Help wanted Decoding AJP Engine Numbers
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Many months ago there was a poster called Nemesis who used to work for TVR.
He could have answered your question instantly.
In fact he was an invaluable source of information.
Sadly there were several PH Trolls who made him reconsider his contributions to PH.
So he decided to delete both his presence and his contributions, perhaps an over reaction, but entirely understandable.
We are all the poorer for that loss.
You could consider this a highly political post if you read between the lines, so this might end up being consigned to the NPE forum, we shall see.
He could have answered your question instantly.
In fact he was an invaluable source of information.
Sadly there were several PH Trolls who made him reconsider his contributions to PH.
So he decided to delete both his presence and his contributions, perhaps an over reaction, but entirely understandable.
We are all the poorer for that loss.
You could consider this a highly political post if you read between the lines, so this might end up being consigned to the NPE forum, we shall see.
Edited by ukkid35 on Monday 3rd April 21:07
You can get a lot from the VIN I believe
e.g.
SDLFAC2P5VH011993
S – Area : S = Northern Europe
D - Country : D = Great Britain
L - Manufacturer : L = TVR Engineering
FAC2 - Motor type:
FAC2 - 4.2 AJP Cerbera CAT
???? - 4.5 AJP Cerbera CAT
???? - 4.2 AJP Cerbera non CAT
???? - 4.5 AJP Cerbera non CAT
???? - SP6 Cerbera CAT
???? - SP6 Cerbera non CAT
P - Fuel type: P - Petrol
5 - Internal check digit (to check if chassis number is genuine)
Check process Here
V - Build year: (Am I right?)
R 1993
S 1994
T 1995
U 1996
V 1997
W 1998
X 1999
Y 2000
Z 2001
H - Build Month:
A Jan.
B Feb.
C Mar.
D Apr.
E May
F Jun.
G Jul.
H Aug.
I Sept.
J Oct.
K Nov.
L Dec.
01 - not used for any purpose
1993 - sequential build for that year starting at 1000
and some more good reading here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=947...
The table above comes from cerbera.co.uk but I had to WayBackWhenMachine it as the page is now off-line
HTH (I know it doesn't answer the question about the engine number but should give you more information to your car, which I guess is what you are after
)
Position Typical Example Explanation
1 S Northern Europe
2 D Great Britain
3 L (with1&2) TVR Engineering
4 C Cerbera Body Variant
5 A First Variant
6 1 AJP engine Engine variant
7 1 Engine variant 2
8 A AJP Engine Base Engine
9 x Check digit
10 W Year Code See table below
11 B Always B
12 0 Always 0 Not Used
13 0 Always 0
14 1 Sequential build no. for year Thousands
15 2 Sequential build no. for year Hundreds
16 3 Sequential build no. for year Tens
17 4 Sequential build no. for year Units
e.g.
SDLFAC2P5VH011993
S – Area : S = Northern Europe
D - Country : D = Great Britain
L - Manufacturer : L = TVR Engineering
FAC2 - Motor type:
FAC2 - 4.2 AJP Cerbera CAT
???? - 4.5 AJP Cerbera CAT
???? - 4.2 AJP Cerbera non CAT
???? - 4.5 AJP Cerbera non CAT
???? - SP6 Cerbera CAT
???? - SP6 Cerbera non CAT
P - Fuel type: P - Petrol
5 - Internal check digit (to check if chassis number is genuine)
Check process Here
V - Build year: (Am I right?)
R 1993
S 1994
T 1995
U 1996
V 1997
W 1998
X 1999
Y 2000
Z 2001
H - Build Month:
A Jan.
B Feb.
C Mar.
D Apr.
E May
F Jun.
G Jul.
H Aug.
I Sept.
J Oct.
K Nov.
L Dec.
01 - not used for any purpose
1993 - sequential build for that year starting at 1000
and some more good reading here
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=947...
The table above comes from cerbera.co.uk but I had to WayBackWhenMachine it as the page is now off-line
HTH (I know it doesn't answer the question about the engine number but should give you more information to your car, which I guess is what you are after
)ukkid35 said:
Many months ago there was a poster called Nemesis who used to work for TVR.
He could have answered your question instantly.
In fact he was an invaluable source of information.
Sadly there were several PH Trolls who made him reconsider his contributions to PH.
So he decided to delete both his presence and his contributions, perhaps an over reaction, but entirely understandable.
We are all the poorer for that loss.
You could consider this a highly political post if you read between the lines, so this might end up being consigned to the NPE forum, we shall see.
Sorry, hands up. I was that Troll.He could have answered your question instantly.
In fact he was an invaluable source of information.
Sadly there were several PH Trolls who made him reconsider his contributions to PH.
So he decided to delete both his presence and his contributions, perhaps an over reaction, but entirely understandable.
We are all the poorer for that loss.
You could consider this a highly political post if you read between the lines, so this might end up being consigned to the NPE forum, we shall see.
I apologise for my lack of patience depriving y'all of such a fabulous source of information.
He started Automedon after TVR closed. Here is a glowing reference to their work.
Unfortunately the company has been dissolved.
Oh, and his name was nemasis but, if you/we are very lucky, he may still be around under the name 1485
Edited by Mr Cerbera on Thursday 6th April 19:33
ok here you go, 00 = year(2000) 12 = week number(in that year) P = production engine 450 = engine cc(in this case 4.5litre) 1468 = engine number . simple really when you know!!!! so the other engine is an earlier one 8 = (1998) 51= week P=production 450 =4.5 litre 1084 is engine number.hope this solves the mystery and this is the same for ALL TVR engines that were made in house.
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