Casting numbers

[raidmagic]

Can someone tell me where the casting numbers are on a 289 to identify what the engine is and what it came out of? Thanks

 

[golf4283]

remove the starter and they should be under there. If it's old you might have to take a rag to it and wipe it down.

Oh and if you don't know where the starter is it's on the passenger side towards the rear of the engine.

 

[Mil1ion]

Look for C5AE-6015-A or B

The for the 3 or 4 digit cast date code

ie: *5L19*

The same goes for the heads
IIRC, those numbers are in the oil galley of the head.

 

[96 DOHC Cobra]

The casting numbers and casting dates will give you general info about what model year the block is for and when it was cast. There is nothing about these numbers that will tell you what it came in. The only way to get that info would be with the VIN from the vehicle it came out of. The only 289s that got the VIN stamped into them were some of the HIPOs.

 

[D.Hearne]

Ditto, nothing in the casting numbers will ever tell you what specific vehicle it was originally installed in. The date code will tell you when it was made/cast. The third character in the casting prefix only tells you what vehicle line the engineering costs were asigned to. Only a near complete teardown will tell you exactly what 289 it is, if it is.