2.5L Lima Engine

Industrial and Automotive

Note: This info is posted for public knowledge as a means to get ACTUAL 2.3L/2.5L Lima SOHC information/Mods and not some splashy website dribble and Internet hoaxes.
It is not for reuse or reposting and in no way a means to recruit or solicit funds in anyway.
No parts or items are currently being sold.

As will all my builds, this will be 100% street legal, undetectable during a visual inspection, pass a "sniffer test", and put more power to the ground than the factory rated crankshaft numbers. This will be an especially stealth build in the early phases in keeping with the build plan (Here).

The details...

WARNING:

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Block:

Block image: [As pulled from a $300 Salvage-Titled Ranger from a Charity Auction.]

Foundry Marks, Stampings and bolt holes (Starting at passenger side rear and going counter clockwise

Passenger side (clean):
Legend

1. E, [Partial] F - Stamped in the alignment ear, AFTER casting - Assemblers mark? - Very back, incuse (Stamped)
2. 25L 2.5L - to differentiate it from the 2.3L (Small journal, front mount oil pump, LARGE oil separator hole) - Top, Cyl 4, relief
3. CCP (C inside a C, with a P, in a raised circle) - "Cleveland Casting Products" - Top, Cyl 3, relief
4. Ford Oval - Duh - Top, Cyl 3, relief
5. Holes: 3 mounts for engine mount bracket - 3 - M10x1.50 - Duh - Bottom, Cyl 3, relief
6. 3 DISA (offset) - DISAmatic Casting Process: Improved Match-Plate Sand Moulding Principle - Top, Cyl 2, relief ("4" also sited in the wild)
7. Hole: 1/4"-18 NPT block low point coolant drain - Middle, Cyl 2, flush
8. F87E-6015-AB - Part number: - Top, Cyl 1, relief

(F8)7E - Decade and Year: "F" 199x, "F8" is 1998
F8(7)E - Model Design: "7" Courier (1971-82), or Ranger/Bronco II (1983-up); Explorer (1991-up)
F87(E) - Engineering Component: "E" Engine Group
-6015 - Basic Part Number: Engine Block
-AB - Engineering Version: -A is an original, (first run part), -AB first version part, 2nd subsequent run or minor modification.

9. Holes: 3 mounts for Alternator bracket - 3 - M10x1.50 - Middle and top, Cyl 1, relief

Front (clean):
Legend

1. Holes, no identifiable markings, just holes and plugs.
2. Casting Inspector/Shift Number (?), needs confirmation - Center left, incuse (Stamped)
3. CastingInspector/Shift Date, needs confirmation - Center below waterpump opening, incuse (Stamped)

"G2002"
(G)2002 - Month: "G" (7th letter of the alphabet) is July
G(20)02 - Day: "20" is the 20th day
G20(0)2 - Year: "0" is 2000
G200(2) - Shift: "2" is 2nd Shift(?)
Casting Date: 07/19/2000
(Potentially) Casting Inspection Date: 07/20/2000 - Second Shift

Passenger side (clean):
Legend

1. 1 - Stamped in the alignment ear, AFTER casting - Assemblers mark? - Above AC bracket mounting hole, Very front, Cyl 1, incuse (Stamped)
2. 3 [corresponds with "DISA" on Pass. side] - DISAmatic Casting Process: Mould mark? - Top, Cyl 2, relief ("4" also sited)
3. Shift Clock - Cyl 1, incuse (Stamped)
4. Time Clock Top, Cyl 2, relief
5. Date Code Cyl 1, incuse (Stamped)

(0)G19 - Year: "0" is 2000
0(G)19 - Month: "G" (7th letter of the alphabet) is July
0G(19) - Day: "19" is the 19th day
Casting Date: 07/19/2000

Confirmed with engine build sticker: "180 [barcode] 0G144AA L 07/28/00 41" - Block was cast on the 19th of July, and the engine was assembled 9 days later at the Lima Engine Plant, Lima Ohio.

Rear (clean):
Legend

1. Holes, no identifiable markings, just holes and plugs.
2. Casting Inspector/Shift Number (?), needs confirmation - Center left, incuse (Stamped)
3. CastingInspector/Shift Date, needs confirmation - Center left, incuse (Stamped)

Note: This project is [re]starting with information that is brand-new, and has not been "peer-reviewed" - proceed at your own risk, links and parts may no longer exist. I am inventing the wheel here on a 20 year old engine (based on a 1970's design) and will be applying new thoughts, methods and tools to this task.

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