I dont know what strait 6 I have -Help!

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
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"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.

 

I did and no numbers matching

 

Man,thanks for the info.Im taking notes lol

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Thanks im going to look for the plate your describing tomarrow

 

Yes sir its a babbit pounder,thanks so much for the info

 

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?

 

It won't bolt to a 216, but it will bolt to a '53 235 of either style.

 

Yep. Chev went to the 18-bolt head with the '53 235's.

 

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.

 

could be a 235 from a pg car that was put in, correct? thus making it a full psi engine?

 

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.

 

Read my earlier post again...

 

post some pic's of your project.

 

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 won’t have time for that. I have one more to make soon and wouldn’t mind seeing it turn into a batch.
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I was going to buy gaskets but now I’ll wait for a bit of feedback. Thanks<O.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437024 Has a 46 grill and is nosed and decked

 

I did there in my photo albums,We got snow here(Md) a lot so any more pics are gonna be a while

 

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.