Oh!!! Je suis très heureux de vous retrouvez. J'ai 80 ans et j'habite à Paris. Je vous suis depuis très très longtemps. J'étais triste de ne plus vous écouter avec attention. Merci de continuer et vous souhaite de réussir. Bien amicalement.
Whewwww I wasn't sure if or when you'd be back. Might have been after you retired, well I'd have been watching you from on High. My money's on you and your Dad.
That *_is_* the way You get a soaked paperweight delivered off the hook of a tractor back into a working engine. It's an old Jaguar engine, so tolerances were a function of the weekday, the number of thrown rounds in the pub the other evening, the main builder's state of marriage and the half materials Jag had bought from the neighboring factory, each of which being themselves a function of the same array of random factors ..... so, getting it running was probably the same lottery it was the first time back in Coventry. I do not see why it shouldn't run after Your cleanup - might become an oil-drinker (I think it won't) or not have every single horse present meant to be there helping, but that's why You built Your speedster as light as possible, right .... ?😁 Thanks for sharing! Congrats for the career moves.
Man congratulations! Technology is so amazing these days, I often worry that old knowledge will be forgotten with modern conveniences. You clearly started with everyday machines and thoroughly understand mechanics, I'm not certain this is entirely true for engineers who spend their life behind a keyboard. I hope this doesn't come across patronizing, but your time in Texas has certainly served you well. You have a confidence and self-bearing that we're not there 6 months ago or prior. It's quite blatant to a third party observer, everything from the way you speak to how you carry yourself it exudes confidence without being overbearing. Again no condescension intended, but I can't help but feel proud of you. I'm just a stranger, one who loves manual machining, but I think you have a very impressive future ahead of you. Please try to always get your hands dirty at least once a month or so. No doubt you have been exposed to the enmity between Machinists and engineers, it doesn't need to be this way. The rare times when you find a good match between engineer and Machinist, you quickly develop a shorthand, I think you will find an enormous amount of cooperative help if you make a point of working on the floor from time to time, demonstrating you're not above busting a few knuckles. I've met one or two engineers who are in this habit, those are the few shops I worked in where it was a really positive vibe and innovation was encouraged. It's amazing what we can achieve when we find techniques to set aside egos. I'm a little sad we are not likely to get many future videos, electric aircraft is a fascinating subject but I presume you are heavily hampered with ndas. You've brought me quite a bit of joy watching you create your machines, good luck and be well
What are you talking about with forgetting old knowledge? Knowledge evolves! Every new generation of engineers learns from their predecessors, either directly or by reading the textbooks and articles written by them. There is no lost knowledge at large, it's just that some knowledge is outdated or gets replaced by new approaches. I agree that a good engineer should also build stuff from scratch, especially to get a feel for the stuff they design, but it seems to me that you have a very pessimistic view on the current generation of engineers. I can assure you that this view of yours is pretty scewed, engineers are still learning the (updated) basics that generations before them have learned and most of them still love to build and fix stuff, at least if they really have that engineering mindset. There are tons of young engineers who do exactly what MacroMachines is doing, it's just that YOU don't interact with them and that these people generally are busy building stuff vs posting about it on social media, so you probably think they're a dying breed, but nothing has really changed between these generations: Engineering types still build shit in their garage. I'm an electrical engineer, just graduated from university, i've build countless devices from scratch over the years. See this CNC mill which i'm currently working on: cncwerk.de/forum/download/file.php?id=12368&mode=view I'm even desinging and building the servo-drivers: cncwerk.de/forum/download/file.php?id=12320&mode=view cncwerk.de/forum/download/file.php?id=13091&mode=view
Wow so happy to see you back and very happy to hear about the job you snagged in CA doing airplanes, you'll probably end up building one for yourself in the home shop. You are building my dream car because like you I can't afford a Bugatti. If I wasn't 70 I'd use your vids to copy one for myself. Keep at it.
Oh you're destined to be on Leno with this with this build if you move it to Cali you know that right? Congratulations and best of luck with your future it's certainly looking bright and so too it is the electric aviation field.
