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- From: tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu (Terry Quinn)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: 1978 Trans Am needs your help!
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:43:53 -0600
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- I tried emailing this, but the return address seems to be invalid,
- so I'll post the reply:
-
- > Article #44519 (44527 is last):
- > Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.rod-n-custom
- > From: if7gjg07@serss0 (Confused)
- > Subject: 1978 Trans Am needs your help!
- > Date: Tue Jan 19 23:42:58 1993
- >
- > Hello!
- > I was kinda hoping that someone out there would be kind enough to
- > help me... I just recently purchased a 1978 Trans Am. It came with a
- > 455 c.i.d. engine coupled to a T-400 tranny which makes the 4.11 posi
- > rear end do its thing. Although the mechanicals are not stock, I would
- > like to make the car body and interiorlook stock. Does anybody out there
- > know a decent place to get parts? I need most of the interior, and a hood.
- > There are a few dents from Hurricane Andrew, but I can fix them... I would
- > also appreciate it if Someone could tell me where I could find some Hurst
- > Hatch T-Tops, just in case.....
- >
- > Also, in lieu of recent bandwidth conversation, could anybody tell me where
- > I might be able to find the engine codes on a Pontiac Big Block, I am not
- > sure of the year... that is why I need the engine codes...
-
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- From my 1978 Trans Am service manual:
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- "The fifth digit of the VIN is a one-letter code identifying the
- engine use on the car." It then gives a table. Code Z is the 6.6
- litre engine.
-
- "The sixth position is the model year. An 8 in that position is
- 1978.
-
-
- Now if what you are looking for is the location of the code on the
- engine, it says that for the big block pontiac (6.6 litre), the
- code is at
-
- "Machined surface on front of block below right cylinder head."
-
-
- I looked through the manual and could not find any other
- information relating to the engine serial number.
-
- --
- Terry Quinn
- Germantown Hills, IL
- tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu
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