Posted 2014-04-30 7:04 PM (#438690) Subject: engine ID help
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I have a 61' Chrysler Windsor and can't figure out what engine it has. engine casting # is 2128854 which comes up as a 361. Engine pad below dist. has R38,diamond with a zero beside it and 6-20 below that. I'm confused. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted 2014-05-01 2:49 AM (#438741 - in reply to #438690) Subject: Re: engine ID help
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If you look at The Casting Number on a Engine Block --- think of it as a "generic surname" such as Smyth - Jones - or Torres. The Stamped Numbers equals
the Birth Certificate Data of that Engine Block.
Posted 2014-05-01 3:41 AM (#438745 - in reply to #438690) Subject: Re: engine ID help
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R38 is a 61 , 383 . but i think it's a replacement motor with an R38 , diamond and no production number . the 2128864 , i'm not seeing in my pre 66 books -----------------------------------------------later
Posted 2014-05-01 3:46 PM (#438822 - in reply to #438690) Subject: RE: engine ID help
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Hi , my ride is also a 1961 chrysler windsor .Where do you find the numbers on the engine? Pics? i am not sure witch engine fires up my windsor. On the frontdoor i have the golden lion signs .I always thought that golden lions have the 383 engine...Harry
Posted 2014-05-01 9:34 PM (#438849 - in reply to #438690) Subject: RE: engine ID help
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Thanks guys for the help! I thought it was a 383 but wasn't 100% sure. No one else seemed to know anything about them on other fourms. If I have any more questions I'll come back here. Love these old cars.
Posted 2014-05-01 9:38 PM (#438850 - in reply to #438822) Subject: RE: engine ID help
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I found my #'s below the dist. on the flat spot on the engine block and casting # behind the starter. Then found the same # on the passenger side of the block.
Posted 2014-05-02 1:39 PM (#438952 - in reply to #438789) Subject: Re: engine ID help
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Mopar1 - 2014-05-01 7:31 AM
On early Hemis the diamond meant .008 over size lifters
It does on later blocks as well; the diamond is the scariest build code, makes the block real expensive to rebuild...either try to find .008" OS lifters or bush the lifter bores