Looking at the engine, left head front to back is 2-4-6-8
Right head front to back is 1-3-5-7
Firing order is, 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
So that makes the left side of engine even.
A small or big block Chevy have a casting number on the top of the block behind the driver side head. MorTec has Chevy casting numbers listed online.
The block casting numbers are on the top driver side of the bellhousing flange at the back of the engine. The engine code is stamped into a pad on the block deck in front of the passenger side cylinder head.
Those numbers won't help much. The numbers you need are on a ledge in front of the passenger-side head. Mortec.com can be very helpful for tracing block and head numbers.
Drivers side, right in front of the cylinder head, there is a pad on the block, with a series of numbers, starting with 2 letters, usually.
Chevy small block V8 engine numbers can be found on a flat surface area on the front passenger side of the engine block just below the passenger side cylinder head.
casting numbers are on the back of the block. there are numbers on the pad by the head on passenger side front that will reveal information too
on the right side of the block where the head meets the block in the front is a small flat shelf and have numbers stamped there and a salvage yard could help you out with numbers
on the back of the block where the belt housing bolts on and also on the front in front of the passenger side head there is a ledge that has a number there unless the block has been decked
get the serial numbers off the side of the engine block, should be just below the freeze plugs on either the passenger side or drivers side of the block.
you need the date code on the side of the block it will be a series of numbers and letters first its the month, then day, then year
There is a pad, right in front of the drivers side cylinder head. These numbers will tell you ev erything about your motor.
There is a pad, right in front of the drivers side cylinder head. On this pad, you will find a couple of letters, then a series of numbers. These numbers will tell you everything about your motor.