On Sat, 03 Jan 1998 16:41:08 -0800 Sergio Dimarmo <wanderer(at)sure.net>
writes:
>jarrid_gross(at)juno.com wrote:
>> The engine blocks were stamped just under the head "HC" or "LC".
>> HC would mean the normal 9.2/1 CR, and the LC was something like
>> 8/1.
>>
>> Jarrid Gross
>
>Where can I find this stamp?
>
>Sergio
I dont know what to say here, WSM 124 says that the letters "H" or "L"
are stamped
on the engine number on the cylinder back.
Dont ask me what this means though, I looked over one of my greasy
blocks, and
found a stamping on the rear of the block above the bellhousing, but
there was so
much paint, I couldnt make out what it said. There was a 4 digit number,
and some
letters but nothing that looked like an "H" or an "L". Perhaps I
overlooked it, or
am going blind.
Be assured though, that if it said anything to do with CR, it would have
to be "H",
as most of the world had good fuel back in the 60s, and although some
rootes
cars may have shipped to third world countries with low CR spec engines,
I doubt
if more than a handfull were Alpines. I have never heard of a low comp
alpine
even among people in Africa where the fuel must have been dreadfull in
the 60s.
The bores are definately stamped on machined zones on the manifold side
of the
block, just below the head.
Mine was stamped "AB" and "AC", which means that the brits could'nt hold
8 ten thousanths of an inch re-produceablity on the bores, but had
pistons
to fit the sloppy bores on 2 and 4.
Jarrid Gross
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