Peter Truman Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I had a call today from a fellow Triumph nut here in Melbourne searching if I knew of a Spitfire with Engine No. FC95XXGE, presumably a Spit4. What interested me was the engine GE suffix, E is for Engine I assume, but what is the G, The car was Australian delivered, but as I understand it Triumph UK delivered fully assembled engines complete with their engine numbers to AMI for CKD assembly, AMI fitted the Triumph bulk provided Comm Nos to the Aus assembled car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 i dont see anything that denotes the GE only HE or LE wonder if ckd had their own prefix ????? or an engine replaced under warranty pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Pete it was at the end ie suffix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 The end is usually HE or LE - people often claim the E is for 'emissions' but I've also heard it simply stands for 'engine'. I've never heard of a GE suffix however special smog-reduced engines for California / USA market were suffixed CE. I'll attach a screen shot I found of engine numbers, which seems to cover all of the versions I know of: I've also heard of engines marked HEA for automatic - rarely applicable to our cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thanks Colin but the 9500 number Would indicate an early car Spit 4 around 63 which I would have thought was pre emission California and Nadarism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 pete yes i was looking at the end just it was early and prefix and suffix not in the grey matter before breaky ha have you seen it is it a factory style stamped number ??? or been over stamped by a reconditioner some time in its life Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I'm sure we've had this question before and it was someone in Oz who solved it, but I can't find the thread with search. Something to do with factory spare engines and their journey to Oz? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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