Hi I wander if someone on this list is somewhat of an expert on
Jaguar 6cyl. XK motors, I am wandering if I can replace a 3.4l motor with
a 4.2L XJ motor. ideally I,d like to use as much of the early accessories as
possible. Will have to use the early oil pan and oil filter canister, could
a guy use the early head? Are combustion chambers significantly bigger or
just a change in piston domes to keep the compression down, Does the 4.2
have the early front motor mount bosses in the block. Is there any
difference in The bellhouseing or crankshaft bolt pattern? Sure would
appreciate the info to some or all of these questions. Thankyou L.Kvach
Butters
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Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 8:06 AM
> Hi ever'body....!
>
> My OZ Friend, Geoff Rea sent me this report from the OZ salt last week
and
> it took me this long to figure out HOW to open up his message!
> But here's his story.... -and I haven't even had time to read it myself
> yet! I Bet it's a good one though!
>
> .....Hope you like it too.
>
> my best Regards, Doug Anderson in New Yawk
>
>
>
>
>
> A Week Away Dry Lakes Racing At Lake Gairdner
>
> By Geoff.G.Rea
>
> How quickly a year passes, the team of Rea Weir Mumford had no plans to
> make to many alterations to our car from last year. But at christmas I had
> the brain wave to build a 'nose' for the car. So along with this and a few
> other things Chris,Wayne, Russel, Les and I spent the 2 months since the
> start of the new year getting the # 24 race car ready. We even had some
> T-shirts done to commemorate our record breaking effort of last year!
>
> Before we new it the time was finally here to leave, on Saturday the 4th
> of March we set out from Wayne's (Mumford) home at 4 am. This year there
> would be 7 of us making the long haul to the lake, 2 of the guys (Les and
> Wayne J) hadn't been before. The day was a good one for travelling,
although
> we mucked around a bit (can never find a Mobil servo when you need one,
hey
> Les??), but it was all fun and broke the trip up for us! As usual we had
our
> now traditional stop in the Barossa Valley town of Nuriootpa to visit our
> good friends Heather and Steve Baum. After a half hour or so we said our
> goodbyes and were once again on the road headed for Port Augusta and the
> Hi-Way One motel, where we have stayed every year we have made the trip to
> the lake. Got to have that last night of comfort before heading into the
> real out back the next day.
>
> The following morning we were up early and off to the supermarket. From
> here it was to Iron Knob to top up the fuel tanks and wrap the car in
silage
> wrap for the ride on the dirt. Whilst wrapping the race car, about a half
> dozen of the local school kids watched in amazement at this, we got the
idea
> to give them a marking pen and go crazy scribbling over the now well
wrapped
> race car. So for around 15 minutes they went for it, they won't forget
that
> walk to school for a long time!
>
> At last we headed out of Iron Knob and onto the dirt, arriving at the
lake
> 2 1/2 hours later. We pulled into the lake camp site first and unloaded
most
> of the stuff we would require to live for the week. Then it was down onto
> the salt, which was in almost ideal condition. A lot of teams had arrived
> already and set up their respective pit areas. This looked like it would
be
> our biggest event ever. After setting up our pit area and unloading the
race
> car we spent the rest of the day until dusk helping with preparation of
the
> course that had been going on for the last couple of days.
>
> Monday was a slow day and was very hot but with very little wind.
> Unfortunately the batteries for the timers had to be replaced and this
meant
> a trip to Wyhalla for Mike. A drivers meeting was held mid afternoon to
> allow Wayne O'grady to explain the course layout to all the drivers,
finally
> the course was open at around 5 pm. This year the course had been dragged
> for 9 miles with the 3 mile timed area in the middle to allow a run both
> ways. This would be required for the Dennis Manning 'BUB' streamliner
bike.
> During the day we had our car scrutinised and only had a couple of little
> things to do. Runs were made by as many cars as caught be fit in before
> dark.
