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Old 01-21-2003, 10:30 AM
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Is there any way to tell by looking at the # next to the engine block stamp (B16 yada yada) what year car the engine came out of ?
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Default Re: Engine year ? (JDM_SIR_II)

This is the easiest way.
If you only have the block you have to run the serial number.

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thanks !
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not being a smart *** or anything, but what year does it say on that head?
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Ya, is that May 22, 1996?
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96 Man, I never knew that you could find out the year by the block
Learned something new today.

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ok, so is it true that if the head is stamped 96 then the motor was in a 97 car? i heard that the motor year is always one year before the year of the car it was in?
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ok, so is it true that if the head is stamped 96 then the motor was in a 97 car? i heard that the motor year is always one year before the year of the car it was in?
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