"..become an Engineer building electric aeroplanes"! Excellent result and well deserved too. That engine will run...if you and Dad are building it, it will run. With all that exciting stuff in your future, don't forget to keep us up to date. It doesn't have to be a build or exciting stuff, just a hello, this is what I am up to (within the contract conditions ofcourse).
Nice to see you back and congratulations on your new job! Here are a couple of tips for the next time you take on an expedient engine overhaul. (1) There is nothing wrong with this approach nor any reason to expect that the motor will not last a long time. The compression will be a bit low and it might even smoke a bit, but that is acceptable for this type of work. (2) Your engine did not have a ridge but be careful as removing pistons without addressing the ridge will break piston rings. (3) Lubricate the honing stones. (4) Clean internal engine components with a wire wheel, not a sand blaster. (4) Lubricate the cylinder walls, pistons, and rings before installing pistons. (5) You can quickly make a ring compressor from thin sheet metal and a wide welding-clamp vise grip. (6) Always stagger ring gaps - was not sure if you did.
Absolutely. With realistic expectations, sometimes "Good Enough" truly is good enough. We're not trying to win LeMans right out of the gate here--more proof of concept and shakedown runs than anything, if we understand correctly. This rebuild should be perfectly serviceable for the objective.
Its a shame to see you leave PA for good, but best of luck to you Vince. That new engine being 30 thou over isnt the end of things, you could always re-sleeve the bores and go back to stock. Much cheaper option than a new block if this one decides to quit.
It will run! Congrats on your job after the internship at spaceX! Glad to see even a little more on the roadster, even driving around in the yard is awesome.
Nice to see you back, even if its only for a short interlude. You´re looking very pleased to be back on the roject and spending some quality time with your dad. That Engine is really bad but it will do what is supposed to do, get you round the yard.
Nice to see you back! Never had one of the 2.4 XK's. Done a few 3.4l and 3.8l and a 4.2. and they are all just such beautiful engines. Half the time they are old and sound like a sack of spanners at idle, yet they pull like anything up to 5500, and will quite happily cruise at 100mph for hours on end. For WW2 technology, probably the best car engine in the world. If you have time and the opportunity, run far, far away from the V12. Great from factory, after that, just tears. Yes, it'll run. Can you put an upgraded distributor on? Otherwise, get half a dozen condensers and a few sets of points. They will likely be new old stock, and some will be faulty out the box.
I'm so excited to see this channel active and you turning wrenches on the speedster again. Any videos about it are a treat but if you got it driving that would be the cherry on the cake
There's either something wrong with your camera or something happened during the upload process but there's static across your video every now and then
Great work on the motor, the Jag XJ6 is a masterpiece of engineering. But what I find is unforgiveable is when people take great engines like this, that are running and OK, and then leave them in the weather with not so much as a sheet of tin over the top. Just so unnecessary and avoidable! Anyway you have done a great job of sorting out the neglect. One more thing: don't apologise too much for the 'short cuts' that some of the anal engine builders here in TH-cam might accuse you of. You are, like all of us, building to a budget and not creating something that is for a finnicky high-end customer. Just keep on using what you have, you'll be fine!
It'll run just fine. It might use a bit of oil but you'd be surprised what you can get away with on those older engines. I've gotten away with worse than what you just did. Cold War Motors resurrected some old straight 8s that had been sitting for decades. One of them had water in multiple cylinders. They had to make an adapter and use a hydraulic pump to force one of the pistons up and down so they could get it out. Several of the cylinder walls were terrible and full of deep pitting. They honed it, dropped in a piston and fresh rings and fired it right up. It smoked slightly but it purred like a kitten.
I think she’ll run just fine but you may see a little blue smoke from the exhaust due to pitted cylinder walls. Great to see more progress on the speedster.
