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SMOKEDYA

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how do you tell if the engine is a roller or not from the outside? is there #'s on it stating it? or in the vin.? we are going to go look at an 84 for a donner car today and the guy say's it's all stock but the engine is a roller. what about the rearend how from the outside can we tell it's an 8.8 as well as what kind of tranny it has? peace




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Look at the firing order......

351W firing order is roller motor.

85 was first year of the roller, sure you knew that........
 

SMOKEDYA

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Cavallo said:
Look at the firing order......

351W firing order is roller motor.

85 was first year of the roller, sure you knew that........
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yeah we found that out decided not to buy today it was a 84 1/2 gt350 but beat to hell and back the only thing he had that would work for us was the tail light's so our hunt continues!!!!!! peace


john
 
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