Has my engine been replaced?
#1
Has my engine been replaced?
Recently I bought a 98' Camaro Z/28 and I have been catching up on some basic maintenance the car is in need of. While I was working under the hood I noticed I have center bolt valve covers, while I've read that 98' cars should have perimeter bolt valve covers. So I did a search on here to figure out what type of cylinder heads are on the car, and the heads are marked 241. Well, the passenger side is at least. How can I determine if this is the engine the car came with? I am thinking it has been replaced at some point in the past.
I also decoded the vin number on compnine.com and found the build date of the car to be December of 1997.
I also decoded the vin number on compnine.com and found the build date of the car to be December of 1997.
#3
The previous owner was the second owner from what I was able to gather, he owned it for about 10 months and just drove it daily. The first owner probably made the modifications to the car, those being a volant intake and cat back exhaust. Everything else appears to have been left alone. Currently the car only has 82k miles.
#6
On the drivers side head... look on the front corner of the top of the head. THere should be a three digit casting # on the head... 241 or 243 or 317 or yada, yada. That will help narrow it down.