Trouble is, the engine in my car isn't the original one. It's code reads JG37MEXXXXXK. Doing a little reading, that makes it 4.5 years OLDER than my car!! Crazy.
Anyone else got similarly strange stuff going on with their cars and VINs?
Next project is to figure out if my engine is a 302 or 351.
Hey Neeek, just been though this myself, turns out my 73 351 mach1 mustang has an Aussie 302c! Good news for me though, as I've got a 351c crank etc ready to go in.
The best way to tell the difference is measure the stoke- 3inch= 302 & 3.5 inch +351.
Hey Neeek, just been though this myself, turns out my 73 351 mach1 mustang has an Aussie 302c! Good news for me though, as I've got a 351c crank etc ready to go in.
The best way to tell the difference is measure the stoke- 3inch= 302 & 3.5 inch +351.
on Fords the part number of stuff will have the year and the DA for example my car is a november 87 XF and most part numbers should begin with 84DA through to 87DA... well I've got an 80DA dipstick, an 88DA radiator and a 76DA part somewhere in there as well
The DA part number is the year that part was first put into production. For example the 80DA dip stick began with the XD's and wasn't changed through XD, XE & XF's. The part could have made in 1980 through to 1987.
Hey thanks Neeek! Hopefully some 4 bolt mains in there LOL. Does anyone know what USA blocks start with? The reason i ask is the receipt for my block actually says GJ71RM but i figured this must be a mistake. I probably should go and check the block i guess.
Nathan i think this is what your Block number means :
D=1970's, 2=1972, A=Full size ford, E=where the part was warehoused, C=3, A= 1 (whch i think means the block has been revised 31 times).
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