iron intake L79

[Stitch]

Hi All,
Need some help with a discussion on another forum. Can anybody here confirm that a 68 Corvette with RPO L79 would have had a cast iron intake and Qjet ?, or is there a website I could get positive info from ?.

Thanks,
Stitch

[Enoch]

69 had cast iron and quad 68 was still alum. This is for vetts.
Rich

[MotownMadman]

I believe 68 was still aluminum from the Winters Foundry.
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[bertfam]

From the "Vette Vues Fact Book, 1968-1972" by M. F. Dobbins:

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Unlike 1965-1967, the 327/350HP engine (L-79) used a cast iron intake.


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Dr. Dobbins is generally regarded as THE authority on early Corvettes, so if he says it's so, it probably is!!

Also, CBTN shows the Casting Number as 3919803 and used in the 68 Passenger with the 327/250HP and 275HP, Chevelle with the 327/250HP, 275HP and 325HP, Chevy II with the 327/275HP and 325HP, Chevy II with the 350/295HP, Camaro with the 327/275HP, Camaro with the 350/295HP and the Corvette with the 327/300HP and 350HP. It shows this manifold as Cast Iron.

Ed

[Stitch]

Thanks guys , this is the engine at the center of the discussion...........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2445006348&category=34 202

Just trying to determine if the intake and Qjet are correct .

[olredalert]

--------Add says HE stamping......Therefore a 300/327 68 Vette motor.It,of course,would have had a cast-iron intake and Qudra-jet.Valve covers are correct as well,I think............Bill S

[COPO_Anders]

A friend of the guy I bought my COPO from, has a 1968 L79 Corvette. It looks totally stock and has a cast iron intake.

[William]

In 1968 Hot Rod road tested an L79 '68 Nova, cast iron intake and Q-jet.

[Keith Tedford]

The only '68 L79 325 hp Chevelle that I ever saw had the cast iron intake and quadrajet carb. Looked like a 327 275 hp engine but was quicker than a friend's '69 L34 Chevelle. They were the sleeper of '68.

[TimG]

That's correct. Chrome valve covers, also for 1968. The 1969 350/350 was the same set-up. Cast iron, Q-jet, but with aluminum valve covers.

[Kim_Howie]

When I lived in Burlington,Ia a buddy of mine had a 68 325hp 327 Chevelle Fathom blue bench seat car enclosed is a picture of the air cleaner. This is the only thing left of the car.

[Kim_Howie]

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[Mike]

My 68 L79 Nova came with a cast iron intake and Quadrajet carb. The carb was changed somewhere along the line to a Holley. Kim, let me know if you want to part with that air cleaner assembly as that was missing (among other things) when I got the car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/Lt1Mike/ab_1_b.jpg

Mike

[68L79M21]

One more difference between the '68 Corvette 327/300 and the L79 327/350 is that the L79 has a chrome oil fill cap the the base engine cap is painted. The two stamp pad codes are HT and HP. I have an HP, which is 4-speed, A/C, P/S and manual brakes. HT is non-A/C, 4-speed.