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what can u tell from the engine No.?

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#1 ·
All,

Have mk1 astra with 16v (red top) fitted, was wondering how or what I can find out from the engine No.

Looking to confirm age of Engine & what car it was from...Thinking early Mk2, but was told it was Calibra...

Help?

+ anyone good good price for clutch kits? - is it worth uprated from oem products

regs

Bobby
 
#6 ·
a general guide is wether it has a distributor (brown with a black plastic cover) the later engines think it was after 1993 changed to distributorless which will be a slimmer all black unit mounted on the inlet cam side and the normal exhaust cam mounting is blanked off.
 
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