Engine stamping

[Klaus Friedrich; #33362]

Hello everybody out there,

on Saturday I visited a Corvette meeting in Munich. There was a wonderful 69 T-Top Vette. The car had a 427cid/435HP engine. But I'm wondering about the engine stamping. It was CE960449. What does this combination mean ?

Thank you for your help

Klaus Friedrich Germany

[Chris H.]

Re: Engine stamping

"CE" is a Chevrolet replacement block.

[Mark]

Re: Engine stamping

My understanding is that the first number after the CE is the year of production. Mark

[grr]

Re: Engine stamping

Klause, CE means Crate engine, or replacement block. In 1969 the 435 hp engine suffix was as follows- LX auto trans,LW with auto trans and aluminum heads,LP with 4 speed and aluminum heads, LR 4 speed or manual trans. So you have a crane engine.grr#33570