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Old 03-24-2001, 12:19 AM
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This is off the top of my head, but didn't "CE" blocks replace the "IP" blocks? Wasn't it the "IP" blocks that dealers originally used for transplants in '67, then went to "CE" in '68? Any of this sound right?
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Old 03-25-2001, 03:12 AM
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Joe...thanks for posting the link....site said my CE0 74444 block is a 1970 Tonawanda block which falls in line with original owner stating he had a warranty block put in at 11k miles due to a cracked piston/scored cylinder...
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Old 03-25-2001, 01:20 PM
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CE is a warranty engine. It most likely is only a short block but it not an original engine block. The big blocks were problematic back then. I had a 1970 SS454 and it used oil right from the get-go. 500 mile to a quart was normal, the car was a the dealer so many times they were sick of seeing it.

I know fella that had a 1971 SS454 and he blew up the engine in the first few months he had it. Beat the hell out the car in the 2 yrs he owned it, anyone who wanted to drive it he let them. I know another that blew 4th gear (could not shift into 4th) in his trans on a 1969 442 and drove it for years without fixing it because his warranty was up. I remember riding with him and he was hard on the car, scare the crap out of the passengers. I don't thing he ever did fix it, car was a piece of junk when he traded if off for a 1975 GMC Jimmy.

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Old 04-02-2001, 03:35 AM
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Bill,
I sent you a couple of emails about your 68 Yenko and the CE block.
Did you get them?

Thx.
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Old 04-03-2001, 12:50 AM
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KURT,
SORRY KURT I NEVER RECEIVED THEM. TRY AGAIN AND I'LL BE SURE TO ANSWER. THANKS BILL
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Old 04-05-2001, 03:55 PM
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I had sent it to [email protected]. Resent it.

New email ID, old one is dead: [email protected]

Kurt

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