from the engine number can you find out what year it was made?
i just bought a 4x4 cossie lump for my rs200 replica and need to know if it was before the cat law came out so i don`t have to run 1
cheers
dave

 

If the first two digits of the number are letters then yes, post them up

Neil.

 

nearly,i have 1 letter

V90HM6015AA
thanks
dave

 

You need the number stamped on the front of the block just above the water pump and below the head gasket line

should start YBG for a red top (pre 92 emmisions spec) or YBJ for a green top( cat and lambda spec) for a 4x4 - the engines are the same its the bolt ons and ecu which differ

 

looking in that location,i don`t have a number cast/stamped there.
it hasn`t been ground down it just ain`t there

is there anywhere else i can find out
thanks
dave

 

you cant find it becasue its been ground off.looks like you have bought a dodgy engine mate,now if you would have bought one off a repitable dealer off this board it would be a different story,so no number no age proof so your in deep shit as far as the SVA goes also i could have told you a very very simple way of registering your kit on anage related number whicg also would say cosworth on the log book and you would have had no problems with SVA or the cat exhaust
looks like you have been done

 

do new blocks have a number stamped here though???????????

 

it doesn`t seem to have been ground of as there is little pit marks in the surface like from the casting process,it`s not as smooth as the picture makes out it is
could it possibly be a new block as TF says?

go on then whats the simple way of registering on an age related plate.
thanks for all the input guys
dave

 

ask the guy you bought the engine off mate

 

that's a very helpful reply Pete

just because you buy something off a 'reputable' dealer doesn't mean it's necessarily any good,or better than getting it from elsewhere!

 

I think Pete's just demonstrating that as a trader he offers lots of good support and aftersales service and a wealth of knowledge, which you may not necessarily get from him if you buy goods elsewhere.

The man does have a living to make

 

i know he has a living to make,and i can imagine it must piss him off that people even think to buy things from somewhere else!

seriously though my point is that this guy was just asking for a bit of help/advice....and didn't need that kind of reply!?

better would have been;

" it looks like the number has been ground off,so maybe a dodgy engine block...probably best to talk to the guy you bought it off"

 

on my 2wd, the number was on the exhaust side of the block about 2/3rds back. engine number should be the same as the last digits of the chassis number if it was an original engine. if new engine, would not have a number stamped on

 

Simple to resolve mate if its a new block - and people are correct new blocks are unstamped.

Buy a set of stamps from Machine mart and stamp it yourself with a unique number- not illegal as you are not trying to hide an old number -and if the number you decide to stamp it with starts YBB or YBG then guess what its then a pre 92 spec engine for emmissions purposes so no cat required.

A lot of people use an early YBB block to also get around the emmissions regs for sva

 

thats the Ford chassis/build number and would not identify engine type - the number on the front is the cosworth factory build number

 

doesnt it,I beg to differ but I aint going to argue about it, were OK to use when you need to know something though

 

exactly

 

that's the same with any business though, recently i bought my girlfriend a new SLR camera for Christmas, i shopped around asking questions and bought from the place offering the best deal....that's normal isn't it? and none of the shops called me a timewaster when i walked out after not buying it......

and i appreciate your business must be frustrating as hell

 

i don`t mean to sound stupid here,but i know what grounding of an engine number entails.
there will be swirl marks left behind,mine has none.it is pitted as is the rest of the engine from the cast process,the picture shows it shiny but what with the camera flash and me cleaning only that area it would do.

can you really stamp your own number?

would it be worth contacting ford with the chassis/build number ?
dave

 

the front number people are reffereing to is the build number for cosworth is it not, the letters are decribing what type engine is in it

now the number you have posted is the engine number, so this is on the vin tags, logbook etc

so surely sva will go buy that number, as when it comes back it will say what car it was from, year, colour,emissions etc