L24 No Engine Number?

[lando]

Saw this on a Z facebook group.

 

seller claims it is a new crate engine so it has no engine number. P30/E88 combo. 

 

could you buy a new engine from nissan and stamp a engine number on it?

 

if it is real how much would it be worth?

[Simestime]

Theres a "brand new" 1600 engine on ebay too for just under 2k buy it now.

[andyk_79]

Is it just me or is the metal lower on the part where the number would be....... aka new engine my bum

[AndBir]

Is it just me or is the metal lower on the part where the number would be....... aka new engine my bum

 

I thought the same thing re the metal height.

The L28 I have has the metal for both  the "L28" and the "######" being the same height.

Maybe the L24 was different?

[Cozza]

Yeah it does look a bit funny but not sure it looks smooth enough to of been machined / ground.

[gav240z]

Alan Thomas clarified that spare blocks from Nissan came without a stamp for engine number. So it's definitely NOS.

[HS30-H]

Alan Thomas clarified that spare blocks from Nissan came without a stamp for engine number. So it's definitely NOS.

 

For reference, a 1971 P30 L24 block supplied as a factory replacement part:

 

[HS30-H]

One way to put all this in perspective: Factory replacement engine blocks were components. Engine numbers were only stamped on complete engines that were going into a car.

 

The guy on Facebook is speculating that he has a "crate motor". It may well have been a complete - or semi-complete 'long block' - replacement supplied by Nissan, but I don't think Nissan supplied complete L24 engines in the American "crate motor" sense. In fact, it may simply have been 're-manufactured' in the USA using an outright factory replacement block and Nissan refurbished head etc.  

[gav240z]

That picture Alan posted above got me thinking about this old thread.

http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/11743-1970-engine/