Question on engine block VIN

[Mike Huddart]

Roller blocks ran from '85 up.
E7TE ran from '87 to '91 in light trucks and full size cars, came in roller and non roller cam but block would take either
Mike

[Dwight]

I have an '89 from a Mustang that is a roller block with the number stamped behind the intake on top of the block. Hard to read when you paint the block.

Dwight

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Mike Huddart

Roller blocks ran from '85 up.
E7TE ran from '87 to '91 in light trucks and full size cars, came in roller and non roller cam but block would take either
Mike

I stand corrected......from 90 on up, they should all be roller blocks, as stated above, in the late 80's they were made in both forms......early 90's on up, Mustang GT engines had forged pistons.......
but, any block can be made to use a roller camshaft with little to no modifications, depending on the lifters used....
both my race engines had/have roller camshafts, one block is a 69 model, the other was a 71 model.......

David

[PDUB]

The E7TE is part of the engineering number, which has the first two numbers, the E7, as the decade and year within the decade. The C is 1960's, D is 1970's, E is 1980's, and so on. The last two characters indicate the manufacturing line and the part type, which would be T for truck and E for engine.

This is not the date code for casting. The 3 or 4-digit alpha-numeric date code is on a small panel, typically just above the engineering number. The date code starts with the year of casting followed by a letter representing the month, and then one or two more numerals for the day it was cast.

You will see C5AE-6015E 6-bolt 1965 blocks with something like a 4G24 date code (April 24, 1964), because Ford began casting the '65 blocks in mid 1964. Likewise, you'll see C4OE-6015E 5-bolt blocks with something like a 5B3 (February 3, 1965), because service blocks were cast in '65.

The OP will need to find and read the date code, not the engineering number to determine the date the block was cast. Find and post the date code and we'll tell you when it was cast. Hope that helps...



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