Different Castings on 1965 "A" heads
#1
Different Castings on 1965 "A" heads
After seeing the strange casting code on the 1965 block TK-65 posted I looked at my 1965 stuff to find that the "A" heads appear to have had two different castings. One with the EGR humps and one without. Then I also discovered that it's not a matter of early without and later castings with, as the non EGR casting has a julian date code of 165 and the one with them 131. In addition it appears that there's no hump inside the port on the one with the external casting for it. So.... maybe 1965 was a year for Oldsmobile to experment with the "new" engine platform? And did any of the 1965 models have the A.I.R. setups on them, or was this in preperation for the 1966 model year of California Emissions cars?
And I just realized looking at the photos the EGR one has a letter A after the 6 digit casting numer!
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And I just realized looking at the photos the EGR one has a letter A after the 6 digit casting numer!
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#3
You've figured it out yourself, John. CA emissions (smog pump) heads had that AIR boss cast in.
And since Olds used the smog pump only 2 years and only in California-destined cars, I never understood why all the later heads had the bosses and the bumps. Guess they were trying to "be prepared".
And since Olds used the smog pump only 2 years and only in California-destined cars, I never understood why all the later heads had the bosses and the bumps. Guess they were trying to "be prepared".
#4
I was not aware of CA emissions / AIR cars in '65, but even if they were available, and that explains the AIR bumps castings on some heads, wouldn't they be drilled out then?! Has anyone EVER seen a set of drilled out AIR bump '65 heads?
#6
To hazard a guess, they may have been research heads that they were playing around with anticipating the 1966 AIR requirements. Though when they changed head designs the new casting usually got a different number/letter ID.
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