Jaguar XK140MC Engine + Gearbox (SOLD)

Rebuilt XK140 C-Type engine and gearbox casing. Ready tested and to be fitted to your XK120/XK140 or C-Type replica ? Build a car around this engine! Matching numbers cylinder head, block and gearbox belonging to an unknown XK140MC. An engine with story to tell, upon it’s return from USA, the sump contained a family of 4 mice, all travelling illegally without any form of ID. Engine build photos available

Specification :

Mahle +40 9:1 pistons

SU H8 Sandcast carburettors with vacuum advance

D-Type air intake manifold

D-Type long lift cams

Aluminium lightened flywheel

Rob Beere high flow oil pump

Rob Beere rear oil seal conversion

Original C-Type cam covers

Timming 1-2-3 ignition distributor, coil and leads

D-Type leads tidy

Machining done by Chesman Motorsport in Coventry with new hardened lead-free seats, new bronze guides, new tappet followers, large valves, block : re-liner, bore, hone and skim skim flat, new cam bearings, new double valve springs, new stem seals, oil bungs removed and fitted new, acid dipped and crack tested, bottom end balanced. Tested to 5400 rpm on dyno, it can be seen running on our engine test bed in Nottingham.

PRICE : £SOLD

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