62 engine block

[John daly]

I'm looking at 62 with a block casting 3782870 and an assembly stamp F0613S with no vin on the pad...didn't get the block casting date but it has a cast iron intake with an AFB....Is this a generic low hp service replacement engine? Thanks in advance.
John

[mike cobine]

Re: 62 engine block

The S indicates a 327 installed with an automatic transmission in a passenger car. I believe the S alone is a 2 bbl version.

VIN on the pad are rare except with Corvettes.

[William C.]

Re: 62 engine block

were no 2bbl 327 engines in pass car, what is the casting date? "S" code was 250hp with PG.

[Mike M.]

Re: 62 engine block

GM didn't vin # the pad on pass car chevys till 66 or 67, the exception being Mark4 powered pass cars that got vin #'d starting in 65 .i learned this fact while judging early 60's chevy pass cars at a VCCA meet. i was deducting pad ponts on all the pass cars that lacked vin stampings. chief judge enlightened me. mike

[mike cobine]

Re: 62 engine block

Maybe not in '62, but 1967 to 1969 had both 2 bbl and 4 bbl versions of the 327. I believe the 2 bbl version goes further back but I don't have anything to look them up in right now.

With several codes in '63, I thought one might be a 2 bbl version.

S, SA, SB for passenger car 327 with Powerglide,
R, RA, RB, RK for passenger car 327 with manual transmission
SC for Corvette 250 hp 327 with Powerglide
SD for Corvette 300 hp 327 with Powerglide
RC for Corvette 250 hp 327 with manual transmission
RD for Corvette 300 hp 327 with manual transmission
RE for Corvette 340 hp 327 with manual transmission
RF for Corvette 360 hp 327 with manual transmission