ID This Engine Block

[Etyler2]

Only if you stab it in something first and drive it to Mexico with limited funds.

I buy lots of almost useless stuff but at least I know what it’s for.

Hard pass. It’s free for a reason.

 

[grumpy356]

I think it’s a big block 305 4 bolt Mayne from a vett.

I don't know how it was even a question.

 

[SoylentGreen]

I don't know how it was even a question.

C'mon, man, it's got that three quarter race cam, double pumper carb, and it's all balanced and blueprinted with a 7600 RPM stall converter. Gonna win the race at the county fair, man.

 

[roundhouse]

455 is a fucking beast. They used them in boats because the torque curve offered a good cruise speed at low rpms.

I know a guy that crammed
A 455 Buick in a flat fender Willy’s.

It was an , interesting, ride .

The frame was so
Floppy it would pull the left front wheel off the ground .

 

[Levigarrett76]

I know a guy that crammed
A 455 Buick in a flat fender Willy’s.

It was an , interesting, ride .

The frame was so
Floppy it would pull the left front wheel off the ground .

enough to hop coke cans?

 

[Gdogg]

It’s 100% Oldsmobile, I’ve worked on plenty of them years ago

 

[46flattie]

It’s 100% Oldsmobile, I’ve worked on plenty of them years ago

Looks like 403 CI based on the # cast in the block too if I'm making them out right.