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Does anyone know how to find out what year an engine is bye the numbers off of the block? and Whether a 1993 engine with all of the stuff except the heads swapped on it from a 1997 engine will work in a 1997 LSC if I have the stock original harness for the car itself and all I will be using is the lower half and the heads? The reason I am asking is because after I bought this car the guy tells me that it is a 1993 engine!!! But it was remanufactured bye Ford in 2000 so I am a little worried that I am about to run into some problems now!!! Let me know what you guys think!!! Also does the 1997 engine have the hose that comes from the back of the waterpump and runs under the manifold to the lines mounted on the back of the engine? or Is that something from the 1993 engine that I am going to have to change around? I have seen some pics of a 1997 engine with the manifold off of it and I didnt see that hose that my engine has!!! Getting worried now!!!
 
97SilverLSCcobra said:
Does anyone know how to find out what year an engine is bye the numbers off of the block? and Whether a 1993 engine with all of the stuff except the heads swapped on it from a 1997 engine will work in a 1997 LSC if I have the stock original harness for the car itself and all I will be using is the lower half and the heads? The reason I am asking is because after I bought this car the guy tells me that it is a 1993 engine!!! But it was remanufactured bye Ford in 2000 so I am a little worried that I am about to run into some problems now!!! Let me know what you guys think!!! Also does the 1997 engine have the hose that comes from the back of the waterpump and runs under the manifold to the lines mounted on the back of the engine? or Is that something from the 1993 engine that I am going to have to change around? I have seen some pics of a 1997 engine with the manifold off of it and I didnt see that hose that my engine has!!! Getting worried now!!!
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I live close to you, I could come tell you what it is that's in there. What street do you live on?
 
And the 93 is the better engine anyway...good deal, Laser and I are kinda convinced that I got an annomily car tho
 
NoLimit95 said:
I live close to you, I could come tell you what it is that's in there. What street do you live on?
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Thanks for the offer. I live on Atlantic St. off of Bob Wallace Ave., but my car is in Hazel Green. I have it at a friends shop for now. Don't think I will be doing the install there though because he is never there so I have'nt been able to do any work on it and it is going to be too much trouble working on his schedule. Since he doesnt have one!!! So I am going to have to find somewhere else to do it and just accept the fact that I will be doing it with out a lift. Wanted to use his shop for the lift!!! It is Auto Care Plus right off of the Parkway on the right in Meridianville/Hazel Green!!! But whenever you want we could take a ride out there and take a look at what I have!!! Just let me know.
 
97SilverLSCcobra said:
Thanks for the offer. I live on Atlantic St. off of Bob Wallace Ave., but my car is in Hazel Green. I have it at a friends shop for now. Don't think I will be doing the install there though because he is never there so I have'nt been able to do any work on it and it is going to be too much trouble working on his schedule. Since he doesnt have one!!! So I am going to have to find somewhere else to do it and just accept the fact that I will be doing it with out a lift. Wanted to use his shop for the lift!!! It is Auto Care Plus right off of the Parkway on the right in Meridianville/Hazel Green!!! But whenever you want we could take a ride out there and take a look at what I have!!! Just let me know.
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I have lived on your side of town before and out in Toney, AL. too, right next to Hazel Green. Anyway, when you have some time, I'll ride out there and if it's a 93 engine, I'll know just by looking at it. If the seller lied and it has a 97 engine in it, I'll know that too. I could probably go Saturday or Sun.
 
Yeah NOLIMIT that would be cool my number is 539-1874 just give me a ring whenever you have time. The engine is'nt in the car bye the way!!! I have the valve covers and manifold off of it too!!! But what is your name? My little brother lives in Toney near meridianville and I have lived around here for years!!!
 
Keep in mind that 93s came with 2 different styles of intake tube
 
Well I know for a fact that I have the 97 intake and valve covers. The IMRC's have a sticer on the levers that operate the butterflies that has a date on it and I guess part no.!!! Which is F8ZU-BA and then under that is 07-25-96
 
97SilverLSCcobra said:
Yeah NOLIMIT that would be cool my number is 539-1874 just give me a ring whenever you have time. The engine is'nt in the car bye the way!!! I have the valve covers and manifold off of it too!!! But what is your name? My little brother lives in Toney near meridianville and I have lived around here for years!!!
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Terry Bridges is the name. Is the engine anywhere around the car? I can still tell you if it's a 93 or 97 or let me ask you this. Do you have plug wires on the engine you have or have you not seen any?
 
Sapperfire said:
And the 93 is the better engine anyway...good deal, Laser and I are kinda convinced that I got an annomily car tho
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Actually..... the 93 is prolly the least desierable motor. :p
There was a head revision after 93 but I have no idea what it was about.
What makes the 93 faster is the computer and weight difference. Take a no optioned base 93 against a loaded 94 and the 93 will dust it cause of 21* timing comanded at tip in and the 200lbs less weight and thats why it the 93 will walk the 94..... or a much heavier second gen.
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Keep in mind that 93s came with 2 different styles of intake tube
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Dont matter. Block and heads is all he would/could use. He even has to swap over valve covers.




Anyway, op. How do you know it was reman in 2000? So the guy blew the motor then threw in a 93 motor and then sent it to Ford to be rebuilt?
Hopefully its not a 99+ Windsor block. Well for 99% of the people the Windsor block dont make much difference as it can still hold more power then the chasis can but still, I like having the best block Ford made in my car.
 
I'll explain what I have. The guy bought the car for 6 grand and three days later blew the engine!!! Took the engine and tranny out. He took the valve covers and the intake off of the blown engine and put them on the new engine. He said it was a 1993 engine. It was sitting in his garage on a "cradle/K-member" dont really know what it is called? With the suspension and tires still attached to it and the tranny attatched to it. The Intake was just laying on top of the engine but he had already installed the valve covers! It has the cop's on it. I took off the valve covers and the intake to clean up and paint!!!
 
With the intake off of a 1997 engine. Is there a black hose running from the back of the water pump to the water lines mounted on the back of the engine where the temp. sensor is? Because that is what mine has and I seen the pics of the engine Jamie just sent Laser with the intake off and it did'nt look like the hose was there!!!
 
97SilverLSCcobra said:
With the intake off of a 1997 engine. Is there a black hose running from the back of the water pump to the water lines mounted on the back of the engine where the temp. sensor is? Because that is what mine has and I seen the pics of the engine Jamie just sent Laser with the intake off and it did'nt look like the hose was there!!!
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I don't know of any black hose coming from the back of the water pump. The water pump goes into a cylinder type hole and there is no hose that I can recall.
 
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