how to identify year of 350?

Jan 20, 2008 2 Replies

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Max Power 18 years ago

my parents are going to look at some old camper, owner claims it has a 1997

350 in it. Anyway to verify this? First I thought the obvious was to make sure a carb wasnt sitting on top but this might not be the case as I'm guessing you can buy a intake/carb and put that onto a FI 350 and it would be alot easier then transfering all the FI electronics into an older vehicle.

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Picasso 18 years ago

Well, first thing, weren't 350's after 1996 vortecs? i assume thered be an engine code stamped for the vortec...

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theres a few casting numbers i ran across

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The Reverend Natural Light 18 years ago

Make sure the dipstick is on the passenger side. Should also have center bolt valve covers, I think. Without decoding the casting numbers you can't even be sure it's a 350.

You'll probably find a carb on it since most people are afraid to swap in EFI.

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