So nice to see you back! I have no doubt that the engine will run when you are finished. It may not perform as new, but I am sure it will take you around the yard. 😃
Cool to see you back! It'll run. I think people over think engine building. Especially when it's just a standard old engine, not used for racing or anything. I am no expert but have done a couple now. You just have to think what things have to be perfect so the engine will run and what things can be a bit crappy but it will still work. So worn ring/bores will maybe cause more oil consumption and maybe lost compression but the engine will still work. Similarly the slightly worn crank journals won't stop the thing working. If your oil pump doesn't work or a timing chain breaks then you're dead. Glad you replaced those! Must be nice working on engines where you can fit the piston to the rods and push the lot down from the top! On my Riley 9 the big ends won't fit down the bore so you have to push the rods through from the bottom then get the piston onto the rod then feed the lots back down. It's very fiddly! When you drive the car for the first time you be just as happy with it running on a crappy old engine than a perfectly rebuilt one. You can always do that later.
Congrats on completing your Space X internship. FYI. I’m following along with my own speedster build inspired by your project. My car is currently a roller with a 4.2 Jag engine, Tremec 5 Speed and Jag wire wheels. If I had a way, I would be happy to share some Photos. Thanks so much for sharing your recent progress, and good luck in California.
Are you on Instagram? That's a simple enough platform for photo sharing (despite their current push to emulate TikTok). I'd love to see what you have going! I too have been inspired and purchased a 1960 MGA Coupe--chosen because my dad rally raced a 1956 MGA in 1957-1959. So far I'm only sourcing parts. Plan is to run a Ford Duratec 2.0 with Tremec 5 speed and semi-modern suspension.
I feel like when you have a youtuber who does videos as a side thing when they have a break from work it makes the upload just that much more satasfying
Congratulations! Glad to have you back, i cant wait to see progress with the Speedster again! As for the engine- You might have issues with compression on some cylinders, if the rust managed to eat away enough material in places, but it should definitely run with a bit of help. How well it runs i cant say, but with six cylinders at least two or three of them should fire reliabily provided you got the timing set correctly.
I know that you weren’t going for longevity, but don’t forget that engines can be resleeved back to original OEM bores. Any decent engine machine shop can do that, and any production machine shop can make new sleeves if an appropriate size can’t be found. The rest of that engine should be fine from what you’ve shown us here.
Geez, I scare myself sometimes. I just checked your "community" tab this morning to see if I've missed anything since that last video! Good luck in California, I hope you don't need it. It's not the same state as the one I lived in in the '70s and '80s.
Allot good things ruined by people that just don't know how to store or take care of it, or just let go to some one that cares/or needs more. glad you got the engine, hope you save it, glad back to videos, your work is beyond impeccable.
What a treat to find a new video! I have had great results from backyard rebuilds, on the other hand, not so good. From what I could see in the video, it will start and run. It may have some blowby, but it could still run just fine. Good luck young man!
Did you look into overboring it further and sleeving the cylinders? 2nd, use rubber hose over the connecting rod threads when pushing the piston down over the crank journals. It will save you from scratching up a crank you just had polished. Hope to see the roadster running soon.
Great to have you back..congratulations on the work front have always enjoyed your videos many thanks I have 100% confidence in you two…👍🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😂🤣😂
Is it weird that everytime I hear a new report about SpaceX I wonder if you had a hand in it. Congratulations on your career and looking forward to seeing your little roadster run.
The question is not will it run but will it run decent and for how long? You might end up with an engine that don't smoke if you're lucky or you may not, it's one of those things where we don't know what we don't know. From a few thousand miles away and looking it on the internet, the engine and cylinder walls look good enough to me. If you can make a couch do 25 miles per hour across a grassy field, I'm sure you'll have no problems with this, I have all the faith in you lad, you got this, good luck in your studies, I wish you all the success.
I’m sure you and your Dad will get it running. I’m even more sure that your Dad is happy just spending time with you in the shop before you start the next chapter of your life out west.
