The 'E' Type Forum

Had a chance to spend a day up in Pennsylvania with the car and my builder. I normally do most of the work myself, but am working with a builder this time to shrink the learning curve. Plus he's very good. Anyway, we had a few questions: My reading of the FIA regs indicates max compression ratio of ...

You fellows were correct about the pedal box. The PO had a knack for scavenging parts, apparently without being mindful for year-to-year variances. So the 4.2 pedal box will get removed eventually so that we can mount a proper dual MC. Same sort of explanation for the other alloy pieces you see. :ro...

Thanks very much for the info and pictures. I'm sure these will be of great value as we proceed. Currently my car is in Pennsylvania at the restoration shop (and I am in South Carolina). So I don't have the benefit of checking details currently. I will follow up on the pedal box and other queries wh...

A few reality-check questions if you don't mind. My goal is not to do a tribute or replica of a particular car (although I do very much like V1337). Instead I want to choose the items from various cars that fall into FIA-legal status to end up with something period correct in appearance but not iden...

Fascinating. So the regs are a bit Alice in Wonderland compared to being based on stock. LWE is the standard. I had read about the "cheating" but now see it in play :o Certainly makes it interesting! Is there a reference that lists all the differences between a LWE and stock? Jonathan, Here is a lin...

Hopefully this is an easy question, but it serves to exemplify my difficulties in figuring out what is permitted under FIA: FIA Homg #100 only mentions the option of a 7.5 litre "wet sump" system. Section VII of Appendix K doesn't address it. But the Cunningham car and several other FIA cars I've fo...

Very helpful Michael. I promise to digest all this and not be ignorant for too much longer I'll also try to post some pics of my starting point as soon as I can set up a photobucket account.

Chuck

Michael - Just realized that 1337VC is the Briggs Cunningham car. Yes, I have been collecting photos and data on this car. My FHC is already painted in the same livery. I would like to somewhat replicate this car, except perhaps the fuel injection since I already have a new triple Weber set up that ...

Thanks Guys. My current plan is to have Terry Lippincott do much of the "restoration". He is a Pennsylvania-based Jaguar specialist and a vintage racer. He does everything from concours winners to track cars, but he has not had to build to FIA specs in the past. I have been in contact with ACCUS (th...

Hello - My first post to the forum. I have recently purchased a '62 FHC (RHD) that was under restoration as a street rod of sorts for several years until the owner was unable to continue. As you may know, vintage racing in the states is not typically in conformance with FIA regs. Being a RHD car, an...