Lightybob
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| posted on 18/6/11 at 07:43 PM |
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Engine age?
Hi to everybody,
does anybody know how I can establish the age of my Ford Crossflow engine? I bought a part finished locost 7 project, It had been stored in the
previous owners garage for the last 8 years, any way i have spent the last three months getting it ready for the SVA test, all ready, test applied
for, just waiting for the date.
The engine is a Ford 1300 Crossflow, built by Burton, unfortunately their records do not go back far enough. Ford are unable to help, as it does not
have a Ford engine number. there are/is an engine number plus casting numbers on the block all of which I have given to Ford but no avail. Can
anybody help?
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david_hornet27
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| posted on 18/6/11 at 08:24 PM |
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Burton power have the codes for engine manufacture dates here...
http://www.burtonpower.com/tuning-guides/tuning-guide-pages/ford-manufacture-dates.html
Hope that helps,
Dave
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Lightybob
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| posted on 19/6/11 at 08:15 AM |
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Thank's David, but unfortunately it's a bit more complicated. The engine did not come with the donor car, so no Vin number.
The engine has a number 1400AZ, this is not a Ford number.[ Ford did not put engine number on blocks that were not being put into a car]
I have tracked the history back to the original owner of the Locost, the guy who built the chassis and bought the engine.
apparently the engine was bought from a Mr Fisher, apparently the engine came out of a Westfield used for hill climbing.
I think the the engine was built by Burton from a block supplied from Ford, there is a riveted plate on the engine with a Burton product code stamped
with the number 1400AS, as mention Burton's records do not apparently go back far enough.
There are other markings on the block; Ford 7116015AA, T24, and 9L9. I have sent these to the Ford technical dept, and again no joy.
I have been told that the 9L9 means 9th of Dec 1979, but I can not prove this, does anybody know if there is book or web site that can explain what
the casting numbers in the block mean.
At the moment I am stuck.
Regards David
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