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#1 engine number starting with 7D ending-8 , can this be not its original

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:07 pm
by jeffbezz
:seeingstars: am looking at a jaguar etype roadster year 1966 , and its engine number starts with a 7D and ends -8 , any ideas if this is an etype engine please. thank u

#2 Re: engine number starting with 7D ending-8 , can this be not its original

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:12 pm
by Heuer
7D is from a 4.2L Mk10 or 420G saloon. the -8 or -9 just indicates the compression ratio.

#3 Re: engine number starting with 7D ending-8 , can this be not its original

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:29 pm
by jeffbezz
thank you heuer