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Toranamat69 · 04-20-2017

Hi guys.

To resurrect a thread from the depths, I have currently got my engine out of my car and have had a really good look at the engine number and other stampings.

It is poorly stamped on the K and the 1 but I now realise it is K5100024.

The date stamp is 04 25 89.

The MM numbers I quoted previously are correct.

Does this mean the engine came out of one of the 89 Pilot cars?

Matt

1989ZR1#74 · 04-20-2017

Matt, Are you sure its K51?

Here is the vin stamp from the LT5 from a France press car:

1989ZR1#74 · 04-20-2017

MM stamp by oil sump:

1989ZR1#74 · 04-20-2017

K5100024 would be an L98 stamp for the 24th car

K = MY89
5 = Corvette
1 = Standard L98 Corvette

8 = Lt5

1989ZR1#74 · 04-20-2017

what interesting is the build sheet from Active #25 is dated 4/26/88 with a run date of 5/6/88. If your date was 4/25/88it would line up with Active #24

Wait a minute.. I just checked my data Car #24 was ab 1989 Narrow body Lt5 so that is indeed a pilot Lt5 but from a narrow body corvette. Hmmmm very neat

1989ZR1#74 · 04-20-2017

Hat tip to Tyler...

Bruce · 04-22-2017

Does anyone know how many complete production engines were actually made by Mercury?

We know the production cars is 6939, but how many other engines were made? I mean like warranty spares, crate engines etc.

What happened to the very first engine the guys assembled at Mercruiser on that Christmas eve? Did it have a number? How many engine blocks were cast by Dennisons?

What happened to all those engines that Lotus built when they were developing the engine? And how many did they build before they arrived at the final, definitive engine?

1989ZR1#74 · 04-24-2017

Not sure we can ever truly know, but we could come up with very educated guess.

The MM#s on the early pilots seem to line up with their actual sequence. By the end of the 1989 in released production run they where in the 400s. Not sure how we can count warranty engines or "crate engines" so we are looking at somewhere around 7,500 I would think

TexasZR1 · 02-13-2023

Necro thread raised from the dead for the potential interest of original posters...

It looks like L5800008 potentially mfg. on 032189 could be for sale on BaT. The donor engine swapped into the car seems to be L580008 (or L580003?).

Sale also includes the engine original to the car (but not transmission).

Full VIN may be: 1G1YZ23J3L5800008

VIN corresponds to a Pilot car with YE8 option.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...vette-zr-1-83/

Not my sale, but when I'm looking for things, I often find them with help of others in a similar way.

AirbusDriver · 06-12-2023

1989 #78...

04-20-2017	#11
Toranamat69 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 37	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers Hi guys. To resurrect a thread from the depths, I have currently got my engine out of my car and have had a really good look at the engine number and other stampings. It is poorly stamped on the K and the 1 but I now realise it is K5100024. The date stamp is 04 25 89. The MM numbers I quoted previously are correct. Does this mean the engine came out of one of the 89 Pilot cars? Matt

04-20-2017	#12
1989ZR1#74 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 700	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers Matt, Are you sure its K51? Here is the vin stamp from the LT5 from a France press car: __________________ 1989 ZR-1 #04 Pilot, Advertising/PR Campbell-Ewald S9YKH1 1989 ZR-1 #58 LT5 only 1989 ZR-1 #74 Unreleased Production / PR Dept 9PR110 NCRS #3,182 SACC #2,420 Member Corvette Museum Corvette Forum: "ewjxn" 2009, 2010 Gathering Attendee

04-20-2017	#13
1989ZR1#74 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 700	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers MM stamp by oil sump: __________________ 1989 ZR-1 #04 Pilot, Advertising/PR Campbell-Ewald S9YKH1 1989 ZR-1 #58 LT5 only 1989 ZR-1 #74 Unreleased Production / PR Dept 9PR110 NCRS #3,182 SACC #2,420 Member Corvette Museum Corvette Forum: "ewjxn" 2009, 2010 Gathering Attendee

04-20-2017	#14
1989ZR1#74 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 700	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers K5100024 would be an L98 stamp for the 24th car K = MY89 5 = Corvette 1 = Standard L98 Corvette 8 = Lt5 __________________ 1989 ZR-1 #04 Pilot, Advertising/PR Campbell-Ewald S9YKH1 1989 ZR-1 #58 LT5 only 1989 ZR-1 #74 Unreleased Production / PR Dept 9PR110 NCRS #3,182 SACC #2,420 Member Corvette Museum Corvette Forum: "ewjxn" 2009, 2010 Gathering Attendee

04-20-2017	#15
1989ZR1#74 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 700	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers what interesting is the build sheet from Active #25 is dated 4/26/88 with a run date of 5/6/88. If your date was 4/25/88it would line up with Active #24 Wait a minute.. I just checked my data Car #24 was ab 1989 Narrow body Lt5 so that is indeed a pilot Lt5 but from a narrow body corvette. Hmmmm very neat __________________ 1989 ZR-1 #04 Pilot, Advertising/PR Campbell-Ewald S9YKH1 1989 ZR-1 #58 LT5 only 1989 ZR-1 #74 Unreleased Production / PR Dept 9PR110 NCRS #3,182 SACC #2,420 Member Corvette Museum Corvette Forum: "ewjxn" 2009, 2010 Gathering Attendee

04-22-2017	#17
Bruce Join Date: May 2016 Location: Whangarei New Zealand Posts: 29	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers Does anyone know how many complete production engines were actually made by Mercury? We know the production cars is 6939, but how many other engines were made? I mean like warranty spares, crate engines etc. What happened to the very first engine the guys assembled at Mercruiser on that Christmas eve? Did it have a number? How many engine blocks were cast by Dennisons? What happened to all those engines that Lotus built when they were developing the engine? And how many did they build before they arrived at the final, definitive engine?

04-24-2017	#18
1989ZR1#74 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 700	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers Not sure we can ever truly know, but we could come up with very educated guess. The MM#s on the early pilots seem to line up with their actual sequence. By the end of the 1989 in released production run they where in the 400s. Not sure how we can count warranty engines or "crate engines" so we are looking at somewhere around 7,500 I would think __________________ 1989 ZR-1 #04 Pilot, Advertising/PR Campbell-Ewald S9YKH1 1989 ZR-1 #58 LT5 only 1989 ZR-1 #74 Unreleased Production / PR Dept 9PR110 NCRS #3,182 SACC #2,420 Member Corvette Museum Corvette Forum: "ewjxn" 2009, 2010 Gathering Attendee

02-13-2023	#19
TexasZR1 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 40	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers Necro thread raised from the dead for the potential interest of original posters... It looks like L5800008 potentially mfg. on 032189 could be for sale on BaT. The donor engine swapped into the car seems to be L580008 (or L580003?). Sale also includes the engine original to the car (but not transmission). Full VIN may be: 1G1YZ23J3L5800008 VIN corresponds to a Pilot car with YE8 option. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...vette-zr-1-83/ Not my sale, but when I'm looking for things, I often find them with help of others in a similar way. __________________ 1990 ZR1 #2184 BLK/BLK. Essentially stock. Plug-in Skip Shift Eliminator. Last edited by TexasZR1; 02-13-2023 at 06:34 PM.

06-12-2023	#20
AirbusDriver Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Harrodsburg, KY Posts: 434	Re: Collection of Early LT5 VIN, MM Numbers 1989 #78...