So good to see you back at it again mate. Only yesterday I was telling friends about your channel and how I rate it very highly then here you are again! Congrats on the job in Cali 🤙
Hi , many thanks missed your uploads, glad you are back. I would have felt happier with new bearing shells , a few tenths of a thou makes all the difference, but it is your engine and you have hands on as to the condition of the ones you have. Good luck can't wait for next upload, again many thanks for showing us your skills, do not do your self down you have done a super job with the car. From Nr Liverpool.
I recently did the same thing with a 305 Chevy, it was in similar condition, I just took it apart cleaned everything and reassembled it with new gaskets and it’s running strong. I have no doubt that your engine will run just fine.
Don’t forget that a Jaguar has cilinder 1 at flywheel side. For the timing of the camshafts there are little steel tools for sale with a notch that fits in the camshafts.
I had a couple of cylinders that I couldn't get all the rust out of after sitting after a rebore. Hones them and there was still a shadow of the rust. couldn't catch a fingernail or really even feel it. That engine is still running smoke free after 10+ years.
Oh!!! Je suis très heureux de vous retrouvez.
J'ai 80 ans et j'habite à Paris. Je vous suis depuis très très longtemps. J'étais triste de ne plus vous écouter avec attention.
Merci de continuer et vous souhaite de réussir. Bien amicalement.
Congratulations on the new career. Great to see you again 👍🇨🇦
Like an old friend who turns up unexpectedly! Great to see you how ever briefly and good luck in CA!
It might smoke a little but it should run. Glad to see you again.
Always a pleasant surprise to see another MacroMachines upload.
Whewwww I wasn't sure if or when you'd be back. Might have been after you retired, well I'd have been watching you from on High.
My money's on you and your Dad.
pinch me, we might see it drive? been along for the whole ride and i appreciate you trying to give us some closure, you have an exciting future!
That *_is_* the way You get a soaked paperweight delivered off the hook of a tractor back into a working engine.
It's an old Jaguar engine, so tolerances were a function of the weekday, the number of thrown rounds in the pub the other evening, the main builder's state of marriage and the half materials Jag had bought from the neighboring factory, each of which being themselves a function of the same array of random factors ..... so, getting it running was probably the same lottery it was the first time back in Coventry. I do not see why it shouldn't run after Your cleanup - might become an oil-drinker (I think it won't) or not have every single horse present meant to be there helping, but that's why You built Your speedster as light as possible, right .... ?😁 Thanks for sharing! Congrats for the career moves.
It's great to see you and your father spending time together.
Man congratulations! Technology is so amazing these days, I often worry that old knowledge will be forgotten with modern conveniences. You clearly started with everyday machines and thoroughly understand mechanics, I'm not certain this is entirely true for engineers who spend their life behind a keyboard. I hope this doesn't come across patronizing, but your time in Texas has certainly served you well. You have a confidence and self-bearing that we're not there 6 months ago or prior. It's quite blatant to a third party observer, everything from the way you speak to how you carry yourself it exudes confidence without being overbearing. Again no condescension intended, but I can't help but feel proud of you. I'm just a stranger, one who loves manual machining, but I think you have a very impressive future ahead of you. Please try to always get your hands dirty at least once a month or so. No doubt you have been exposed to the enmity between Machinists and engineers, it doesn't need to be this way. The rare times when you find a good match between engineer and Machinist, you quickly develop a shorthand, I think you will find an enormous amount of cooperative help if you make a point of working on the floor from time to time, demonstrating you're not above busting a few knuckles. I've met one or two engineers who are in this habit, those are the few shops I worked in where it was a really positive vibe and innovation was encouraged. It's amazing what we can achieve when we find techniques to set aside egos. I'm a little sad we are not likely to get many future videos, electric aircraft is a fascinating subject but I presume you are heavily hampered with ndas. You've brought me quite a bit of joy watching you create your machines, good luck and be well
What are you talking about with forgetting old knowledge? Knowledge evolves! Every new generation of engineers learns from their predecessors, either directly or by reading the textbooks and articles written by them. There is no lost knowledge at large, it's just that some knowledge is outdated or gets replaced by new approaches. I agree that a good engineer should also build stuff from scratch, especially to get a feel for the stuff they design, but it seems to me that you have a very pessimistic view on the current generation of engineers. I can assure you that this view of yours is pretty scewed, engineers are still learning the (updated) basics that generations before them have learned and most of them still love to build and fix stuff, at least if they really have that engineering mindset. There are tons of young engineers who do exactly what MacroMachines is doing, it's just that YOU don't interact with them and that these people generally are busy building stuff vs posting about it on social media, so you probably think they're a dying breed, but nothing has really changed between these generations: Engineering types still build shit in their garage.
