engine id confirm?

Kaizen · Nov 20, 2013

Hey guys. Figured i'd have more engine guys here to confirm my question. Put my engine on a stand finally out of my 69. Turns out its a replacement crate engine manufactured by gm in 1979. Casting number is 14016379 and number on front of engine is vf093800. Heads have stamp of 462624 which comes back as 5.7 I believe. Being 1979 the highest hp is 220 but this block has 4 bolt mains. Can you take a look at these pics and this info and let me know if you see anything extraordinary or if i'm off on my decoding? Any info you have is appreciated. Never rebuilt an engine before and hopefully this will run. main caps are nice and firm. No ridges on cylinders I could touch from bottom end. still see some marks on cylinders....hash marks?...circular marks from running the brush in them? Is this basic engine garbage or good platform for 400hp build up?
Sorry all pics won't upload

Kaizen · Nov 20, 2013

Kaizen · Nov 21, 2013

Nobody?

Mike · Nov 21, 2013

Looks to be a 1979 Targetmaster 350 built in Flint.
The 9800 is the 79 code for your Targetmaster engine.

Kaizen · Nov 21, 2013

Thanks Mike. Any idea if this is a good basic engine or a bad cheapo replacement? Got it unstuck so going to try and fire it up and see if it will run.

Andy's Auto Repair · Nov 21, 2013

That 350 will respond just as well as any other 350 you would find. A good set of heads and a well thgought out cam/springs and 400 is def doable. Compression is a concern as well.

Kaizen · Nov 21, 2013

Thanks andy. I'm psyched it wasn't the original 307. I'm ahead of the game on this one. Thought I would have had to buy a new engine. I'll get this running on a stand and see if it works before I get too far into it.

elcamino · Nov 28, 2013

fyi

engine id confirm?

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