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Old 11-05-2003, 09:14 PM   #6
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Re: 89 Caprice with Olds 307

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Originally Posted by curtis73
In 89, those would be 7A heads. The ports are exactly half the size of 5As. 5As would allow you to use aftermarket intakes and they flow a little better.

The heads should have the casting number on the top of one of the exhaust ports. Scrape the grease off and it will tell you what heads you have. If you can get it to breathe, a 307 is a pretty nice engine. It has a roller cam and the head designs are pretty fuel efficient.
Thanks, good info, I had been wondering. I did indeed get the car, for $800 (though not through ebay) pics/info can be seen here http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2439987339
What I find amusing is that I bought it for $800, but in Miami (AkA the city of Caprices and Impalas) these go for around $3000.

I'm not really concerned with performance at this point, I just wanted it for nostalgia and to haul stuff around, possibly tow my other cars (any idea about towing capacity?). I'll be picking up the car when I return from this deployment (right around Thanksgiving), so I can't wait!
Thanks for all the ino,
Allen
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