none of them seem to match up.. if anyone can tell me what these numbers belong it would really help. intake manifold: 1367485 heads: 1374870 the number i found on the block was right where the bell on the tranny bolted to the block and was 137487 did i mention i know little to nothing about GM engines? Who knows, i may have gotten a couple of the numbers wrong. The engine was pretty crusty
if you can take some pictures of it and post them here, that would help a lot, if the numbers thing doesn't work out.
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