[Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: 4 door base E engine code on vin # Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:51:42 In Reply to: Re: 4 door base E engine code on vin #, Gene, Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:13:11 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

It's a 1991, so it is supposed to be a 2.1l. I really don't know anything about VIN decoding (strangely) but the bottom line is that the 2.0l NA motor was dropped in 1990. The blue-topped injectors (and I'd venture black AMM & 3-pin AIC) mean it has 2.4.2 unless someone went to a LOT of work to swap the engine wiring harness & computer. If the head has the directly-tapped ground lugs and the intake manifold has the larger runners, I'd rest assured it's a 2.1l. I can't imagine any scenario where a mechanic would have swapped the bottom end and not the top - if the original engine had failed (deck erosion, bottom end, whatever) few if any mechanics would have had the knowledge or inclination to keep the better, later top-end and bolt it on to an earlier 2.0l... possible, of course, just highly unlikely.

I wouldn't worry about the exhaust. Welding is a simple task, and more likely than not with the mileage you've indicated it's been through at least one cat and set of mufflers in its life. Unless it was strictly dealer-serviced (and even if it was) few if any folks out there would go to the trouble of ordering the "right" exhaust parts when it's just as easy to fab something up with run of the mill exhaust pieces.

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• Engine type, Gene, Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:11:16
  • easy......, s.martin, Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:41:55
  • Is this a US-spec convertible by any chance?, RS , Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:39:33
    • Re: Is this a US-spec convertible by any chance?, Gene, Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:12:13
      • Along Justin's line of thought ..., RS , Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:17:44
      • Re: Is this a US-spec convertible by any chance?, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:17:47
        • Re: 4 door base E engine code on vin #, Gene, Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:13:11
          • Re: 4 door base E engine code on vin #, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:51:42 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Wheel well states its a 2.1 litre, Gene, Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:35:53

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