Whats this casting # ???

I can see the top of a motor inside an old barn ..... it is almost completly buried . I did manage to get the following number off the block

9794288

The number was on top of the block between the carb and distrubitor . The intake appears to rise above the block with an airgap between it and the block

Is this motor worth digging out ???

Thanks !!!!!

 

Sounds like it could be an Olds, Caddy, Stude, Pontiac or Ford Y-block. If you can snag a pic I'm sure one of these guys can pin it down for you.

 

I will give it a try Thumper

 

Rough guess----the "979" beginning of the number leads me to believe that it's a Pontiac.

 

many times you can google a part number and find out what it is. mostly Chevys though I have googled some Mopar numbers with some level of success.

yours appears to be someones phone number.

 

979 is Pontiac, as Heathen said, '68-'70

Oh, 49ratfink is right, too; it's the number of an automotive machine shop in Marlgate, FL!

 

I tried to google it and got nothing , but the pontiac will help norrow my search
Does anyone know why Mortec website has been down for at least a week ?

 

Thanks all ...I am going to take a flash light up there and have a better look at thoses #'s ...Could be a 455

 

This is a good source of Pontiac engine info, but I couldn't find your casting number.

http://www.yearone.com/yodnn/tech/V...ing/PontiacEngineCodes/tabid/323/Default.aspx

 

i wonder if she's hot...

 

Scrape the shit off of the passenger side front of the block, and look for a two letter code, such as YH or WT. Also, providing it is indeed a Pontiac, take note of the numbers/letters cast into the center exhaust ports on the heads--something like 16, or 62, or (starting in 1972) 7K3, 7M5, etc.

 

I went back to the barn with a flashlight and the number are actually on the intake ....I check wit Pontiac Power as 39 said and this # is not there..

Heathen I will try to move enough crap to find more #'s