I have a chevy engine where the engine code is K0220FBC. I have searched everywhere I can think of but I can't find any info on this FBC code. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Since the odds of whatever you have being EXACTLY a "FBC" motor are VERY LOW especially if it's ever been TOUCHED, exactly what is it you want to know? There may be other BETTER and more dependable ways of determining whatever that is.

 

I need help identifying what type of engine it is. This is the picture of the engine that I took.
For my own curiosity, what does FBC stand for?

 

FBC doesn't necessarily stand for anything, it's just the suffix code. Suffix code is basically a more precise version of a casting number; casting numbers can cover several variations of suffix codes (and engine sizes), while the suffix code tells you a little more about the engine (hp range, actual size of the engine, what car/truck it was used in, etc.).

And yeah, you're right, I can't find ANYTHING about FBC suffixes, besides other people asking what it decodes to.

 

The problem with those "codes" is that if the ENGINE has been TOUCHED internally, ANY AND ALL information that might be obtained by "decoding", no longer applies.

Post a photo of this motor, and tell us the casting numbers on the block and heads. Those are ACTUALLY USEFUL, forever, unlike the stampings.

 

Thank you for the input. I will take more pictures this weekend and post them here. I'll be back!

 

A Fxx suffix code hasn't been used since the 1950's. The engine is probably a replacement production engine and not OEM.

The second set of numbers should match the last digits of the original vehicle's VIN however the CH7 is not standard production vehicle numbers

 

Or at least, THE BLOCK might have been PART OF some "replacement" ENGINE. That's reasonably likely.

WHO KNOWS what THE ENGINE might be NOW.

If this had come in a VEHICLE, C would have been the year (82), and H the assembly plant. Not sure what plant H was at that time. Not one where F body cars were being built regardless, since those were L (Van Nuys CA) and N (Norwood OH). But that doesn't look like the same set of stamps stamped it; in fact the whole "CH" string looks like somebody gave it a hand job. As if for instance, somebody dropped a replacement engine in a car, and used hand stamps to stamp the VIN fragment.

All in all, "codes" is still, BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE. Tell us what the block and head casting numbers are and we'll go from there. Might tell you something useful as opposed to the "codes" which only tell you something about what THE BLOCK was initially associated with. Doesn't tell you A DAMN THING about what THE ENGINE might happen to be NOW TODAY.