So having in a long tube set headers will increase your power but as heat build up inside the engine bay your ECU will cut back the power. The good part is that this will save your engine, but the down side is this will cut the power too. ![]() This is to save the engine from detonating, which is absolutely bad. Our car like all the cars today have knock sensors, so if the engine was to get too hot the computer will sense it, and retard the timing. Second the coating is mainly to keep the excessive "heat" out. If they are stainless steel do you still need to coat them?įirst of all, the extension is made to connect the EGR, where is suppose to be, closer to the top much like the factory manifold showed in your picture. The header does come with an extension for the EGR but I don't know why? Looks like the same flange connection but in a different place. The Jag has the connection up high and the headers have it down closer to the collector. Will they add any power? As far as fit the EGR tube is definitely needing modification. Please register or login to enable Dark Mode.Forum announcement archives / Forum History.PRIVATE For Sale / Trade or Buy Classifieds.Other Jaguar Models / Concepts / Replicas.S-Type / S type R Supercharged V8 ( X200 ).Jaguar Forums Feedback & Suggestion Center.It’s been fun and a wonderful learning experience as I relived my youth driving and working on this car, but probably time to move on. As with previous owners, I have many more $ than this in the car. Yes, the usual 10 mpg, better on long runs.Īsking: $20K. I enjoy it most when just cruising the backroads of Chesapeake, VA. It’s not an all-original show car, but a head-turner at cruise-ins. Weekly 20 mile drives are a pleasure and I’m not concerned about trusting it for 200 mile runs. Summary: I really hate to part with this car. Original and extra parts: Many, including a nice car cover and a spare, period correct Autolite 4100 carburetor. Modifications/work done: front disc brakes, new booster and dual master cylinder, 15” Magnum 500 wheels with 225 BFG tires (speedometer reads accurately), stiffer shocks, heavy duty sway bars front and rear, springs front and rear, halogen headlamps with relay, engine gauges (original gauges work, too), drivers seat moved back 3” for greater comfort, seat belts, Redhead rebuilt steering gearbox, power steering pump, generator replaced with generator-looking alternator, Pertronix Ignitor distributor module and coil, replaced/rebuilt and recurved distributor, rebuilt original carburetor (larger jets), RobbMc mini-starter, FPA headers, 2 1/4” exhaust with Magnaflow stainless mufflers and Vibrant resonators, high flow water pump, high efficiency radiator with auxiliary cooling fan on a switch (rarely used), transmission cooler, converted from road draft tube to PCV with air/oil separator, larger engine valves with hardened seats, Harland Sharp adjustable roller rockers, Comp Cams 255DEH camshaft (RV-type for low rpm torque), aftermarket heavier engine damper, Holley fuel pump. ![]() Transmission: Rebuilt by previous owner in early 2000’s. When I drive her on hot days, a cigarette lighter-powered fan keeps us cool.Įngine: 390, rebuilt 0.030” over in 2014 with some power enhancements, about 10,000 miles since the rebuild. Original radio works (I never turn it on…I prefer the sound of the exhaust). Interior: Pearl Beige leather, reupholstered in the mid ‘90’s according to a previous owner, power seats, power windows. Stored in our humidity controlled garage since 2013.Ĭolor: Heritage Burgundy Metallic (the original color), about 20 years since last repaint, in good shape. She has the usual few leaks and very little rust. During my ownership attention was paid to safety, reliability, improved handling and performance (minor). Overall condition: Very good, a driver car. I found her in Rangely, ME where she was kept in a climate controlled garage and driven 500 miles in 5 years. Dubbed the Satin Doll, she was a ribbon winner in small shows. The car was repaired and mostly cosmetically restored by a previous owner, a NASA engineer, in Ohio in the early 2000’s. History: She was a midwest car most of her life, undercoated and garaged by all accounts. I’ve been unable to find suitable storage/maintenance space nearby for my 61 TBird so I will sell it.ġ961 Thunderbird Hardtop, owned since 2013. ![]() ![]() I’m February 2022 my wife and I will be moving to a retirement community in VA Beach.
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