198ci

198 and 225 are externally identical. The block stampings aren't even reliable, because the 198 and 225 blocks, year by year, are the same, the only difference between 198 and 225 is the crankshaft and connecting rods. So so who knows what's been rebuilt into what; you can't know for absolute 100% sure until you open the engine.

The G-block (170) is easy to tell from the RG-block (198/225). The G-block has a very short bypass hose between the top of the water pump and the bottom of the cylinder head; most of the hose is covered by the clamps and the whole thing is barely an inch and a half long. This hose on the RG-block is visibly much longer, you've got a couple inches of bare hose between the clamps.

Dan,
THANKS I has assumed that the 198 and 225 were identical, BUT I wanted to know if my assumption was correct.

As for the 198, this one I was and am still unsure of....

As for them all, all 3 of them, were they normally in the same year painted the same color? I ask this as the engines I've "spotted" around are different colors, OR seem to be, as they have a blue one, one looks as tho it may have been red (rusty as hell) and one other one, I'm just not sure on, its the most difficult to get at so.....

I want to figure out if this guy has any or all of them the same CID.....As I may get a whole engine from him, to rebuild.....then possibly sell.