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Old 11-27-2017, 09:22 PM   #5
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Re: Need help to identify my engine

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Originally Posted by gsx_martin View Post
Thanks.
I had read that there is a 216 installed in the 1952 GMC 253-22. But it seems to be wrong.

47-5? GMC got 228, 248 or 270 cubic inch engines, never got a 216.

dwcsr is right, the first three numbers tell you the engine displacement of a GMC motor, the leading letter is the main bearing clearance corresponding to a list.

your engine number to me indicates its the original engine, replacement GMC 228 are usually zero'd or X'd out or just plain blank past the displacement.
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