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Old 15th June 2009, 10:59 PM
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Default missing engine number

I've been looking for the engine number on the block of the engine that I want to use in my build tonight but unfortunately i can't find it
I'm 95% sure that it isn't there (been eaten by the weather!)

The problem is what do i do now as i can't change the V5 on the doner to this number if it doesn't exist?
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Old 15th June 2009, 11:18 PM
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buy a set of letter punches and restamp it. your not doing nothing wrong if your putting the correct number back on the correct engine
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Old 15th June 2009, 11:23 PM
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Hi James

What engine have you got ?

If you know the exact location of the engine number, it sometimes helps to polish the area up with a bit of emery paper & light oil ( A wire wheel in a drill may also do the job ). This may at least make the engine number legible.
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Old 15th June 2009, 11:31 PM
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I can't restamp it on cos i don't know what it is supposed to be

To cut a long story quite short, It is a 1800 zetec block with a stage 3 Escort RS turbo head ,stage 2 turbo, plus a few other mods to make it produce around 220 bhp.

I pulled the block out of a Xr2i 16v (on k plate i think) about 7 or 8 years ago and since then it has been in and out of a couple of cars.

I've never bothered about the engine number before cos i haven't needed to

I've tried a bit of wet and dry and carb cleaner to no avail, i think i'm gonna have to try harder
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Old 16th June 2009, 12:12 AM
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do a hpi check on the car it come out of and it will come back with an engine number even if the car it come from was scrapped.
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that's a brilliant idea, but i can't remember the reg of it
think i'll have to be a bit naughty and get another 1800 zetec engine...
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My mate has just texeted remembering the reg of the car Hooorahh!!!!

Now i just need to find the engine number from a hpi report, anyone know of any cheap (read FREE) ones
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