Engine nº question
#1
Engine nº question
I bought my very much fun to drive AP1 S2000 in UK, but the car was first registered in Japan, then imported to UK. I wonder whether my engine spec is the Japanese or the European one. Main reason, knowing the compression ratio, 11,7 or 11. Engine nº is F20C100xxxx.
#6
Tonicu, are you wondering if it's a JDM S2000, or just a JDM motor in a UK/Euro chassis?
You can easily check for a JDM chassis since they have a different VIN system. That is, instead of something like JHMAP1148YT000814 (my car's VIN, pictured below), if my car were JDM it would just be numbered as AP1-1000814 (see other example below).
Non-JDM VIN stamp on firewall:
JDM VIN stamp on firewall:
Some JDM cars might also have a VIN plate on the front brace over the radiator:
Not sure if the engine number itself indicates whether it's a JDM or world-market F20C. (As I recall my engine number is F20C-10008xx, same format as above JDM number...but it might be F20C1-10008xx, which would make sense.)
Edit: Car's not with me right now, but I just found an old photo of my motor and the engine number is in fact F20C1-10008xx. So your engine number does appear to be for a JDM motor.
You can easily check for a JDM chassis since they have a different VIN system. That is, instead of something like JHMAP1148YT000814 (my car's VIN, pictured below), if my car were JDM it would just be numbered as AP1-1000814 (see other example below).
Non-JDM VIN stamp on firewall:
JDM VIN stamp on firewall:
Some JDM cars might also have a VIN plate on the front brace over the radiator:
Not sure if the engine number itself indicates whether it's a JDM or world-market F20C. (As I recall my engine number is F20C-10008xx, same format as above JDM number...but it might be F20C1-10008xx, which would make sense.)
Edit: Car's not with me right now, but I just found an old photo of my motor and the engine number is in fact F20C1-10008xx. So your engine number does appear to be for a JDM motor.
Last edited by twohoos; 12-01-2016 at 03:10 PM.
#7
Thanks for your reply and for the pics, 2hoos. My car chasis nº looks like the one that appears on your 3rd picture.
The plate shown in your last one - identical to mine but for the numbers - doesnt's clarify much, as I still don't know whether my engine runs on 11,7 or 11/1 compression ratio, and have 250 or 240PS.
The plate shown in your last one - identical to mine but for the numbers - doesnt's clarify much, as I still don't know whether my engine runs on 11,7 or 11/1 compression ratio, and have 250 or 240PS.
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#8
From what you've described, your engine is the JDM version with 11.7:1 compression, rated at 250PS. Enjoy it -- but use the highest-octane fuel you can find.
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