What can you tell me from this engine number....?
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Hi, 22G was fitted to LR 90/110 1983 on. As per -
https://rimmerbros.com/c/Rover-V8-Engine-Numbers
Colin
https://rimmerbros.com/c/Rover-V8-Engine-Numbers
Colin
Have a look here..
Rover V8 Engine Numbers Updated: - The V8 Owners Forum -
Rover V8 Engine Numbers Updated: - The V8 Owners Forum -
The compression ratio is set majorly by the piston, the stroke and bore diameter have no input.
That is unusual I would think as the CR that appears is normally what would have been when the engine left the factory. The engine number though doesn't match for a Vitesse, but then that number can be changed.
Ron.
That is unusual I would think as the CR that appears is normally what would have been when the engine left the factory. The engine number though doesn't match for a Vitesse, but then that number can be changed.
Ron.
Quick and dodgy phone photo. Will take a better one when I start de-crudding. I wasn't expecting a stamping conflict otherwise I would have cleaned it better before taking the pic. Granted the 7 appears to have been struck harder than the rest but I can't see any evidence of a 3 under it....I'm now officially curious as to why they don't match the database.
Interesting puzzle. The 22G00000 engines were fitted into Land Rovers for the Australian market from 1983 onwards, but these were low compression engines, circa 8.13:1. Looking closely, next to the 5, there appears to be an 8. I would be more inclined to think that the 9.75 has been added at a later date, for one reason or another. The digits do not reflect coming from the same set of punches either, but there may not be nothing in that.
Ron.
Ron.
I had a block that was remanufactured and top hat linered by Turner Engineering. When the block was decked after the new liners were fitted the block was stamped with Turners own number, so it is entirely possible that the CR has been changed to reflect different pistons being fitted by a machine shop.
What you have to avoid in these circumstances with an engine number change is opening up a very unpleasant can of worms by notifying the rego dept of a change, this can trigger any jobsworth within a thousand miles into saddling up and arriving at your door with a clip board and microscope.
Far better to stamp the engine number shown on your V5C ( Title ) onto the engine in the car and sleep soundly.
For an engine change in the UK now you have to provide a receipt for the new engine, a receipt from the garage that installed it, evidence of date of manufacture, all to satisfy the lovely people at DVLA. Far easier to let the original engine 'remain' with the car !
What you have to avoid in these circumstances with an engine number change is opening up a very unpleasant can of worms by notifying the rego dept of a change, this can trigger any jobsworth within a thousand miles into saddling up and arriving at your door with a clip board and microscope.
Far better to stamp the engine number shown on your V5C ( Title ) onto the engine in the car and sleep soundly.
For an engine change in the UK now you have to provide a receipt for the new engine, a receipt from the garage that installed it, evidence of date of manufacture, all to satisfy the lovely people at DVLA. Far easier to let the original engine 'remain' with the car !
I don't think so, as long as the engine is of the same type, capacity isn't an issue (I hope 
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Engine
Alternative cubic capacities of the same basic engine and alternative original equipment engines are not considered to be a substantial change.
If the number of cylinders in an engine is different from the original it’s likely to be, but not necessarily, the case that the current engine is not alternative original equipment.
)Engine
Alternative cubic capacities of the same basic engine and alternative original equipment engines are not considered to be a substantial change.
If the number of cylinders in an engine is different from the original it’s likely to be, but not necessarily, the case that the current engine is not alternative original equipment.