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Terry69RSZ28

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CE Block crankshaft and piston
« on: December 16, 2019, 02:27:34 AM »
Hi,
Are these correct for 1969 Z28 CE warranty block? It is standard bore, the pistons have no numbers and the crankshaft has one notch.
Thanks, Terry

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Re: CE Block crankshaft and piston
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2019, 02:54:06 AM »
Yup, that's an 1178 crank by the notch, the piston number is cast on the underside of the piston (under the dome). Should be L2210A, TRW.

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Steve
1968 Z28 M21/U17 BRG/W 1967 Chevy ll Nova SS 
1969 Z28 X77/M20/VE3 LeMans/W
1969 L78 X66/N66 Cortez/BVT
1969 Z11 L48/M35/C60/C06  1949 3100 5wd 235/6

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Re: CE Block crankshaft and piston
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2019, 03:37:11 AM »
Hi Everyone,
Without taking the engine apart, does the photo showing the top of the piston point towards an original piece? This block does have the correct 1178 crank. Thanks, Steve for the verification.

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Re: CE Block crankshaft and piston
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2019, 04:34:58 AM »
Here are shots from my Z28 CE motor (Installed in a 68) Casting March 1969
Photo of crank hub and piston top.
Jim
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Terry69RSZ28

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Re: CE Block crankshaft and piston
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2019, 06:04:13 AM »
Hi Jim,
The photos you provided look identical to the two I posted. My CE is a late 69 date code block. Thanks for posting.  :)

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Re: CE Block crankshaft and piston
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2019, 08:51:58 PM »
The 1178 crank mandates the use of the L2210A piston (or any other manufacturer's 302 piston) due to the pin location required when using the 3.00" stroke crank with the standard 5.7" C-C rod length. You also know that this is a late '68 to '69 era 302 piston - 67-early 68 used a different appearing dome arrangement, very distinctive, you can tell at a glance what years they fit. Early pistons were also press-fit pins rather than the floating pin arrangements for the later (2nd design) pistons like you see here.

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Steve
1968 Z28 M21/U17 BRG/W 1967 Chevy ll Nova SS 
1969 Z28 X77/M20/VE3 LeMans/W
1969 L78 X66/N66 Cortez/BVT
1969 Z11 L48/M35/C60/C06  1949 3100 5wd 235/6

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Re: CE Block crankshaft and piston
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2019, 09:24:31 PM »
Thanks for the information, Steve! Always learn something new...
Regards, Terry