some help with a 92gt roller block

area302 · Post by **area302** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:21 pm

picked up the block, no problems with it, just a swap.
not sure what the casting date is, or if they just set it wrong because it was a monday.
F1SE BB
date 1J31 1=1991 J=September 31=31st (not 31 days in September? ) maybe in Roman times when September had 31 days. time travelling block maybe, or hangover monday september 30, 1991? but wait, September 13, 1991 was a friday....
It was a five speed, has forged trw pistons and forged rods. first half of 92 had forged pistons, second half of 92 had hypereutectic pistons.

Post by **cgrey8** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:20 am

The date the block-design was commissioned and the model vehicle it went in don't have to align. It's not uncommon to find E-era (80s) parts on F-era (90s) vehicles. Take the E7TE heads for example. E7 suggests 1987. But they ran E7TE heads on Windsors well into the 90s.

Although the date-stamp does appear to be WTF.

decipha · Post by **decipha** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:00 pm

wouldnt that be october?

Post by **cgrey8** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:49 pm

decipha wrote:wouldnt that be october?

I have no clue how Ford codes months, but J is the 12th character in the alphabet which, if the coding mechanism made sense would be December which does have 31 days.

area302 · Post by **area302** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:14 pm

The month chart says they skip the letter I, that puts j=september.
I was really hoping it was wrong.
I found this youtube video of the windsor plant before it was demolished, these guys would know.
my other two engines were cast in Cleveland casting plant.
this block was WCP, windsor casting plant

https://youtu.be/vsriGvVunzQ

decipha · Post by **decipha** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:27 am

cgrey8 wrote:
decipha wrote:wouldnt that be october?
I have no clue how Ford codes months, but J is the 12th character in the alphabet which, if the coding mechanism made sense would be December which does have 31 days.

A - 1 jan
B - 2 feb
C - 3 mar
D - 4 apr
E - 5 may
F - 6 jun
G - 7 jul
H - 8 aug
I - 9 sep
J - 12? dec??

I R no clue

Post by **cgrey8** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:41 pm

Wtf was I thinking....

decipha · Post by **decipha** » Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:21 am

area302 wrote: maybe in Roman times when

cgrey8 wrote:J is the 12th character in the alphabet

makes sense

area302 · Post by **area302** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 9:09 pm

I stuffed it under the bench with the other misfits for now, maybe hot tank it later. doin the heads first.
thanks for the help as always.
the help here and the quarterhorse makes these engines a dream to work with.

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