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Re: 261 valve assembly confusion NeptuneGreen55 #1400614 03/09/2021 12:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 Snohomish,WA,USA P Pre '68 Dave 'Bolter
Pre '68 Dave 'Bolter P Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 Snohomish,WA,USA	It looks like a 1967 crate engine to me. Center side mounts, that you’re engine has provisions for, started in 1958. So with a C 30 7 block code it must be 1967. Is this engine drilled the length of the engine through the lifter bores? See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog

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261 valve assembly confusion	NeptuneGreen55	03/08/2021 2:31 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Phak1	03/08/2021 1:42 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	NeptuneGreen55	03/08/2021 7:48 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Phak1	03/08/2021 2:38 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	tclederman	03/08/2021 3:06 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Pre '68 Dave	03/08/2021 6:07 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Phak1	03/08/2021 7:31 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	fixite7	03/08/2021 11:06 PM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	tclederman	03/09/2021 12:00 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	NeptuneGreen55	03/09/2021 12:36 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Pre '68 Dave	03/09/2021 12:50 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	NeptuneGreen55	03/09/2021 1:37 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Pre '68 Dave	03/09/2021 3:14 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	NeptuneGreen55	03/09/2021 3:20 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Pre '68 Dave	03/09/2021 4:35 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	NeptuneGreen55	03/10/2021 1:01 AM
Re: 261 valve assembly confusion	Pre '68 Dave	03/10/2021 2:07 AM

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