I'm an electrical engineer, just graduated from university, i've build countless devices from scratch over the years. See this CNC mill which i'm currently working on: cncwerk.de/forum/download/file.php?id=12368&mode=view
I'm even desinging and building the servo-drivers: cncwerk.de/forum/download/file.php?id=12320&mode=view cncwerk.de/forum/download/file.php?id=13091&mode=view
Wow so happy to see you back and very happy to hear about the job you snagged in CA doing airplanes, you'll probably end up building one for yourself in the home shop. You are building my dream car because like you I can't afford a Bugatti. If I wasn't 70 I'd use your vids to copy one for myself. Keep at it.
Oh you're destined to be on Leno with this with this build if you move it to Cali you know that right? Congratulations and best of luck with your future it's certainly looking bright and so too it is the electric aviation field.
So happy to hear about your news. The future is looking great for you.
Also, thanks for the update!
"..become an Engineer building electric aeroplanes"! Excellent result and well deserved too.
That engine will run...if you and Dad are building it, it will run.
With all that exciting stuff in your future, don't forget to keep us up to date. It doesn't have to be a build or exciting stuff, just a hello, this is what I am up to (within the contract conditions ofcourse).
So many piston rings! Super cool. Fill it with some Lucas and send it, hahaha. I think it will be fine, honestly.
Nice to see you back and congratulations on your new job! Here are a couple of tips for the next time you take on an expedient engine overhaul. (1) There is nothing wrong with this approach nor any reason to expect that the motor will not last a long time. The compression will be a bit low and it might even smoke a bit, but that is acceptable for this type of work. (2) Your engine did not have a ridge but be careful as removing pistons without addressing the ridge will break piston rings. (3) Lubricate the honing stones. (4) Clean internal engine components with a wire wheel, not a sand blaster. (4) Lubricate the cylinder walls, pistons, and rings before installing pistons. (5) You can quickly make a ring compressor from thin sheet metal and a wide welding-clamp vise grip. (6) Always stagger ring gaps - was not sure if you did.
Engine will run, I have two jags and these engines are bulletproof! Best of luck!
Great to have you back! I have done a few engines in a similar vein that you are taking, usually works out fine, looking forward to hearing it run.
Absolutely. With realistic expectations, sometimes "Good Enough" truly is good enough. We're not trying to win LeMans right out of the gate here--more proof of concept and shakedown runs than anything, if we understand correctly. This rebuild should be perfectly serviceable for the objective.
Its a shame to see you leave PA for good, but best of luck to you Vince.
That new engine being 30 thou over isnt the end of things, you could always re-sleeve the bores and go back to stock. Much cheaper option than a new block if this one decides to quit.
Such a nice suprise to see another upload! Great work as always!
Dude, your raw talent, hotzpah to take on a project like this, and that fact that you are doing this with your Dad is an inspiration to us all.
It will run! Congrats on your job after the internship at spaceX! Glad to see even a little more on the roadster, even driving around in the yard is awesome.
Nice to see you back, even if its only for a short interlude. You´re looking very pleased to be back on the roject and spending some quality time with your dad. That Engine is really bad but it will do what is supposed to do, get you round the yard.
So nice to have you back. Glad all is going well for you and good luck for the future. 👍
Nice to see you back! Never had one of the 2.4 XK's. Done a few 3.4l and 3.8l and a 4.2. and they are all just such beautiful engines. Half the time they are old and sound like a sack of spanners at idle, yet they pull like anything up to 5500, and will quite happily cruise at 100mph for hours on end. For WW2 technology, probably the best car engine in the world.
