The 'E' Type Forum

Hello and welcome to the forum

Thanks for that info, I'm sure it will be handy for the future, but I have found a replacement for the missing one.

It would be interesting to see the difference in 0 to 60 times between cars with the different ratios.

It wasn’t a criticism Richard. I thought from your post that you were worried about the fit and sealing qualities of your caps so was trying to reassure you.

I suppose my thought would be that if they've worked ok for 25 years, must be ok?

Hello Olivier, and welcome to the forum. All your questions will be answered - by people much wiser than me!

Allrand wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:42 pm

Said tongue in cheek, always someone to spoil the fun

To be fair, it wasn't really very funny.

Allrand wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:35 am

christopher storey wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:25 pm

became illegal

Who cares?

Presumably people who don't want to break the law

Hello and welcome to the forum. The car looks great

Understand the figures now! I don't think there is anything wrong with 60 from cold. I have a capillary guage, which has been checked against a workshop professional guage at various rpm. It is spot on at all revs. My cold pressure hits 70 psi - higher than my original guage would read! And it is co...

Did you say your running pressure was 2.5 to 4 pounds? Do you mean 2.5 to 4.0 psi, or a different scale of readings? What range does your guage read?
I must be misunderstanding the units you are measuring I think.

Oops

I know you said the car is level, but how sure are you? A few degrees makes a lot of difference. I laid a bubble rule on top of the engine with car in my garage to ensure it’s horizontal

Don't discount Admiral. I have 4 cars with them. The E has agreed value, named driver, full European cover (and they got me home from Belgium last year!) and it's about £150 p.a. I also have a Jag XFS, an F Type, and a Toyota Yaris. All with named drivers, all European cover. Total premium for all 4...

I had the same coolant leakage on my ‘69 4.2 when I put the head back on. A bottle of Bars leaks sorted it, never had a problem since

I used a color tune (Gunson) to start, got them all to the colour recommended, and it ran like rubbish.
Fact is, the E likes to run a bit rich and using Colortune puts them all too weak.

Hi, and welcome to the forum

I've got the identical clock of course, '69 2+2. Still run mine on battery. I don'tr bother adjusting the time keeping much, because it simply speeds UP as the battery runs DOWN (pendulum, so it would) It stops now and then, so I tap it (hard!) and it starts again. Incidentally, I get the batteries ...

I use Pirelli Cinturatos on my series 2. Very pleased with them.

My pick would be 1 (of course!), 8 (I like a lot) and 10
The Bugattis look like something Cruella DeVille would drive! I can almost smell the Dalmatians