The 'E' Type Forum

Have bought a new alternator for the s3 and am wondering wether anyone has fitted one to replace the original , what happens to the original voltage regulator and connections .

Glad to see the lovely pictures , I went last year and wasn't able to get there this time but need to watch for any more open days !

Have now had fitted the 4 pipe system minus manifold from Classicfabs and am very pleased , sounds fantastic and looks great , have my old system on the sale/wanted area.

For insurance purposes you have to fit z rated tyres to an S3 , which makes it expensive to buy these tyres !

So 215 will fit on these wheels , is that the widest that will fit ? The high cost of these tyres seems to be all down to z rating .

Just had a few quotes for z rated 205/70/15's and the Avon CR28's come out cheapest but still £246 each . Anyone had any lower figures .....

Yes , spotted the utube clip a few months back and have been interested to read about the history of the development of this engine in the e type magazine . Nice to know it was the engine used to develope the Jaguar Le Mans v12 winner .

Anyone purchased the classicfabs v12 exhaust system , the sound and power increase look very interesting , ok its going to cost more than a standard system but that doesn't give those improvements as the sound is a little bit quiet !

Thank you Angus and the team at Moss jaguar for your open day , very informative visit and also seeing the e-types in your works which all look fantastic , great to speak to e-type owners , well done to those who drove their cars !

Colin , somehow you need to know how much the car will cost to get into shape , you are probably not far from me , you are welcome to come over to have a look at my v12 .

So that is 20 people now so it is definitely on ??

Me too please Angus! David Jones (I like my bacon crispy please!) Nick Lynch Geoff Hughes (I'll be expecting an Easter Egg) Julian Cooke David Dawson Steve Sykes Gerry Whitlow (Crispy with HP sauce :bigrin: ) John E + Simon Jeremy Bradshaw A friend of mine who is a keen restoration addict , Peter b...

Evening all. My renewal will be due soon and I'm contemplating increasing the sum insured, currently set at £40,000. Looking on-line there's not too many cars for sale at that price level that I'd consider were as useable as our old girl which has 90k miles on the clock, is a UK car, has an advisor...

Hello all, after many years of wanting an E Type but always finding reasons not to buy one I have finally taken the plunge with a 1974 V12 2+2 in old English white arrived last weekend in pretty good condition, drives great but only starts up when it feels like! Sure I will be seeking lots of advic...

Angus , can you put my name down , have spoken to you on the phone when I was looking for an e type , you gave me some vital information about what/how/what not to buy etc etc, looking forward to the visit.Steve Sykes. How many people do you need for the visit to go ahead ? I may well find someone t...

Reprogrammable ECU is the translation of 'megasquert' , which is the same as any other re programmable ECU eg Emerald or MBE which are trade names . The point is that ECU's are better at running engines than no ECU which is e-types with original spec carbs etc and putting throttle bodies on instead ...

I am sorry if you thought I said that throttle bodies are boring... I was saying that the sterile, predictable, relentless relaibility of modern cars is what I find boring, I'm sure a V12 on throttle bodies with fuel injection is faster, more responsive, and more frugal than one on carbs. But I did...

No one with any experience would ever say throttle bodies are boring , very very few if any modern cars have TB's fitted as standard unless they are very special as cars have single point injection which is a tad boring but generally cheap compared to TB's. Most race cars have TB's by the way which ...

mgcjag wrote:Jaguar did fit FI to some S3 cars.....so not such a strange thing to want to try

The v12 was originally designed to have injection . If you want to keep the four Stombergs then fine .