Block ID?

[ft laud mike]

Ive found a few sites on big block identification, but have been unable to id mine yet- it is 13c218309 also has "T0531CWH"
If my figuring is correct so far: T= towanada, 05=May 31= 31st
CWH=??
any help would be appreciated, im having the body done entirely (all bodywork and new paint) so id like to sort the engine out now before the car is too pretty
thanks
mike

 

[JohnZ]

It's a 454 out of a '73 Caprice built at South Gate, California.

 

[ft laud mike]

thanks for the help and quick response, do you know of a site I couldget more info about this engine?
mike

 

[JohnZ]

Chances are it has 8.25:1 compression, cast iron intake, Q-Jet carb, and is about 250-260hp.

 

[ft laud mike]

ok,

so here's the next inevitable question....I can rebuild this engine into something decent, or since it is obviously not #'s matching- sell it and get a crate motor the 454 H.O. (about $5000 is all im willing to spend so dont tempt me with the 502

thanks

mike

 

[srs244]

ok,

so here's the next inevitable question....I can rebuild this engine into something decent, or since it is obviously not #'s matching- sell it and get a crate motor the 454 H.O. (about $5000 is all im willing to spend so dont tempt me with the 502

thanks

mike

depending on what you want to spend (based upon what you want to accomplish), you can figure you'll spend at least $6,000 to rework your 454 to something that you seem to want. by going .30 over, changing out the heads to LS6 heads and doing a bit of milling, new valve train, etc, changing the intake and carburation, and adding a cam you can probably get some really serious bang for the buck. the crate 454 for $5000 will probably be pretty mild compared to a rework of your block. we have some serious engine guys in our area (including russ auto in hollywood who used to build engines for the NASCAR guys back when they were balls to the wall running at hialeah speedway lots of saturday nights in the "old" days.

steve

 

[ft laud mike]

thanks for the input, its kind of what I expected, I will look into this while the body/paint work is being done
mike