Engine Code A2H8 - that means?

[rostefix]

Hi,

i got an engine here, the engine code says A2H8. Can someone decode that for me?

[bmcecosse]

Means nothing - recon engine of some type!

[rostefix]

duh. how can I identify which kind of engine (948 or 1098) it is?

[mike.perry]

There should be a plate on the block on the manifold side, the 1098 has a heavy steel backplate and the tappet chest covers slope inwards to the central bolts. The 948 has a thinner backplate, curved over at the edge and the tappet chest covers point outwards to the central bolt.

[PSL184]

948 engines also have "950" cast into the block beneath the tappet chest - I usually find that is a dead giveaway

[jaguar68]

Indeed, the 1098cc engine "usaully" has an aluminium plate marked "1100" riveted to the block too. Another giveaway I feel