>
> Again Tuesday presented a lot of problems with the timing equipment and
> the course was open around mid afternoon. The course was broken up into 3
> parts, a 2 mile, a 3 mile and a long course. A lot of runs were made today
> with Ray Charlton earning the honor (?) of being the first driver to spin
> his race car at Lake Gairdner in this a new century. Some big speeds were
> made on the long course, Chuck Salmen ran 250 mph, but in doing so the
> engine leaned out and this was to be his only pass of the week in the
> beautiful 'Sum Fun '34 roadster, John Lynch ran around 270 mph his
quickest
> time ever in the big red, blue and shiny aluminium belly tank. Leigh
Fielder
> made his only pass of the week at 238 mph in his Bonneville record holding
> Pontiac and Rod Hadfield also made his only pass of the week at 208 mph in
> the Studebaker that he has only recently sold! We also made a couple of
> passes in the # 24 car, I ran a dismal 105 mph and Wayne ran 131 mph.
>
> Tuesday was to see the first run of the day done by the Dennis Manning
> "BUB" streamline bike, with the engine obviously breaking done this
amazing
> sleek machine still peeled off a 250 mph pass. Again we were plagued with
> timimg equipment problems, but to their credit all the teams and drivers
> were very patient and happy when they could get a pass. Around 6 pm the
> Annual General meeting was held out on the salt followed by the much
waited
> for "Club Animal" auction. The Dennis Manning machine ran again just on
> sunset and the auction was halted so every-one could watch and hope for a
> big speed, but unfortunately it only ran in the high 220's, but as this
> amazing bike was towed past the big auction crowd a big cheer was given to
> this big group of Americans here to hopefully put this machine in the
record
> books. It was a nice gesture by Dennis Manning that he wandered over to
the
> auction and thanked all of us for the rousing reception. The auction was a
> big success as usual, thanks in no small way to the inimitable Steve
> "Animal" Charlton. One of the auction items was seen to be suitable to be
> presented to 'Stampy' ( who recently had suffered a stroke), as well as
the
> hat being handed round for him. It was great that 'Stampy's' daughter was
> present and she later thanked us all for the kind gesture. At the auction
I
> managed to snap up a few goodies. On arriving back at camp I had one of
> Wayne's wonderful roast dinners and settled back for the rest of the
evening
> with a number of beers with the John Lynch team as well as the boys from
> Mirboo North running the world class '52 Triumph and of course downed a
few
> with the Moe boys ( hey I'm from Moe, what can I say!), who had ran a
best
> of 168 mph on their first pass of the week.
>
> Thursday arrived quickly, we had to leave today at some where around 11
> am. After a quick sought out of our gear at the camp we headed down onto
the
> salt to pack up the gear there and load the race car. A lot of the teams
had
> already left and only a handful would remain to race today. After packing
up
> everything and loading the race car, we had the chance finally catch up
and
> talked to a few people who we hadn't been able to see over the course of
the
> week. The guys from the Chuck Salmen team came over to check out our car
and
> were quite impressed, which we took as a great compliment coming from
guys
> who wrench on one the world's most finely built dry lakes race cars. We
also
> got to sign the pinstriped '32 dash that would be given to 'Stampy' by the
> D.L.R.A. as well as signing the banner bought by John lynch at the
auction!
>
> Well the time had come to leave the salt for the last time this year, up
> to the camp to do the final pack up of our gear. Steve Green (a visiting
> Canadian, who had assisted with scrutineering) would be riding with me
back
> to Adelaide. We had an uneventful trip on the dirt and then on the black
top
> to Adelaide, to drop Steve at Mike Davidson's. This gave us the
opportunity
> to see Mike's new house and more importantly his very impressive workshop.
> It is always good to see Mike's race car and having not seen it in a
couple
> of years it was looking as good as ever. Anyhow all good things must come
to
> an end, after goodbyes were said we were off once more headed for home. We
> got the opportunity to travel on the newly opened section and tunnel going
> up Mount Lofty. At Murray Bridge we decided to drive all night. Some 22
> hours after leaving the lake I turned the coupe followed by the little
tear
> drop trailer into our drive way. Once again my hot rod (my friend really)
> had taken me to Lake Gairdner and back with little or no trouble!
>
> So in summing up, the week for our team. As usual we had a great time at
> the event as well as travelling to and from the event. The race car
> definitely takes on a sleeker race car look, with the new nose, fairing
and
> wheel discs. Unfortunately a few things saw us not reaching our top speed
of
> 143 mph set last year, but we weren't far away at 138 mph. So with a bit
of
> work during the year we will be hopeful of eventually getting the race car
> to run faster. It was also good to take along a couple of guys who hadn't
> been to the lake before, I think they may become regulars. So all I can
say
> is roll on next year.
>
>
>
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