Peter Delaney
GT40s Supporter
A big "Thank You" to all who helped me out with the 351 vs 302 issue. It looks like a major problem to fit a 351W into the DRB, now that I have the roll-bar & rear stays welded in, so I am stuck with a 302W.
My problem is that to get the car registered in NSW (the only seriously "anti-car" State here in Oz), I need to either :
a) Fit a late model Oz engine which complies to the latest emissions rules (ADR 79/00) - problem : it appears that only the latest quad-cam engines can meet these rule. Fitting a quad-cam into the DRB would be a much bigger problem that the 351W referred to previously.
b) Fit a late '90s US passenger car engine - these are deemed to meet the ADR 79/00 standards, but MUST be able to be proven to have come from a US passenger car, not a truck, SUV, or crate motor. The "proof" is in the engine number - apparently, many early '90s Ford engines had no engine number at all, but later '90s models had engine numbers stamped on the blocks, & these numbers are supposed to have parts of the VIN number buried in them (sufficient to be able to prove that the engine was installed in a "passenger car", etc).
End of inroductory waffle ! Now for the questions - does anyone know :
1) When Ford started stamping meaningful engine numbers on the blocks of US passenger cars ?
2) When the last pushrod 302 engines were available in US passenger cars ?
3) What the engine number format was for these engines ?
Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Peter D.
My problem is that to get the car registered in NSW (the only seriously "anti-car" State here in Oz), I need to either :
a) Fit a late model Oz engine which complies to the latest emissions rules (ADR 79/00) - problem : it appears that only the latest quad-cam engines can meet these rule. Fitting a quad-cam into the DRB would be a much bigger problem that the 351W referred to previously.
b) Fit a late '90s US passenger car engine - these are deemed to meet the ADR 79/00 standards, but MUST be able to be proven to have come from a US passenger car, not a truck, SUV, or crate motor. The "proof" is in the engine number - apparently, many early '90s Ford engines had no engine number at all, but later '90s models had engine numbers stamped on the blocks, & these numbers are supposed to have parts of the VIN number buried in them (sufficient to be able to prove that the engine was installed in a "passenger car", etc).
End of inroductory waffle ! Now for the questions - does anyone know :
1) When Ford started stamping meaningful engine numbers on the blocks of US passenger cars ?
2) When the last pushrod 302 engines were available in US passenger cars ?
3) What the engine number format was for these engines ?
Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Peter D.