Hi , I have a 74 manual With blown head gaskets and are considering a proper rebuild. In the meanwhile (years?) I am considering to install a HE engine I can get cheap here locally. Is it a massive task or?
Thor
Hi Thor
Check out this link for some info. There is quite a bit of work, but doable, a lot more if you want an injected engine.
regards
Mark
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Hi Mark, thank you!
Thor
If the S3 is an E-type, be aware Roger Bywater has an e-Book for sale covering the whole procedure. You’d be brave to try it without the book.
Pete
I have a 6,0 l motor in my E-type S3. It is a lot of work, to make this motor running good with 4 stromberg carbs.
Maybe less work, if you mount 4 SU 2 inch carbs, because you can try to buy 4 needles, which will “fit” and produce the correct mixture. If you are doing with the original Stromberg carbs, you have to “reshape” the needle with sanding paper by hand, measure with a Lambda wide band tester the mixture and sand the needles again. It take a lot of hours, until the needles are formed correct, that the mixture is okay.
Regards Wolfgang Gatza
Thank you all, I decided to keep my original engine and just fix her when something goes really wrong.
Thor