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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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I'm trying to figure out which motor is in my buddy's 1970 Pontiac Trans Am Clone. Without pulling the motor or the heads the only numbers that I can find on the block is up near the water pump ZJ 0453448 and then in the back near the distributor is A148 75.
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1973 Super Duty 455 is a ZJ code, with manual transmission.

If yer gonna pick one, that'd be a top 5 choice I believe, ...



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I've used google and I found a '73 455 and '76 400 and '79 400 that are ZJ block ID numbers too.
http://www.transamworld.com/fbird-history-php2.php
http://www.spottsperformance.com/engineid.htm

http://www.yearone.com/updatedsingle...ontengid4.html
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If the block is a true pontiac block and the number you got off the dist pad is 75, all I can tell you is that its a 1975 block.
Pontiac stamps the block its displacement on the side of the block towards the front freeze plug. You have to look at it frommthe bottom.
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From my sources I'd say its a late 1974 400cid engine. It should have came stock with
4c Heads on it.
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Thanks guys I will take a look at it tomorrow and let you know what I find.
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Question....I'm not to versed when it comes to Pontiac's but is the 400 a big block?
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Question....I'm not to versed when it comes to Pontiac's but is the 400 a big block?
From a distance you can't tell one Pontiac block from another, 350-400-428-455, they're all the same. There is no 'small-block', 'big-block' like Chevrolet blocks.

There's also the earlier 326-389 added to the list, ...

Sounds like no one can give you a definite answer yet, ...
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Thanks PontiacFan......you Da MAN!
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Looking at the passenger side all I can see is two freeze plugs....I can't seem to find any numbers but that thing is dirty as hell.
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