I have what I think is a 215, but it has a factory spread bore 4bbl intake manafold in it. everything else matches the mo. What is it?o No:
I don't have a clue what car you're on about here mate........Maybe some VIN info or a photo would help? Oh and....WELCOME TO THE BOARD !!
Looks like a late 70's Buick 350 to me. Maybe the TA Stage1 intake. The water outlet facing the wrong way though?o No:
I don't think its a 350. The exhaust manifolds and the orientation of the oil filter look wrong, unless Buick made some changes through the years. I've also never seen an intake manifold like that on a 350. If the block is aluminum then its a 215 if its not I would guess that its a 300.
I can probably tell you what it is if you take some more pictures--like of the back end where it mounts to the flywheel housing, and also a picture of the other side of the engine (drivers side). I resembles a 300, but the heads aren't right for a 300, so that has me confused. The intake looks like one for a '64 300, but I can't tell for sure until I see the back end of it.
The intake/exhaust configuration is 215/300/340/rover family. From what I can see, that exhaust manifold looks like a 300/340. I agree, a shot of the rear, plus block and head composition will give a lot more clues, or pop off a head and tell us the bore & stroke. 2.8" x 3.5 = 215/rover, All aluminum 2.8" x 3.7 = 3.9 Rover, All aluminum 3.03" x 3.7" = 4.2 Rover, All aluminum 3.4" x 3.75"= 300 , iron block, al heads ('64), iron heads ('65+) 3.5" x 3.5 = P76, all aluminum (oz yes, USA no) 3.85" x 3.75"= 340, all iron Anything with an aluminum block is 215/rover based, iron block is 300 or 340. '64 heads and intake were put on a lot of later 300s. I've never heard of an aftermarket aluminum 340 intake being made by anybody. Rick(wrench)
The Answer IS For all you guessing about the motor - It's a Oldsmobile 215 The flat valve covers with ribs and (5) bolts per valve cover gives it away, It's also '61 to early '62 varity - because it has a mounting bracket for the gennie - later ones had Alt. brackets. Balancer is '61 to early '62 too as later one had alum. outer ring that didn't fall off. No 215 had a Q-jet from the factory - they came with 4-Jets though. letters on the vin pad should be T, G, S, I or IH
