The 'E' Type Forum

Thanks all for your very interesting viewpoints. I read that a 2.88 final drive is OK with a wide-ratio box, prefixed KE or KJ as fitted to Series 2 cars, but maybe too tall for a close ratio EJ box as found on a Series 1. My car is a series 1.5 with an EE gearbox! Turns out the EE was the first of ...

Hi Lester Thanks very much for that, it's very interesting to hear different owners' perspectives. Do you find you are often changing down into first around town, as another member mentioned? I like the idea of being able to cruise fast at modest revs, so I am tempted by a 2.88. My car has a non-sta...

Hi Steve

Thanks, yes, that makes sense, it will prove the absolute truth beyond doubt. I just bought a low-profile trolley jack, so this will be its first task! I'll try it at the weekend!

Cheers!

Thanks Steve for the link, that thread was apparently too old for my searches to pick up, but very interesting. Thanks Geoff for the welcome, the car reaches an indicated 78 mph at 5500rpm. I have to change up at about 60 in third when overtaking, and the engine howls between 4000-5000rpm in third w...

Although a lifelong Jag fan and previous owner of 3 XJ's back in the 90's, I only recently bought an E-type, a 1968 S1.5 OTS which I bought from a guy in Toronto and shipped back. It was exported to New York from the factory, and the tab on the diff is hard to make out, but appears to show 46/13, an...