Mark Nixon
No Savior among the flesh
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I picked up a 1997 12 valve the other day and stripped it to a very basic shortblock.
In so doing, I noticed a small "53" on the passenger's front corner, hidden under the A/C compressor bracket.
I was under the impression that these "53" blocks only started with the 24 valve in later '98?
Interesting to note, it does have the crank sensor port on the driver's side of the block and the truck was built in late July of '97.
Maybe it's just as well that the engine had smoked the turbo and killed the bottom end?:nail:
It wasnt leaking and I don't see any cracks.
Is there such a thing as a "good" 53 block?
Mark.
In so doing, I noticed a small "53" on the passenger's front corner, hidden under the A/C compressor bracket.
I was under the impression that these "53" blocks only started with the 24 valve in later '98?
Interesting to note, it does have the crank sensor port on the driver's side of the block and the truck was built in late July of '97.
Maybe it's just as well that the engine had smoked the turbo and killed the bottom end?:nail:
It wasnt leaking and I don't see any cracks.
Is there such a thing as a "good" 53 block?
Mark.