Newbie needs some 7m-gte engine help please
 

I recently got my hands on a '92 Supra N/A with a 7m-gte swap and a bunch of parts in boxes...my question is, how do I find out what year my engine is? Like where do I look for the casting numbers? Any help is very appreciated and thank you in advance.

-Eric

There is no way to determine the year. The best you can do is check to see which generation it is by looking at the engine harness/ECU connectors. If they're yellow it's pre89, if grey 89 or later, if it's mixed then it's very early 89.

I suppose you could check the manufacture date codes on some of the parts if you really wanted to (cam position sensor cover, coils & cover, cambelt cover etc), might not be all original parts but if you check a few and get some that tally you could get a fair idea of when it was built?

Not even Toyota can identify the YOM from the engine number. I did read a post some years ago about the block external casting design changing throughout the years. Something to do with the webbing pattern on the outside.

Thank you guys for the help