Beltfed,

If you post your question on the VCCA forum you'll likely get the answer from Gene Schneider. I think he had an entire career as a Chevy parts counterman and this is right up his alley. Chevy heads had a variety of raised shapes cast into the bottoms of the vertical ends. For example the "Fuelie" heads had the rectangle with double humps cast in. The "Power Pack" heads had a rectangle with an upward pointing triangle above the top of the rectangle. More specifics about heads are unlocked using the casting numbers.

This site https://www.mortec.com/castnum.htm shows casting numbers and other data for many Chevy heads.

This site -https://www.enginelabs.com/news/quick-ref-small-block-chevy-cylinder-head-casting-numbers/ says "Casting number 3795896. Manufactured from 1963-1965 on 283 Cubic Inch engines. Called the “Power Pack” cylinder heads. 1.72˝ intake valves and 1.50˝ exhaust valves. 60cc Combustion Chambers." but the year is wrong for your '57.

Here Chevytalk addresses your exact issue https://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/276171/

There is a ton of information out there.

Good luck!

Last edited by yar; 10/15/2018 7:26 PM.

Ray