Posted by Cbody on December 13, 1999 at 10:48:45:
In Reply to: Re: 318? block ID question posted by xx on December 13, 1999 at 10:09:55:
8- 1978
M- mound road
318- displacement
0316- month/day
1035- sequence #
If it were an '81 block then it would begin with a "B", '80 was "A" and on up from there. The federal stock # might be from when they got the engine but it is not the block year model.