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we‘ll be testing at Spa in March. Best laptime so far was a 3.11. My goal is to get lower than a 3.05.

here is what is mounted on my Series 1. The calipers can be bought new at Denis Welsh.

We‘ll be taking part in the coming Tour Auto with 7266WK. I would be great if we‘re not the only ones from the forum racing there. Whoever spectates or participates, please leave a note here.

my Series 1 semi-lightweight has MK9 calipers and 12“ discs on the front. Take a look at FIA homologation sheet number 100, as you‘ll find what is allowed in there.

I went to the shop this evening and took of the hoses and expansion tank to get a better understanding. The puzzling thing is that a big water hose goes from the intake manifold to the expansion tank, which is OK, and right underneath it, at the expansion tank, another big hose goes to the water pum...

PeterCrespin wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:22 pm

What have you done to block off the bypass meant to be blocked by the open tstat?

Good question ! I need to check that ! Is the bypass hose the one which connects to the elbow of the water pump inlet tube ?

right, the thermostat is not mounted.

Thanks for the link to the drawing.

thanks for your reply. I’ll give it a try with a 7 lbs cap.

Would you know where to find a drawing or exploded view of the water pump ?

I’m wondering if it cavitates, when driving continously on the teack between 3,500 and 6,500 rpm, and therefore creates air bubbles,

... 2. The system you have , with what you describe as an expansion tank, sounds like either an S2 system or some sort of hybrid . If it is such a system, then it is vital that the radiator cap is NOT a pressure cap, ( thus allowing free flow in both directions to and from the expansion tank ) but ...

abowie wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:00 pm

If the car is running OK and not overheating, in the absence of other evidence I would suggest that the cooling system is just finding its own level.

Ok, we'll keep running it and see if the spillage of coolant stops after a while.

[Edit: Apologies, I thought this was a private message] Hi Chris, nice to hear from you. If you look under the cap you will normally see a disc about the size of an old shilling that is lightly held closed when off the car but pressed tight by coolant pressure in service. On cooling, if there is fl...

Hello there, it seems that my XKE has some sort of a coolant issue. Whenever we just drive on the streets, everything is fine, but when we race it at the track, it pushes out coolant in the catch can. After one hour of sustained track time (Spa for instance) the catch can is full, which is about 1 L...

Hello there, my name is Chris and I live in Paris. I bought 7266WK a couple of years ago in England. Since then we run it a various track days as well on the road, before racing it a the Spa 3 Hours. As I'm new to all Jaguar mechanical stuff, I'll certainly post questions here, as I'll be readying t...