I want to import a kitcar, but the enginenumber on the V5C should match the actual engine. 711M 6015 BA The seller says he sees this plate on the engine. Is this the enginenumber? Xflow BTW. On the V5C he says the enginenumber is 9994. Does the 9994 correspond to 6015? So no match? Or is the enginenumber stated somewhere else on the engine?

nope this is the block number.

the engine number is stamped on a flat surface, on the exhaust side, on the top pf the block on no.1 cylinder

maybe someone has apicture?

as below in green circle



engine number

[Edited on 15/2/08 by nib1980]

That number is the block number showing that it is an Xflow.

HTH.

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oh I think I'd have went over to check the car out personally before buying. There are so much scams and frauds these days.

Thanks for the quick replies guys! He will check again to find it.

Chances are it won't have an engine number. Back in the day a lot of exchange reconditioned engines were supplied with the engine numbers machined off!

[Edited on 15/2/08 by Fatgadget]

^^^^ usually because the block was skimmed.

yes the 6015 is block casting number, BA means it is 1600.

Hey Aico,

You could bring the number up with colordye, my 1uz showed it's number when I did that.

anyway 711M6015BA

711M =
Late casting for Lotus, base for the lotus twincam engines, others are 618F and 621 those are engines from earlier fords
the 711M engines had 5 bearingcaps instead of some earlier that had only 3.
the 711M is by far the strongest Kent block that one can have.

6015 =
standard ford casting code for any
cast iron 4cyl inline OHV engine block

BA = 1.6L capacity

AA = 1.3 or 1.1L capacity

there where a lot of kitcars build up with 1.6 or even upgraded to 1.7L (vulcan racing engines) engines that had an AA engine numberplate on the block nicley painted over offcourse, from what I've been told to avoid higher insurance. My striker had this when I bought it, the tag on the engine said AA, but the engine was a 1.6 with DGV carb from a Capri 1.6GT.

Grtz Thomas

could have asked on KCC also btw hahaha!

[Edited on 15/2/08 by thomas4age]