Engine number 47A43P***VAC What “VAC” stands for ?

[dinos]

Hello to all,
Anyone knows the meaning of the 3 last digits ( VAC ) of a 4.3 Griffith engine ?
Engine number 47A43P***VAC
The engine is on a 1992/1993 LEFT HAND DRIVE Pre cat 4.3 Griffith.
Thank you for all the help.
Dinos

[citizen smith]

dinos said:

Hello to all,
Anyone knows the meaning of the 3 last digits ( VAC ) of a 4.3 Griffith engine ?
Engine number 47A43P***VAC
The engine is on a 1992/1993 LEFT HAND DRIVE Pre cat 4.3 Griffith.
Thank you for all the help.
Dinos

I would assume that the last 3 digits would be linked to the number that they were built under, say 47A3P001VAC = engine number 1 of possible 999

[dinos]

citizen smith said:

I would assume that the last 3 digits would be linked to the number that they were built under, say 47A3P001VAC = engine number 1 of possible 999

Thank you for your reply.
I was wondering what the "VAC" after the numbers can mean ?
Regards
Dinos

[citizen smith]

Has your car got air-con.

[dinos]

citizen smith said:

Has your car got air-con.

As far as I know there is no air condition.
Its a 1992-1993 car that I am considering to buy.
From what I knew Air Condition was not available in the early cars.
Best Regards
Dinos

[citizen smith]

Hi,

I think that your best bet is to give Dom a call @ PowersPerformance - 024 7636 6177.

They originally built the engines and would have stamped the lettering on the Engine Block.

[cavebloke]

dinos said:

Anyone knows the meaning of the 3 last digits ( VAC ) of a 4.3 Griffith engine ?
Engine number 47A43P***VAC

My car is a 1992 RHD Pre cat 4.3 Griffith and it has an engine number exactly like yours but without any letters where yours has "VAC". The number is just 47A43P***. I know that doesn't help at all but that's the best I can offer.
Sorry,
Simon

[cavebloke]

Any chance it is because your car was LHD and for export it was labelled VAC to show it had UK type approval? Today it's called the VCA/Vehicle Certification Agency but it might have been the VAC in the Nineties?
Just a theory...
Simon

[stevesprint]

Genuine Precat Big Valve engines have suffix BV and Precat 400s with 250 BHP have suffix GS
and my own Precat 4.3 has the suffix G and I would like to know what the G stands for.

I’ve never come across suffix VAC before in the UK and although its good to know I wouldn’t let the suffix put you off buying the car.

[bluezeeland]

Mine is a '93 LHD 430, difference being its catted, as first delivery in Germany.....they had implemented the emissions restrictions in '92, perhaps the car you are looking at was first delivered in a country less strict ?