Engine: Type of engine

[ronta]

I have a V8 engine with an engine number E629. I think the engine is a 259. What year would the block have been cast and what vehicles would the engine been used.

[PackardV8]

Not familiar with just an E prefix. A 2E629 would be a 1955 224" truck block.

jack vines

[Skip Lackie]

As Jack said, a number followed by an E would be a truck engine. Look more carefully at the engine serial number boss and then look here:

http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/V8EngineID.asp

[ronta]

Is a 224 a V8. The engine on my car looks like a 259. The only numbers on the engine are E 629.

[Tom Bredehoft]

The 224 and the 259 are the same casting, the 224 has a short throw on the crank.

[ronta]

Is the engine number cast in the block on the right front of engine or stamped by the distributor?

[Alan]

It is stamped next to the fuel pump stack.

[studegary]

Is the engine number cast in the block on the right front of engine or stamped by the distributor?

I do not think that we have the engine type/year/displacement identified yet.
The engine number is not a cast number. It is always stamped.
On early 232s it is by the distributor. On all of the rest, it is stamped on a pad on the top surface of the block at the left front of the engine (right looking under the hood.

[StudeRich]

Here is our V8 Engine I.D. Page from this Website, if you scan to the bottom you will see a Picture of where to look and all the info needed to decode the Serial Number.

That is IF it has a Factory Serial Number from a original Production Car, and not a Factory replacement Engine.

http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/V8EngineID.asp