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sprint engine numbers
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:36 pm
by dads old sprint
hi just picked up a sprint engine with engine number va 3424 ess. whats ess mean any ideas thanks dick
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:03 pm
by Carledo
IIRC its the code for a factory rebuilt engine.
Steve
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:15 pm
by soe8m
Only the H is probably removed.
Jeroen
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:49 pm
by GrahamFountain
Anybody seen a CHxxxHE numbered Sprint block?
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 8:26 pm
by Carledo
GrahamFountain wrote:Anybody seen a CHxxxHE numbered Sprint block?
Half guess, half gut feeling, is that not a TR7 block code?
Steve
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 8:41 pm
by soe8m
Nothing wrong with your gut.
Tr7 engine number.
Jeroen.
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:49 pm
by GrahamFountain
No. TR7 blocks are numbered CG, not CH. And this is a number for a 16-valve Sprint engine.
Graham
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:09 pm
by Carledo
TR7 Sprint?
Steve
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:30 pm
by soe8m
CHxxxxHE is TR7 Sprint.
Jeroen
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:41 pm
by Carledo
Pretty rare engine then!
Steve
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:37 am
by GrahamFountain
Yes, they are TR7 Sprint engine numbers. The engine numbers I know of go from CH2 to CH117. But I've only about 35 numbers in that range, mostly for the 30 SJW press garage cars, all from cars built in 1977. You might well as why they needed 30 TR7 Sprints at the press garage! Though there is a story of a batch of engines went to Speke and were never seen again. Whether they're inside that range or not, I don't know.
Graham
Re: sprint engine numbers
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:42 pm
by Howard81
At least it has a number, my factory replacement engine doesn't have one!