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#1 Smooth and ribbed sumps??
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:44 pm
by ollieamb
Curious to why some etype's have a smooth sump and some ribbed? Are some earlier than others? mines a 3.8 with a ribbed sump, assuming aluminium.
Many thanks
#2
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:50 pm
by PeterCrespin
All E-type sumps are ribbed from the first car AFAIK but some cars may have smooth military sumps on them like mine has. Drain plug is is a slightly better place and the sumps are cheaper if converting an XJ engine or replacing a holed original. I'm guessing the XK 150 3.8 might have had a smooth ally sump? Dunno. Earlier XKs had a smooth steel sump - maybe some are painted silver.
Pete
#3
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:25 pm
by ollieamb
Thanks Peter, actually helping a friend build a replica ali Dtype at present and looking at his engine today it is very similar but numbers show its out of a mk10. The sump is smooth and a different shape to my etype, but i hear a lot of etype's have mk10 and stype engines in as ive been told they are practically the same.
Thanks
#4
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:30 pm
by 1954Etype
PeterCrespin wrote:All E-type sumps are ribbed from the first car AFAIK but some cars may have smooth military sumps on them like mine has. Drain plug is is a slightly better place and the sumps are cheaper if converting an XJ engine or replacing a holed original. I'm guessing the XK 150 3.8 might have had a smooth ally sump? Dunno. Earlier XKs had a smooth steel sump - maybe some are painted silver.
Pete
Pete. I think the very early sumps were smooth.
#5
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:53 pm
by Dave K
My car is an aluminium sump painted black but smooth, all the early 3.8's had smooth sumps.
Dave
#6
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:23 am
by PeterCrespin
Thanks gents. I'll call my tank engine part 'early E-type' then :-). Must have been a carry-over from the XK150?
As for D-type replica, I assume it's a Realm rather than one of those square-frame Triumph jobbies? Contact me if you want any bits as I have various stuff for those if you're short of anything and I won't need any of it for my Zealia D
Pete
#7
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:31 pm
by 1954Etype
Sorry mate, not enough humble pie for my liking..... C'mon, on your knees, begging forgiveness....
#8
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:41 pm
by Dave K
PeterCrespin wrote:Thanks gents. I'll call my tank engine part 'early E-type' then :-). Must have been a carry-over from the XK150?
As for D-type replica, I assume it's a Realm rather than one of those square-frame Triumph jobbies? Contact me if you want any bits as I have various stuff for those if you're short of anything and I won't need any of it for my Zealia D
Pete
Pete,
My engine is a XK150S engine and has exactly the same accelerator linkages etc, the way it should be but stainless of course
Dave
#9
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:19 pm
by PeterCrespin
Dave, do me a favour? Next time you drive near Letchworth, just roll your new 7-series over Angus's new 3-series would you? You won't even feel the bump :-)
#10
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:45 pm
by Dave K
Pete,
I'd be glad to :D
Dave
#11
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:21 pm
by ollieamb
PeterCrespin wrote:
As for D-type replica, I assume it's a Realm rather than one of those square-frame Triumph jobbies? Contact me if you want any bits as I have various stuff for those if you're short of anything and I won't need any of it for my Zealia D
Pete
Hi Pete, its an aluminium Proteus, just off for painting this week, we have all the parts thanks... :D
#12
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:55 pm
by PeterCrespin
Hmm. Tasty. Didn't they just go bust?
Pete
#13
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:29 pm
by ollieamb
PeterCrespin wrote:Hmm. Tasty. Didn't they just go bust?
Pete
Based in Poland now, we've had it a few years but only just getting around to it now... Also have a proteus C-type.