i asked the 'NOOBS' (as you put it

) over at corolla-racing for you the following Q....
"hey shawn... he has an 89 4a-f.... (obviously carb)... i've heard that there are early and later model 4a-fe blocks & heads.....
one of his original questions was (not on this board) if he could swap his 4a-f head onto the 7a-fe.... he's had some work done on his 4a-f head and wants to swap it onto the 1.8L block"
and he answered with this:
Racer25 wrote:
"The block castings might be different, but all the bolt hols should be there, I do know the the later blocks have a knock sensor hole in back...There will be differences, but it should all bolt together. And yes the 4A-F head will bolt to the 7A block, I've kinda been considering it(cheap cam upgrade, but the ports are tiny!). "