83 FC - Is my engine 225 or 250 horse?

[Tom Warner]

Phil when you open the doghouse, look down on the right valve cover
at the rear and you should see a stick on label about 4" long that
lists the arrangement number, horsepower etc.

Tom Warner
Vernon Center,NY
1982 FC35 (for sale http://tinyurl.com/lotbd )
1985 PT40

At 09:58 PM 4/17/2006, you wrote:
>My 83 was built in August of 82, so it would of had the 225hp cat
>originally. I was told it has a rebuilt 250 hp cat in it when I got
>it in 2004. Does anyone know how to tell which engine it is?
>
>Phil Olson
>83FC35SB
>Appleton, WI
>
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fl_bluebird_1983"
> wrote:
> >
> > I also have an '83 mine was built in oct '82 and titled as an '83.
> > Mine is a 225HP it should be on the head covers, passenger side rear
> > of the cover mine also has the max RPM 2600 on it. As I understand it
> > they switched to 250HP late in '83 only the last 10 or 20 units of
> > the year, or something like that. It's a good bet it's a 225HP, but
> > who knows some have been changed out, and if that has happened most
> > likely it's a 250HP. I know it makes a diffrence on it parts you will
> > need to buy. Maybe someone here knows how to look at them to tell the
> > diffrence.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bruce Campbell