Engine Bling!
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Engine Bling!
So, what do you guys think (see photo)? I upgraded the s/c with a larger lower pulley, bored out intake/exhaust ports, and replaced the stock intercooler radiator with a much larger one, all from Eurotoys (thanks Mike). The engine bling is from XKRacer (www.paragondesignuk.com, thanks Tony). All installed by motorcarman (thanks Bob, as always, you're incredible).
Last edited by mjlaris; 07-02-2013 at 05:41 PM. Reason: corrected a typo
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ccfulton (07-02-2013)
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Thanks guys. I also had the wood veneer refinished and the guy did a great job. Some of you may remember that I added door cappings and panels (some liked other thought it too much) but they were a noticeably different shade, which I determined to be the result of sun damage. After the restore, if you didn't know it wasn't factory, then you wouldn't know. I'll do a longer post with more photos when I have more time but for now I just want to say that I am very happy. I do have a few more things I want to do but I am on the order of 90% done with the mods I have planned.
ccfulton, to answer your question, yes; it pulls very hard in the midrange; enough so that the first time I steped on it hard (about 30 seconds after pulling out of motorcarman's driveway) it scared the bejeezes out of me.
Mark
ccfulton, to answer your question, yes; it pulls very hard in the midrange; enough so that the first time I steped on it hard (about 30 seconds after pulling out of motorcarman's driveway) it scared the bejeezes out of me.
Mark
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While I generally dislike messing around with the exterior look of the car, I have always admired clean engines with small touches of bling. In fact I have wanted to get billet covers over the shock towers but never had the extra bucks lying around to buy these pricey pieces--but some day.
Doug
Doug
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Jag#4, we're neighbors! I'm heading to Chicago for 3 weeks on Friday but when I get back at the end of July, we should do lunch and then drool over each other's babies! Let me know if you're interested.
Mark
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Dip stick handle
I got one of those from Paragon too. Pretty easy, you just cut off the top part of the dipstick handle you have leaving enough for the set screw to hold on to and then push the new handle on and tighten. Pretty easy. Just don't cut too much off. I had mine painted blue (second set of pictures above).
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So, what do you guys think (see photo)? I upgraded the s/c with a larger lower pulley, bored out intake/exhaust ports, and replaced the stock intercooler radiator with a much larger one, all from Eurotoys (thanks Mike). The engine bling is from XKRacer (www.paragondesignuk.com, thanks Tony). All installed by motorcarman (thanks Bob, as always, you're incredible).
If they didn't, you won't see very much gain, maybe could even hurt your HP and Tq.
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