I have a 69 RS camaro with 327 engine and 350 transmission. It has been sitting around for awhile now and I am going to get the transmission rebuilt. I noticed the engine has a canister style oil filter. Did they still do canister oil filters in 68 when this car was built? I thought by now they changed to the spin on filters. I will be pulling the motor as well to do a few seals and then reinstalling it with the rebuilt transmission. I will get the VIN on the block and decode it to see if it is the correct engine for the car, but I figured I'd post as there are tons of knowledgeable guys on here. Either way I'm going to get an adapter kit for a spin on filter but was curious if this was an original attribute for this year / engine combination.
Look on the build tag on the door jam and check the build date. It was probably built in 68 for the new 69 model year. If you notice, most car manufacturers are already selling next years model in the fall.
I bought a 71 Javelin in 71 that was built in 70 and burned the valves in 16K mi. using reg. gas in a 10:1comp.. 1970 engine. The owners manual recommended reg. for 8:5:1 which they changed to in 71 when the HP started dropping after the hot rod war between the US car manufacturers ended.
It was not funny when I found out after tearing down the engine and finding 2.02 intakes and 1.68 exhaust valves.
Would have saved me some grief if they had just gave me the correct manual for the engine.
No decoding necessary to know whether the engine in a 69 is original or not. The sequential number of the VIN will match the numbers on the right side deck surface of the block if the engine is original. For example, if the VIN is 194679S712345 then the original block will also have 12345 (the sequential part of the VIN) stamped on it as well, as a part of the engine S/N. The above is a 69 Corvette VIN. About 37,000 were made so the sequential number is 5 digits. On a Camaro it could be 6 digits since more Camaros were made.
Friend of mine pre-ordered a 69 Z/28 and got it well before the end of 68. It definitely had a spin-on oil filter, and was definitely built during the 68 calendar year.
I believe the last canister filter engines were in 1967. When Chevy went to large journal cranks in '68 the blocks were all made with spin-on filter provisions. A canister filter block is definately not stock in a '69 car. I suggest you research your block casting and ID stamping numbers to find out what you have. I am betting it isn't the original engine.
TubeTec,
The Z28 is different, the engine were talking about is the 327 only.
There was a lot of switching don at the dealers also. prior to GMs official change over for spin-ons, along with their use up the old stuff, could be correct with either.
Rich
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