camaroboy199290

i tore apart a motor out of a 89 vette and i need some help with some casting numbers
cam- 049-cpc-bc-17
pistons- 10144178
crank- 14088526
any info would help thanks in advance

ShiftyCapone

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Its likely that you are going to replace parts during the rebuild process and won't reuse the rotating assembly. What are the casting numbers on the heads? Those are likely the most valuable part of that motor.

sofakingdom

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Not any real "specs". Just a bunch of stock 350 stuff. Pistons and cam won't be getting re-used, so those don't much matter. Crank is .... a 350 crank.

What are you really wanting to know? i.e. what would you do differently based on some attribute or other of those parts?

camaroboy199290

im going to reuse the rotating assembly and possibly cam because im trying to do a stock rebuild on the motor no performance more than what it had and the heads r the aluminum 10088113 but i doubt ill b able to reuse them

sofakingdom

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The whole thing is just the most ordinary stock stuff there is.

Being "stock", and you're going to re-use it, all you need to know is, "stock". That should get you everything you need with no further questions needed to be asked. Anything that fits "stock" will fill the bill.

Why would you NOT re-use those heads? Are they damaged somehow?

camaroboy199290

yea some how there is a gouge between the combustion chamber and the oval water jacket by the outside bolt holes and idk if its gonna b worth fixing

sofakingdom

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Probably is...

Aluminum welds up REAL GOOD. Very common to have that happen these days, with most heads being aluminum nowadays. Not much of a problem at all.

camaroboy199290

well thats good news so what would cause the cam bearings to be black

sofakingdom

iTrader: (1)

Iunno... some kind of black stuff maybe? :shrug:

You'll be replacing them anyway so it doesn't too much matter. Throw em in the trash and move on.

camaroboy199290

yea ill never reuse bearings i just didnt know if it had hurt the cam even though the cam dosnt even have a scratch on it

sofakingdom

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Cam is probably OK; for all practical purposes, the journals NEVER get damaged by anything, except metal chips. Which tends to be fairly obvious.

If they're not all tore up and scored looking, they're fine.

vetteoz

iTrader: (13)

L98 Vette engines ( esp '89 / '90 ) are well know for blowing out the head gasket as you say , normally on # 7 cylinder.
Most clean up fine with a light skim unless engine was overheated enough to warp head

camaroboy199290

the head gasket actually blew out on cylinders 5 and 6 and i have to get them welded up rite under the sparkplug block between the combustion chamber and the oval water port on both cylinders then after they weld them they r gonna resurface them and that will take care of any warping