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I have a 305 chev in my MAV and was wondering how I could find out what year it is. Any helpers

blackmav8 wrote:I have a 305 chev in my MAV and was wondering how I could find out what year it is. Any helpers

Engine Numbers would be the only thing, and then goto somewhere like Autobarn asking for parts for a 305 chev with that #. THats how it works with bikes if you dont know the year, the prefix on the engine #.

get the engine number and try to ring up a professional chev shop and they will surely tell you what year
if it is fuel injected it would be from 1990 onwards

you sure its not a 307? I didn't think they made 305 chevs..

Get the engine or block no. and run a search online for it.. There's heaps of sites with these details..

im preety sure there are 305 chevs
i think they maybe from a camaro

305 is the generation 2 engine.

Cheers

on the back of the block , near the back of the inlet manifold
is a clock shape casting !!!!

buy a chev specialist rebuild book , or borrow one , & you can work out the build date !!!!

& possibly where it was produced !!!!

I THINK !!!!

robbie wrote:you sure its not a 307? I didn't think they made 305 chevs..

Its a yank import 305

Thanks for all your help peoplle. I'm looking into it

cool so 305 and 307..

Try this site and see how you go.Mav

http://www.mortec.com/castnum.htm

Thanks. The site was very handy. Gonna get the degreaser and check out the codes.

Another one !

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/5654/cblkcast.html

Weird to think of a chev as an "import"
The 305 Is in my opinion one of the most bulletproof engines chev has made. 305 is the same block as a 350 that is used in 80 & early 90 model carvettes, camero, and firebirds. the only diffrence is smaller heads and pistons, etc. The 305 doesnt have the power of the 350 but it is a more reliable engine. I had one in a 83 Model station wagan that had 300,000 miles plus on it and it was the rest of the car that died not the engine.
The 305 was used for Family cars and work trucks......."cars and trucks that you needed and could depend on starting every time you turned the key"

robbie wrote:cool so 305 and 307..

I think there is a 304 too, Holden definitely have a 304....

There is a 304 its a ford product Stick with Chev its lots easier to work on then ford. I have a brother-in-law that works at the ford dealership and he would rather work on a chev. The only up side to ford would be that you could use metric tools to work on it Not a chev. its all American.
Realy it just comes down to prefrence.. But here in the US were almost every car at the drag strip has v8's in them the chev small block is king. Its just realy easy to push more HP out of them.

yer I know about the 304.. used in VL's eh?

Chevs come in a variety of sizes you guys wouldnt have heard of heres some of them that i know of all 8cylinder engines mind you.Mav

262
265
267
283
302
305
307
327
350
400
402
409
427
454
502

That Sounds about Right Mav

304 were used in vn through to series one vt
vl 's still had carbied 308

yas missed 383 and 555 and 702 and 750 i think

bundytunna wrote:yas missed 383 and 555 and 702 and 750 i think

Chevrolet never produced a 383 ci for the public.