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REFRESH MY MEMORY are all 1954 235 engines full oilers or just the ones that came with a power glide thanks

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In 1954 all engines had full pressure oiling.
In 1953 just the Power Glide engines had full pressure.


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Gene once again thanks without you a lot us of would be lost

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As always Gene is correct about the full pressure oiling.

There is one subtle point I keep forgetting. All 1954 engines are full pressure oiling but only the Powerglide engines had hydraulic lifters. So you still need to remember to adjust the valves on standard transmission 235.


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To expand this a bit;
For 235 engines.............
All Power Glides had hydraulic lifters.
All passenger cars engines from 1956 and up had Hyd. lifters.
No truck engines had Hyd. lifters.

For V-8 sngines
All had Hyd. lifters.'''EXCEPT'''
Early standard 1955 standard transmission car engines had solid lifters and when owners complained of the valve noise and difficulty of keeping valves adjusted the factory would install a Hyd. cam and lifters no charge.
Truck engines had Hyd. lifters.

For V-8 engines the except would be the engines designated as Special Hi-performance would have solid lifters.


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SO NOW THAT I KNOW THIS ENGINE IS A FULL OILER WHAT SHOULD THE SERIAL NUMBERS BE TO TELL ME ITS A 54. IS THE BLOCK JUST A BOLT IN SWAP INTO MY 50 OR WILL CHANGES HALF TO BE MADE I AM PRETTY SURE THE ENGINE FRONT PLATE has to be changed so that the front mounts can be used is there anything else i would have to do getting old cant remember where i put my notes on engine swaps

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The engine number stamped into the ledge behind the distributor will determine what the engiine is from. Yes, the front mounting plate will need to be drilled or changed. If the engine was from a 1954 Power Glide the opening that the cam passes through (in the front mounting plate) may be too small due to the higher cam lobes in a 1954 P.G. engine.
Also the casting number on the lower right side of the block will help to ID it. Will be 7 letters beginning with a 3.


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can the cam hole on the timing plate be machined to a bigger size

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I would say it could be ground out to increase the size. Removing the plate is a good idea as the oil passage on the back of the plate (for timing gear oiling) could be cleaned out.


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as always thanks with out you most of us would lost

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does anyone off the top of their head know what the letters would be for 54 235 i know 50 IS H and 51 is J THANKS

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The numbers on my 54 are stamped first and then F54Z. No idea if all 54-235 engines are similar.


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Thanks Russell-Lots of good info! I see the PG engine has 10 more HP. I am curious what is different to get the additional HP.


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Originally Posted by m006840
Thanks Russell-Lots of good info! I see the PG engine has 10 more HP. I am curious what is different to get the additional HP.

Additional H.P.= different camshaft for P.G. engine.



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As I mentioned the Power Glide had a high lift cam. That means the valves opened farther. This gave more power at high engine speeds. Also gave Chevrolet (advertising) a better position compare to Fords new over head valve V-8 with 130 H.P.
In 1959 Chevrolet went back to a low lift cam shaft fot better low end performance and gas mileage and 135 H.P. 19958 fpond 145 H.P. with a raised compression ratio.

In 1955 Chevrolet advertised 136 H.P. with no changes made from the 1954.


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picked up engine and powerglide trans it is remarkably clean for something that old, the older person (81 yrs young)that the stuff was purchased from,said his brother who had passed away (never drove the car)so when he died he just parked the car in a concrete floor barn he claims 40,000 miles well the question is what size are the freeze plugs one is kinda shot i dont need the trans or the intake/exhaust or the carb all will be put in my 50 with standard trans so i might have some parts going up for sale

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The freeze plugs are 1 5/8" cup type. All should be replaced and the block flushed out while the plugs are out.
The 1954 P.G. engine will have hdraulic lifters and if it were mine I would leave them in place.
A 1954 engine such as that will be burning oil at 40,000 miles-90% of them did.
The 216 intake and exhaust manifolds and carburtor are smaller than a 235.


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am sorry forgot to change my post about 235 i passed on the 54 and bought a 56 235 that is the post i submitted tuesday it was a better deal on location and help from seller the 56-235 is the engine that i asked questions about i have an extra mounting plate from a 50 216 so that part is taken care of( it will work i hope so dont have to drill holes for mounts) the lifter question has been answered so has the freeze plugs another water pump will be needed where is good vendor for that. will my 216 intake/exhaust manifold hurt the performance of the 235 i just got exhaust system and from what i have read the front pipe would have to be altered a bit if stay with 235 manifold

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You can get all the change information at: www.patricksantiquecars.com


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thanks for the info i have copied PARICK'S notes but sometimes good to hear from some one who has gone thru it all for tips on what and not to do

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On my 51 which I am putting in a 54 engine I used the 54 front mounting plate and drilled and filed the holes square as I did not want to pull apart the 216. I believe using the 216 front mounting plate involves removing the pan and also the camshaft. My 216 is still a good usable engine so I wanted to keep it together as much as possible.


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why do you have to remove the cam am checking the bottom end so will be putting pan gaskets on i know about making cam hole larger

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The mounting plate has slotted screws holding the plate to the block behind the cam gear. Only way to get at them that I know is to remove the cam.


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