Yea thats just the emissions compliance sticker. There should be a smaller sticker below that(front left corner of the valve cover) that has the serial number. It appears to be missing on yours and would be under the shadow of the hand holding the cellphone in the first pic…
Mine has that same 1993 emissions sticker on it, it doesn't say the engine was manufactured in 93, it says it complies with the emissions standard of 93. When I run my serial number thru the cat parts website, it says it was produced in 02/98, tested in 02/98 and shipped in 02/98. My truck has a mfg date in 98… you will need a serial number to know the prod date…
you should have one that Looks like this With s/n and tune info. Without that sticker, I am not sure if the s/n is shown anyplace else on the engine…
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