ls1 engine number search

[blownvk]

is there any way i can find out from an ls1 engine number what year the engine was made, or what car it came out of?

[macca33]

is there any way i can find out from an ls1 engine number what year the engine was made, or what car it came out of?


The first two digits are the year of manufacture of the engine....

VF00 = 2000,
VF01 = 2001, etc, etc

[blownvk]

Is that all the info possible to get from an engine number? Could Vic roads or holden dealership tell me more?

[macca33]

Is that all the info possible to get from an engine number? Could Vic roads or holden dealership tell me more?


There may be more, such as quarter of the year they were manufactured, however, VicRoads and / or a Holden dealership won't be able to tell you much more than that - if they could actually get that far.....

[blownvk]

Thanks mate, that's a good help. Cheers.

[WOKAZ]

Check out the vicroads website, saw a new feature released recently on tt that searched VIN history for $15. May allow engine number searches too?

[Drewie]

Engine Number Decode: VF010550469 = VF 01 055 0469.
VF = LS1 5.7 litre V8 engine.
01 = Engine built in 2001.
055 = Engine built on the 55th day of the year.
0469 = The 469th engine built that year.

The above engine number is just random numbers but gives you the idea of how the number breaks down.

[mad154]

gentlemen,
i have a 308 that i have been informed is a group a block.
can anyone confirm or deny this please.
the engine number is V93663P
any help would be apreciated.
thanks.

[Covert]

gentlemen,
i have a 308 that i have been informed is a group a block.
can anyone confirm or deny this please.
the engine number is V93663P
any help would be apreciated.
thanks.

Thats a Victorian Police surrogate engine number, so the number won't tell you what it is.

[whitels1ss]

Engine Number Decode: VF010550469 = VF 01 055 0469.
VF = LS1 5.7 litre V8 engine.
01 = Engine built in 2001.
055 = Engine built on the 55th day of the year.
0469 = The 469th engine built that year.

The above engine number is just random numbers but gives you the idea of how the number breaks down.
Great information mate :goodjob:

[Drewie]

Great information mate :goodjob:

Thanks... Slight error in what I posted, the last 4 digits should say the number of engines built that day not number built that year.

[mad154]

thanks for your help mate.

[whitels1ss]

Thanks... Slight error in what I posted, the last 4 digits should say the number of engines built that day not number built that year.
Are you sure?
My last 4 digits are 1712, that is quite a few in one day? :confused:

[mattnsw]

Are you sure?
My last 4 digits are 1712, that is quite a few in one day? :confused:

But very few for a year.

[whitels1ss]

But very few for a year.
mine was not built on the last day of the year (or anywhere near the last day of the year)

[Drewie]

The article I read actually called the last 4 numbers the 'Sequential or sequence number'. Remember these engines were built in Canada and Mexico for the US market as well as Australia so there would have been heaps built, so probably would be a daily sequence number. Unfortunately I can't find the article I got the info from many years ago.