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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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Hi All,

Can anyone direct me to a post that can tell by VIN number if a 1978 has a eurospec motor or not?

VIN # is 9288200909.

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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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9288200909

The number would be 9288100909 if it was a Eurospec car

The motor would be M28/01 or /02 for Euro vs. M28/03 or /04 for US
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much obliged Jim.
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You have #909, and I have #941. Even if it was a "euro" car, the engines in 1978 were all the same 4.5L w/ 8.5 compression. US model w/ cat is 220bhp, euro version w/o cat is 240bhp.
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Erik, we missed you today! GREAT BBQ at Louie Mueller's in Taylor!

You are of course correct on the OP's question... non-S Euro/US does not matter... both 4.5L and roughly 220HP.
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Originally Posted by Erik N
You have #909, and I have #941. Even if it was a "euro" car, the engines in 1978 were all the same 4.5L w/ 8.5 compression. US model w/ cat is 220bhp, euro version w/o cat is 240bhp.
Originally Posted by pcar928fan
Erik, ...non-S Euro/US does not matter... both 4.5L and roughly 220HP.
VERY similar, not the same. Agreed it doesn't matter.... most of the same bit and pieces.

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Who knows if ratings are correct?
Anyway, here's the official party line:


(One note -- the '80S is not covered in the chart below, its in the next "tech spec" book, not the early one from which these docs came)
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