Identifying NF engine

Chris Semple - Force 5 Automotive chris at force5auto.com
Mon Apr 9 22:24:00 EDT 2001


> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Huw Powell
> > So the NF engine is the one I want. I think I remember that it
> became avaliable in 5ks in '86. How can I tell that I'm getting
> an NF instead of some crapy 2.1 that someone swaped in when they
> broke their NF, is there a code on the block, if so how do I decode it?

> the only things I can think of are the knock sensor bolted to the left
> side of the block and the transistor booster thing that fires the coil.
> Oh yeah, and no vacuum advance servo on the distributor.  Can anyone
> think of anything else?
> --
> Huw Powell

Easiest way I know of is at the fuel distributor. NF cars have flare nut
lines, old birds have banjo bolts.

-Cheers
Chris Semple
Concord NH
'87 4000q
   '83 TQC
      '93 E350 Club
         '84 4000q Lightweight
            '95 S6 17v




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