Jordon T Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hello There,Just a quicky, What does the 'E' stand for on the end of an engine number?ThanksJordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 E is for Exchange. So on a Vitesse HB000001 is HB=Vitesse 1600/early 2 litre, then the engine number in this case 1 then the suffix which might be HC standing for High Compression or LC for Low Compression then E if it is a factory exchange unit.Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Going from my various carsE is for Engine.HE for High compression engineLE for Low compression engineESS for a slver seal replacament engine.HEBW if it started life attached to an autoboxHopefully someone will be along in a minute that knows what they are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Quoted from thescrapman HEBW if it started life attached to an autobox Every day's a schoolday, I never knew that one. Never owned an automatic!There's also the FRE suffix, usually used on engines supplied as Factory Reconditioned (Rebuilt?) Engines and stamped on a brass plate.Cheers,Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logicaluk Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 on my block there's some letters at the end of the engine number looks like a fraction stamped in small type, ill post a pic to show you just wondered what i mean when i can get to the car.Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herald948 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Quoted from thescrapman ...HEBW if it started life attached to an autobox.... Interesting! I've very, very little experience with such beasts and didn't know that Triumph did this on the engine numbers as well as commission numbers! The BW refers, of course, to Borg-Warner, supplier of those wonderful automatic gearboxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well that is based on a sample of 2 big saloon engines, 1 of which i know had an auto on the back originally as it still has the auto exhaust and signs that it has been converted.CheersColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordon T Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Wow Very interesting!So just to clarify, The 'E' on the end of my engine stands for Exchange or Engine?My engine number is: HC9060E Thats all, i thought it stood for economy so a low compression engine. I thought this because i have a really old haynes manual, and it has the specifications for the Vitesse a GT6 Economy and standard engines.Is any light at the end of the tunnel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I thought HE on the end meant High Compression. So yes E would be for the low compression (overseas) vervions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Quoted from Richard B I thought HE on the end meant High Compression. So yes E would be for the low compression (overseas) vervions. E means Engine, nothing else.Most Triumphs have HE or LE, High Compression Engine and Low Compression Engine respectively.Don't assume that a simple E means low comression, there's no evidence for that to be the case. For the record, Y128 (Herald Coupe) has engine number Y201E. There's nothing to distinguish it as different from any other home market engine. Why just an E suffix? I don't know, but I do know what it isn't.To stick a finger in the air and make a guess, it's possible the engines were numbered before heads and other compression specific components were added, ie before they were defined as High or Low compression.That would make sense with Y201E, an engine built very early in the production run, when initial production stocks were being built up. But that's nothing more than a bit of theorising on my part, don't take it as fact.Cheers,Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinemauve Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Most cars seemed to be High Compression Engines.Low compression engines were fitted as standard to countries with Low-Octane fuel, as a non exhaustive list so far I have established they were:GreeceUgandamaltaCyprusmauritiusCeylon (Sri Lanka) - quite a popular export post possibly for a halfway house for cars destined for other areas.TrinidadLibyaKenyaPakistanGold CoastNigeriaJamaica - seem to like convertiblesSouth AfricaThailandAs far as I am aware the difference was a compression plate, longer pushrods, different gaskets and different spark plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herald948 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Quoted from heraldcoupe Don't assume that a simple E means low comression, there's no evidence for that to be the case. For the record, Y128 (Herald Coupe) has engine number Y201E. There's nothing to distinguish it as different from any other home market engine. Right! Witness the fact that the "big TR" wetliner engines had simply the "E" suffix, but most of those engines as fitted into the sports models would've been considered "high compression" engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordon T Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Quoted from alpinemauve ]As far as I am aware the difference was a compression plate, longer pushrods, different gaskets and different spark plugs. are there anymore signs or differences betwween a HC and LC engine which tell me whether my engine is HC or LC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The 1200 engine in my Herald started life in a (?1961) Standard 10 van. The 1200 engine was apparently fitted to the 10 before the Courier replaced the model. This is (was) an LE engine (Prefix BE). The head was much deeper - no compression plate, and yes, 'standard' pushrods were needed when the CR was paised.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logicaluk Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 i finaly got round to taking the pic what do you make of this ?Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordon T Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Quoted from logicaluk i finaly got round to taking the pic what do you make of this ?Dan Hmm, where 18 is on yours mine says SD???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazfg Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Sorry to drag this thread up again, but just wondered what applies to my engine number: HB23340HES What's the S on the end for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I've had a couple of those - I think it's a factory spare.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encom Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 So mine would be a factory exchange High compression engine; ID/4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 No, just an Engine of indeterminate origin/provenance. Probably has High Compression looking at the head depth.Checking the V5 and obtaining the DVLA history file may tell whether it was fitted when the car was first registered.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny123 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I have an Herald 13/60 with an engine number DG28801HE could any one tell me what engine is in it as the distributor is a strange one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 The wonderful internet says its a 1300 engine from a Toledo or Dolomite (probably the former being the earlier one)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny spit Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Hi , I have an Engine from a Herald that's GE , So what does the G indicate ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65redspit Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 The E stands for Efficiency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 GE is early herald 13/60 with the nice small bearing crank (a good thing) G seems to indicate herald, (F spitfire, K GT6, H vitesse and so on) https://www.canleyclassics.com/?archive=engine-number-identification-chart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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