58 engine suffix

[Brandon T.]

Can anybody tell me if suffix F609D is a passenger car or a vette engine. The suffix I've seen has always had two letters on the end.

[Dan H.]

Re: 58 engine suffix

Passenger.

[Brandon T.]

Re: 58 engine suffix

Thanks Dan. That is what i thought but a friend told me that the "D" could be for either a passenger or vette. I have seen alot of DB which I knew was for passenger cars but had not seen just "D".

[John H.]

Re: 58 engine suffix

Thanks Dan. That is what i thought but a friend told me that the "D" could be for either a passenger or vette. I have seen alot of DB which I knew was for passenger cars but had not seen just "D".

Brandon -

Almost all "D" suffixes were passenger car 283 2-barrel Powerglides; F609D would be a '58,'59 or '60.

[Peter V.]

Re: 58 engine suffix

I have been told that "D" alone at the end of the series is a passenger car with a two barrel carburetor.

[Bruce B.]

Re: 58 engine suffix

As John H. stated: The "D" suffix on 58 to 62 blocks signifies Passenger car 283 CI, 170 HP, 2 barrel Powerglide.

The "D" On 63 & 64 blocks signifies Passenger car 283 CI, 195 HP, 2 barrel Powerglide.

Information from The Lime Book 3rd Edition

[Patrick B.]

Re: 58 engine suffix

Brandon -

Almost all "D" suffixes were passenger car 283 2-barrel Powerglides; F609D would be a '58,'59 or '60.

A three number date would make it a 58 or 59. A 60 would have been F0609D.