Thanks very much Peter. Roger is a excellent engineer and engine restoration is his passion, this engine is going to be in good hands and I’ll be following progress on here.
The MEALER AUTOMOBILE when/IF or as it once was planned (to be manufactured) was going to primarily use a straight six based on the XK engine.... whenever a gasoline powered engine was used. This and the AMC 258 are in the top 10 best engines. Your video was well made, informative and easy to watch. Thank You.
I've got a UK market rhd S2 coupe (fhc). Needs easy restoration but it's solid and matching numbers. Ran great before I took it apart. I've got a lhd fhc now and want to sell the dhc to a brit where it can be at home with it's right hand drive. It was owned by a USAF pilot who had been stationed in UK - he brought it back to the states and sold it to my father.
Great video! Thanks for making this. Do you know the height of the 4.2L engine from the bottom of the oil pan to the top of the timing chain covers? Hard to find that dimension. Thanks!
Virtually Every 3.8 and even More so 4.2 engine cracked their Blocks. Not easy to fix without Liners being fitted which is Expensive and Not a 100% fix... All bleats notwithstanding. But for Shopping uses... Good 'nuff.
I’m very confident this fully rebuilt engine will be very robust. Classic Engine Workshop have restored XK engines for some of the earliest and most valuable E-Types so this one has been thoroughly measured, balanced and remachined so has excellent provenance. Please have a look at the recent film where we start it for the first time. Thanks for watching ☺️
Every time I look at that beautiful engine, its beggars belief that Bill lyons authorised turning it into a boat anchor by reducing it to a 2.4 litre for the Mk 1s and 2s.Lunacy. No point in highlighting the obvious reasons.
Interesting point, they struggled with imbalances on the 4 cylinder version that apparently made it unrefined and so for part and manufacturing commonality reasons the small capacity boat anchor versions made some sense. A similar thing happened in more recent times with the AJ126 3.0 90° V6 Supercharged Jaguar engine being made from pretty much a bigger V8 block.
@@albapor1 The 2.4 engine block looked identical to the 3.4 and 3.8, just a shorter stroke basically. I dont know anything about a 2.8 whatever that is.
He's wrong about the rod bearings ! The rod and rod cap hold both the two bearing shells around the crankshaft and are only tightened enough to still allow the crankshaft to rotate smoothly , the little protruding tabs on the shells are there to keep the shells from rotating in the rod , if they rotate in the rod the oil passage holes in the shell and the rod would be misaligned and that would stop the lubrication to the rod , and the bearing would wear out rapidly and fail possibly causing the rod to break and/or damage to the crankshaft. SO THATS WHAT THE SHELL TABS DO CLOWN.
Thank you both very much.So much knowledge\experience to make a classic design even better. Very impressive.Keep it up!!!!! P
Thanks very much Peter. Roger is a excellent engineer and engine restoration is his passion, this engine is going to be in good hands and I’ll be following progress on here.
Now that's a lot of work! Looks new.
Absolutely! It is better than new. 😎
The MEALER AUTOMOBILE when/IF or as it once was planned (to be manufactured) was going to primarily use a straight six based on the XK engine.... whenever a gasoline powered engine was used. This and the AMC 258 are in the top 10 best engines.
Your video was well made, informative and easy to watch. Thank You.
Thanks very much that’s very kind of you ☺️
What a beauty and what a nice talk about the engine...
Thanks Marek, I find it very interesting talking to Roger and getting his expert views and advice. More to follow with this engine.
Great video, thanks to both of you
Thanks David, very kind of you to say. Glad you enjoyed it 😀
What a lovely tech review!
Many thanks Mr Whittington! 😊 More to follow…
Thank you for an excellent video.
Thank you very much 😊
I've got a UK market rhd S2 coupe (fhc). Needs easy restoration but it's solid and matching numbers. Ran great before I took it apart. I've got a lhd fhc now and want to sell the dhc to a brit where it can be at home with it's right hand drive. It was owned by a USAF pilot who had been stationed in UK - he brought it back to the states and sold it to my father.
Thanks very much but I’ve definitely got my hands full with this one!
I never noticed the kitty cat on the timing tensioner before
I can’t say I have either! Is there something I missed? 🤔
Great video! Thanks for making this. Do you know the height of the 4.2L engine from the bottom of the oil pan to the top of the timing chain covers? Hard to find that dimension. Thanks!
Thanks James! 😊 Just measured it and it’s about 68cm / 26.75” from the bottom of the sump to the highest part of the cam cover.
@@fossewayclassiccarworkshop Thanks very much for measuring it and sharing your knowledge! Sorry for my slow reply!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Balans wheel is not standaard? The later engine has this one. XJ series.
Hi Frank, the harmonic damper with the rubber ring was standard on the XK engines in the E Type and I’m sure earlier cars too.
Virtually Every 3.8 and even More so 4.2 engine cracked their Blocks.
Not easy to fix without Liners being fitted which is Expensive and Not a 100% fix... All bleats notwithstanding.
But for Shopping uses... Good 'nuff.
I’m very confident this fully rebuilt engine will be very robust. Classic Engine Workshop have restored XK engines for some of the earliest and most valuable E-Types so this one has been thoroughly measured, balanced and remachined so has excellent provenance. Please have a look at the recent film where we start it for the first time. Thanks for watching ☺️
Every time I look at that beautiful engine, its beggars belief that Bill lyons authorised turning it into a boat anchor by reducing it to a 2.4 litre for the Mk 1s and 2s.Lunacy. No point in highlighting the obvious reasons.
Interesting point, they struggled with imbalances on the 4 cylinder version that apparently made it unrefined and so for part and manufacturing commonality reasons the small capacity boat anchor versions made some sense. A similar thing happened in more recent times with the AJ126 3.0 90° V6 Supercharged Jaguar engine being made from pretty much a bigger V8 block.
@@fossewayclassiccarworkshop The only main difference between the 2.4 and 3.4 was basically a short stroke crankshaft, still same external dimensions.
@@adoreslaurelaren t the 2.4 and 2.8 shorter blocks compared to the others?
@@albapor1 The 2.4 engine block looked identical to the 3.4 and 3.8, just a shorter stroke basically. I dont know anything about a 2.8 whatever that is.
He's wrong about the rod bearings ! The rod and rod cap hold both the two bearing shells around the crankshaft and are only tightened enough to still allow the crankshaft to rotate smoothly , the little protruding tabs on the shells are there to keep the shells from rotating in the rod , if they rotate in the rod the oil passage holes in the shell and the rod would be misaligned and that would stop the lubrication to the rod , and the bearing would wear out rapidly and fail possibly causing the rod to break and/or damage to the crankshaft. SO THATS WHAT THE SHELL TABS DO CLOWN.