Originally posted by eboy
Hey guys,
I'm back with my usual dumb questions. If you remember me,you remember I gave up on all of this and drove my firebird into a tree. Well, I'm back with another F body. My kids got me a 79 Camero for Father's day (this one's in a lot better shape than the Bird was). It has a fairly new crate in it now, but I can't tell what it is. I know it's a 350 or 305 GM. I can't really tear it down to get to the casting numbers because it's the only car I have to get to work in. Is there any way to tell the difference without having to tear it apart?
Thanks in advance.
It's god to be back, hopefully I learned enough the last time to do better this go around.
I'll get pics of the new ride up later.
http://www.mortec.com. Once you know where to look for your numbers clean the surface areas well. You can use carbon paper, lumber crayons and such but I've found good access and lots of light at my age allows me to see well enough. CE engines probably won't have the suffix codes you need so the front stamped pad my not help. You can also try this site as well:

http://www.nastyz28.com/sbcmenu.html.