<VV> 65 or 66 RB engine

[J. R. Read]

65 or 6 140HP Corsa only engine block.  This is the suffix to the case #.  Find it down in the crevice between the block and the rear housing.  Might need to hit that area with some brake clean to see the #.

Later, JR
 

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 From: Tom Berg <thesuperscribe at yahoo.com>
To: shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net>; "hallgrenn at aol.com" <hallgrenn at aol.com>; "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 8:52 PM
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What's "RB"?
 
--Tom in Ohio


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From: shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: hallgrenn at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 65 or 66 RB engine
  

Hi Bob, Good question and I believe the answer is "no". I don't believe there is a way to tell if the crank case is a '65 or '66. But of course the bolts on top of the heads are different sizes. Or if the engine had stuff like A/C (not available in '65 RB engines) or AIR. But just the engine number does not tell you what year. Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301 


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>I wanted to check to see if an RB engine T1217RB is a '65 or '66.  It was sold to me years ago by one of our respected Corvair experts as a '66, but it had the early 140 heads (small diameter top cover bolts mixed with the big ones).  I don't believe there is any way to tell if it is a '65 model of '66 model RB, but I thought I'd throw it out for discussion.  I have no problems with my purchase as I believed it was a '65 when I bought it even though it was represented as a '66 (maybe the heads were swapped), but I've always wondered if there was any difference that would tell one year from the other besides the top cover to head bolts.
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>Bob Hall
>Group Corvair
>Corvanatics
>CORSA
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