cant find engine serial
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cant find engine serial
i just bought this 1975 911, but there is no serial on the engine where it is supposed to be, is there another location to find the serial ?
supposedly it is a 2.7 is there any way to find out what exactly it is ?
any reason why it doesnt have the engine serial ?
supposedly it is a 2.7 is there any way to find out what exactly it is ?
any reason why it doesnt have the engine serial ?
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I don't know, the surface where the serial number should be doesn't appear to have any material ground off. Maybe it is a replacement case, which could be bought from Porsche without any serial numbers. I've seen other photos online that look like this.
Is there an engine type number on it? There is a flat surface just out of view near the bottom of your first photo. On a 75, the type should be 911/4X, where the X digit varies depending on the whether it is a US car, a 911S, a Sportomatic, etc.
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Is there an engine type number on it? There is a flat surface just out of view near the bottom of your first photo. On a 75, the type should be 911/4X, where the X digit varies depending on the whether it is a US car, a 911S, a Sportomatic, etc.
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My bad, forget what I said....I didn't look at picture close enough. Definitely machined off numbers and not a clean job so someone wanted engine number to disappear for not good reasons
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Still wondering if there is an engine type number on the horizontal surface (where the red arrow is pointing). If there isn't, then I would think it supports this being a factory blank case.
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Looks to me like an unmarked factory replacement case that some jack **** spray painted silver. And then someone scraped off the silver paint trying to find a serial number.
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Bottom line is with a worked on engine you simply can not tell, the only way is to examine pistons and cylinders. Im pretty sure they need to be measured and therefor off the car.
BTW you only need to take a coiple of MM not s/n. And its easy to add in some aluminum and grind it down. I think that grady clay pic has had aluminum added, you can see where it was added. Anyhow means nothing.
Steve Weiner might know some tricks to figure out displacement.
BTW you only need to take a coiple of MM not s/n. And its easy to add in some aluminum and grind it down. I think that grady clay pic has had aluminum added, you can see where it was added. Anyhow means nothing.
Steve Weiner might know some tricks to figure out displacement.