Help! 1965 327 fuel injection 375 hp

[titen14]

was wondering if anyone could tell me what this motor is worth
1965 corvette motor 327 wwith 375 hp fuel injection. motor is disassembled with all its original pistons cam crank rods ready to be put back together...only down fall is the fuel injection was stolen while it was in storage. any ideas its worth thanks

 

[67l36driver]

Post the vin number.

 

[titen14]

ok on the front of the block reads as follows: F-I 223HH
the back of the block reads as follows: 3858180
the heads read as follows: 3782461
it comes with the original 4 speed tranny as well i dont have the numbers of the tranny but it is a muncie-21 4 speed that matches that motor. the motor is a complete long block with all its orginal parts still intact. The motor was built in tonawanda NY due to a strike that year and shipped to flint. this motor is a limited addition motor from what the paper work says...im gonna be selling this motor i have no use for it
Thanks

 

[JohnZ]

The "HH" suffix says it was never a fuel injection engine - it was a carbureted 327/365hp engine. There should also be a 7-digit VIN derivative stamped on the front pad, starting with a "5", if it was originally installed in a '65 Corvette. F.I. engines in '65 had "HG" and "HN" suffixes.

 

[titen14]

ill have to get that number...i was told it was stamped HH cause it was made in tonawanda NY. ill check in to it more or if you can verify it thanks. i will post the vin number tom.

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

The 'F' in the code FI223HH means a Flint built engine, assembled on December 23rd. HH is a 327/365 as posted by John.

 

[Hib Halverson]

327/365s were the same as the FI motors except for the intake manifold and the Holley but, clearly, not as valuable.

If "John Z" says HH means it was never fuel injection, I'd take that as fact.

 

[JohnZ]

Those Tonawanda-cast but Flint machined/assembled 3858180 blocks are a real oddity; VERY few of them were ever made, and even fewer of them have ever been seen in the 28 years 65's have been judged. When one shows up on the judging field (I've never seen one personally), the block gets intense scrutiny.

 

[bigbear]

I never knew these were machined in Flint. Was there a difference in how the 375hp engines were machined, such as balancing and clearances, etc? Maybe this would help explain the large jump in price for the additional 10hp the fuel injected engines over the carbureted ones.

 

[JohnZ]

I never knew these were machined in Flint. Was there a difference in how the 375hp engines were machined, such as balancing and clearances, etc? Maybe this would help explain the large jump in price for the additional 10hp the fuel injected engines over the carbureted ones.

ALL Corvette small-block engines were built at Flint V-8, and fuelies got no special attention - the 365hp L-76 and 375hp L-84 fuelie engines were identical except one had an intake manifold and carburetor and the other had a fuel injection unit. The price difference was a result of the F.I. system complexity, lots of precision-machined components, and matched hand-assembly at Rochester Products.