i want a lambourgini ok..? ( Archived) (27)

Ages ago when I worked as a racing mechanic, my boss had a well to do friend with a Bronze E Type with a 3.8L. The guy got hold of a 4.2L engine and Fred, my boss, had me swap the engines. Everything went fairly normal except as I remember I had to fabricate a bracket for the alternator because the 3.8 came with a generator or something like that, I don't remember the details. Anyway, I was amazed at just how heavy those engine were, I bet they weighed more that a Chevy V8.
When I got the engines swapped out, I had to devise an easy way of getting the old engine out of the shop. My solution was to tie a rope to it and tow it out of the shop with my 1958 Hillman. Dragged it right aross the floor, up the ramp and out into the back parking lot.
Driving the Jag with the 4.2 was a big disappointment. Even though the engine was bigger, the car felt like a de-tuned truck, gone was the crisp snap it used to have. The engine revved up slower and it was a total bore to drive.

Way more info than you wanted right?

I have some sheepskin offcuts

You could sew em up to make a lamb-bikini ?

Boy you really are dense aren't you? It's entirely possible that the material that went into that coat, which cost over 500 US dollars BTW, came from New Zealand sheep. To that end I am a paying customer of yours. Do you think it's wise to insult a paying customer? I'm doing your country a big favor by promoting your countries exports or did that thought never cross your mind? If you worked for me and I heard you mocking on one of my customers you would be out of a job so fast your head would swim.

you're in a fightin mood aintcha? Well it would be pointless to get into a technical argument and bore everybody to death so I'll just leave it alone. BTW, thanks, I learned a new word today, "Bogan" over here we would call them "Bottom Feeders".