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Re: S Types on London BBC news

by NigelW » Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:29 pm

The liners are fitted because the cylinder walls would be to thin to cope with compression pressures, if I remember rightly they are made of sintered steel.

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by Jose » Thu Aug 30, 2018 5:13 pm

do the cylinder liners make a difference? if yes, in what way?

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by NigelW » Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:09 pm

Interesting photo of the police dash, wonder why they never had a tacho.

I had a 3.4 S Type many years ago as well as my 3.8 and both had very similar performance, I still have a 3.4 in my shed as a spare engine that I used for a few years. The 3.8 has cylinder liners and the 3.4 does not.

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by cass3958 » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:55 pm

Jose wrote: ↑Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:12 pm as far as a 3.4 vs. a 3.8, I have heard countless times that there is little difference between both engines in terms of performance and indeed the 3.4 is a "sweeter" engine and more reliable.
I have heard the same after all the 3.8 is just a bored out 3.4 where as the 2.4 was a shorter stroke. If you ever see a 2.4 engine in a Jaguar and compare it with yours you would think that the engine mounts had broken as it sits so low at the back near the bulkhead.

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by Jose » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:12 pm

I got those photos from a S type owner in North Carolina who brought a police S type to the US. He was restoring it but apparently he passed away before finishing it.

as far as a 3.4 vs. a 3.8, I have heard countless times that there is little difference between both engines in terms of performance and indeed the 3.4 is a "sweeter" engine and more reliable.

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by cass3958 » Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:31 pm

According to DVLA SUU486F is still out there somewhere in the UK. MOT expires 24th February 2019.
Anyone have knowledge of it.
Strangely as it was a police car it was only a 3.4s and registered July 1968.
There are photos of SUU486F on the web still in its police get up at shows dated 2011.

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by cass3958 » Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:23 pm

Interesting photo of the dash Nigel. They have removed or the tacho was not fitted. Not even a hole in the dash where it was supposed to be.

Re: S Types on London BBC news

by Jose » Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:50 pm

Police S type including the dash of a police S type
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Re: S Types on London BBC news

by David Reilly » Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:22 am

Thanks Nigel - good 'S'-type eyes!
There are many shots of both the black and white Met police 'S'-types in the whole clip.
See it at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFotNt_avtE

S Types on London BBC news

by NigelW » Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:03 pm

I saw an old news clip on the BBC this evening regarding the London Trump visit and they showed a visit from Nixon back in 1969. Escorting the US official limo was two police S Types.
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