the engine number on my van is this v79226p what size would it be

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Unknown , it's a Victorian police stamped number , they would put that on when the original number has been ground off or not visuble for whatever reason . is there a rivet hole either side of the number ?

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yes their are 2 rivet holes how else can i tell how big it is

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

How big a skid it does?

Are you going to get some photos of this vehicle on the interwebs?

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Basically by pulling the head off and measuring the bore , some casting marks will give you an idea but it's likely to be a UK import motor , several I've seen have had the engine number stamped on a tin plate that's then rivetted onto the block in the normal engine number location . Australian authorities won't accept a removable engine number so the plate gets removed and a police number stamped in it's place . Not a lot of help to people really as you have little idea of the engines size . What casting number is the head ?

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it will do big skids (offical lie) im going to get a group photo of my three babies
camel wait till you see my $800 van

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he only numbers i can fin on the head are 9797 it is a pollution head

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Is that on the outside of the head or under the rocker cover ? If the vans 78 then someone could have just got the vans pollution head and put it on a short motor rather than rebuild the original motor . Is it an A or A+ motor , is the dizzy held on by a forked clamp with one bolt or by the normal clamp your other mini's motors would have ?

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its not the forked clamp like on my mini k

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

So your K has an A+ motor ?? the dizzy clamp on an A+ is sort of like a "fat Y" and held onto the motor by a single bolt near the bottom of the Y .

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my van also came with a spare engine its numbers are 99h834ajh010610 not bad for $800 you gotta buy them when they are cheap

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yes my k has a late model pom in it, its got alot of go in it, the rebuild took 12 months but worth it

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Is that the vans original motor ? It looks the right type for a 78 van (Ley-Mini Van E.P.A.I. according to the old mini car clinic catalogue , E.P.A.I. I'm guessing is an environmental Protection etc suffix for a smog motor ???) .

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i dont know any history on the van only got it thursday from morwell it owes me $1200 now $800 purchase price and $400 freight to tassie i think its worth every cent of it

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Gee - minis in 78 - who knows what they came out of the factory with. By then the factory was suffering severe angina and they were using up what ever they had lying around.

My mini clubman S 1978 came out of the factory with a 1100 motor (numbers matched) when all minis (excepting 1275 LSs) were supposed to be 998s.

You even hear stories about drum braked 1275s because they had the bits lying around.