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speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 11:00 AM

Got the air intake and the exhaust manifolds on yesterday which seems to have made it almost bearable so i have taken a vid

Still need to sort the idle out but cant do that unti; i have made the exhaust.

Enjoy


Benzine - 24/9/09 at 11:02 AM

oh yes!


nib1980 - 24/9/09 at 11:03 AM

crikey you sound posh!


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 11:04 AM



Im just playing the vid over and over again. I love the sound


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 11:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
crikey you sound posh!


Thanks?


rallyingden - 24/9/09 at 11:04 AM

They block you tube at work


bi22le - 24/9/09 at 11:05 AM

Your a lunatic!

I have been looking at your various updates on here over the last few months. Good luck with the build and I bet you cant wait to get it done!!

[Edited on 24/9/09 by bi22le]


Mr Whippy - 24/9/09 at 11:08 AM

that engine looks huge! did sound very cool though but will it idle yet? or does it need a lamda sensor?

[Edited on 24/9/09 by Mr Whippy]


Mr Whippy - 24/9/09 at 11:12 AM

is it me or does that radator look very very tiny for that engine?


miikae - 24/9/09 at 11:13 AM

Very nice , i like it , now get the plumbing done so you can run it a wee bit longer, and smell the newness burning off.

Mike


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 11:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
that engine looks huge! did sound very cool though but will it idle yet? or does it need a lamda sensor?

[Edited on 24/9/09 by Mr Whippy]


It will idle, we got it to do it yesterday but becaust the throttle cable is from a later XJ6, i need to tweak it a bit it keep the butterfly open enough.


Triggerhappy - 24/9/09 at 11:23 AM

Just awsome, some authority in that sonic experience!!

The engine look HUGE in that small car


big_wasa - 24/9/09 at 11:23 AM

Now that made me smile


blakep82 - 24/9/09 at 11:45 AM

ooh, thats like sex in your ear

awsome, i remember a few weeks ago, you were thinking this day was a long way off well done


blakep82 - 24/9/09 at 11:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
crikey you sound posh!


well, he IS using a jaguar donor. just missing a tweed jacket and a pipe

i don't know

guy at work keeps saying "its like sex in your mouth" when he's talking about food he likes, he's got me saying it now lol

[Edited on 24/9/09 by blakep82]


BenB - 24/9/09 at 12:03 PM

That engine sounds dirty

Love it....


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 12:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
crikey you sound posh!


well, he IS using a jaguar donor. just missing a tweed jacket and a pipe


Added to my christmas list lol


MakeEverything - 24/9/09 at 12:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
ooh, thats like sex in your ear


Doesnt that hurt?


Mr Whippy - 24/9/09 at 12:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
ooh, thats like sex in your ear





MK9R - 24/9/09 at 12:31 PM

Awesome, sounds great! how on earth have you squeezed it in!


hughpinder - 24/9/09 at 12:32 PM

blimey!


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 12:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MK9R
Awesome, sounds great! how on earth have you squeezed it in!


Nose is 6" wider and the engine bay is 6" longer, the rest is based on haynes roadster so is wider than the standard locost but because of the size of the gearbox, there is only 16" width for me and 17" for the passenger (most of my family are bigger than me )


Benzine - 24/9/09 at 12:37 PM

Will the intake stuff fit under the bodywork okay or are you making an inlet plenum from scratch? Mine wouldn't fit under, I cheated and changed bodywork


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 12:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
Will the intake stuff fit under the bodywork okay or are you making an inlet plenum from scratch? Mine wouldn't fit under, I cheated and changed bodywork


Its going to be a big bonnet covering the wheels aswell. A bit like an etype/herald sort of thing


Benzine - 24/9/09 at 12:40 PM


oldtimer - 24/9/09 at 12:45 PM

Sounds like starting up a Spitfire (plane, not Triumph)


omega0684 - 24/9/09 at 12:52 PM

THAT THING IS MAHOOOOOOSIVE!

Sounds amazing! im sure it will be a fight to keep it in a straight line!


blakep82 - 24/9/09 at 12:56 PM

once the cooling's in, will it be drivable?


Paul (Notts) - 24/9/09 at 03:19 PM

All the hard work is worth it for the sound of a big engine.

Paul


zilspeed - 24/9/09 at 04:30 PM

It really won't be a car for tight circuits, will it?

Enjoy the straight bits and the long sweepy stuff, because through them tight twisty bits it's gonna understeer like a cnut.

IMHO....


iank - 24/9/09 at 04:55 PM

Sounds a bit like one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-r7FZT_0E

bah: Just notice oldtimer said the same thing

[Edited on 24/9/09 by iank]


02GF74 - 24/9/09 at 06:05 PM

nice one. sounded a bit like mine when I had no silencer on, albeit with few cylinders.

don't run it for too long, more than a minute until you have water sorted.

also I reckon that rad is gonna be too small...... queue quick plug - I have a polo rad that is wider than the standard one if you are interested, brand new, £ 25 + post.

also have a saab 9000 rad, bigger still, believed to b ok, £ 15 plus post.

guess you are gonna ask me to measure

[Edited on 24/9/09 by 02GF74]


speedyxjs - 24/9/09 at 06:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
once the cooling's in, will it be drivable?


Cooling and propshaft yeah


blakep82 - 24/9/09 at 07:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
once the cooling's in, will it be drivable?


Cooling and propshaft yeah


mine's about the same, only its cooling and axle rebuilt. must find out if my diff's sorted yet


Dan. - 24/9/09 at 07:32 PM

I thought the engine looked big in my dads XJS in that locost it's just silly it's mahoosive!


MakeEverything - 24/9/09 at 08:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
It really won't be a car for tight circuits, will it?



Thats what the oversteer would be useful for.


donut - 19/11/09 at 11:12 AM

Awesome!!!!!!!!