Mystery M20 Engine Number

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IamStandingBehindYou
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Post Sat Mar 12, 2016 1:26 am

I'm trying to figure out what the M20 is sitting in my project car, the first 4 digits of the engine number are 2612 and I can't find any information on it anywhere - is there an engine number decoder?
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Post Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:55 am

There should be an engine code stamped on. Something like 256kxx or similar
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Post Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:23 pm

About 10 posts below your post in the very same section..........

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=267619