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Chevrolet Corvair Spyder Chevrolet Corvair Spyder
  • Spyder
  • History
  • Tech Info
    • How to identify a true Spyder ?
    • The Engine
    • The Turbocharger
    • Body & Interior
    • Engine Numbers
    • VIN Numbers
    • Body Tags
    • Wheels
    • Corvair Production Numbers
  • Corvair Advertising
  • Concept Cars
    • 1961 Chevrolet Corvair Sebring Spyder
    • 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Super Spyder
  • Gallery
  • Links

Engine Numbers

 engine identification

The engine numbers are found on top of the block near alternator plate. See above the overview of the suffix for each year. 

Basically the syntax of the engine number is the following:

TMMDDCC

T - Stands for the plant where all Corvair engines were made. Tonawanda, New York

MM - Reflects the months when the engine was produced

DD - Refflect the day when the engine was produced

For example the engine code T1008YR is from an turbocharged engine build on the 8th day of october