I recently was given my fathers '80 as a gift. He owned the car for about twelve years and when he purchased it from the previous owner it had L-82 badges on the sides(which are still there). I ran the VIN number on this site and it came back as a L-48. At first I figured the badges were changed, however in driving it, it does feel like it has more than 190 ponies. Also, while on this site I read in one of these forums that the L-82 motors had different valve covers, which were black, and this motor has corvette logo black valve covers. Just tryin to figure out if the previous owner did a motor swap and put an L-82 in her or just re-badged her and beefed up the motor a bit..... tommy

whats up big guy ,i would check the numbers on the block and go from there and more than likly he had some work done on the motor or he could have changes it like you said !! but running the numers off the block will help you know what you have ,good luck brother


the faster the better i always say

mortec.com has alot of numbers there to help you tell what it is,i use them all the time you'll like the site !!

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thanks ron.... i'll give it a go... if i could just find where they are on the block.. talk to ya later...

if you are looking at the motor on the pass. side they are right in front of the head on a pad ,ginda hard to see sometimes,but a little sandpaper will help that,then your done unless u have to move something to even get to see them lol like the ac .well good luck brother !!

Not sure about '80 L-82s but in '73, they came with the 8" harmonic balancer and the base engine came with the thin 6" one.

Marc

Thanks ron...nad you to marc..i found the numbers i needed on the block, and got the answers i needed on Mortec.com.. twas a breeze.. later bro..