If you have time and the opportunity, run far, far away from the V12. Great from factory, after that, just tears.
Yes, it'll run. Can you put an upgraded distributor on? Otherwise, get half a dozen condensers and a few sets of points. They will likely be new old stock, and some will be faulty out the box.
I'm so excited to see this channel active and you turning wrenches on the speedster again. Any videos about it are a treat but if you got it driving that would be the cherry on the cake
What a pleasant surprise! I agree with your simple engine overhaul and 'Get it running' plan. Thank you, all the best to you and your Dad.
Good to see you back! Looking forward to seeing the Speedster rolling under its own power.
There's either something wrong with your camera or something happened during the upload process but there's static across your video every now and then
Looks like you all did a good job with what you had. Can't wait to see/hear you fire it off for the first time.
Great to see your post! Also excited for you and your career in California. Cant wait to see you drive that jaunty little jalopy.
Definitely a pleasant surprise to see a new video so soon! Congratulations on the new job out West!
super awesome, love the just, go for it, attitude. I think it'll run far better then just around the yard.
Great work on the motor, the Jag XJ6 is a masterpiece of engineering. But what I find is unforgiveable is when people take great engines like this, that are running and OK, and then leave them in the weather with not so much as a sheet of tin over the top. Just so unnecessary and avoidable! Anyway you have done a great job of sorting out the neglect.
One more thing: don't apologise too much for the 'short cuts' that some of the anal engine builders here in TH-cam might accuse you of. You are, like all of us, building to a budget and not creating something that is for a finnicky high-end customer. Just keep on using what you have, you'll be fine!
Great to see you back on the project. Thank you for taking time to post with all you have going on. Good luck and best wishes from England.
I watch a lot of automotive videos, this might be the most interesting series I’ve seen since Project Binky from BOM!
Awesome to see you back. Congratulations on your internship and future in the aerospace industry.
Good to see you again !, glad space-x was a success and good luck with the electric planes…..very exciting !
Great to see any progress. Thank you for posting the video.
It's wonderful that this great project is continuing. I am very pleased!
It'll run just fine. It might use a bit of oil but you'd be surprised what you can get away with on those older engines. I've gotten away with worse than what you just did.
Cold War Motors resurrected some old straight 8s that had been sitting for decades. One of them had water in multiple cylinders. They had to make an adapter and use a hydraulic pump to force one of the pistons up and down so they could get it out. Several of the cylinder walls were terrible and full of deep pitting. They honed it, dropped in a piston and fresh rings and fired it right up. It smoked slightly but it purred like a kitten.
Glad to see you back! Exciting future ahead of you. Thanks for taking the time to end us another video!
I think she’ll run just fine but you may see a little blue smoke from the exhaust due to pitted cylinder walls. Great to see more progress on the speedster.
So nice to see you back! I have no doubt that the engine will run when you are finished. It may not perform as new, but I am sure it will take you around the yard. 😃
Cool to see you back! It'll run. I think people over think engine building. Especially when it's just a standard old engine, not used for racing or anything. I am no expert but have done a couple now. You just have to think what things have to be perfect so the engine will run and what things can be a bit crappy but it will still work. So worn ring/bores will maybe cause more oil consumption and maybe lost compression but the engine will still work. Similarly the slightly worn crank journals won't stop the thing working. If your oil pump doesn't work or a timing chain breaks then you're dead. Glad you replaced those! Must be nice working on engines where you can fit the piston to the rods and push the lot down from the top! On my Riley 9 the big ends won't fit down the bore so you have to push the rods through from the bottom then get the piston onto the rod then feed the lots back down. It's very fiddly! When you drive the car for the first time you be just as happy with it running on a crappy old engine than a perfectly rebuilt one. You can always do that later.
Congrats on completing your Space X internship. FYI. I’m following along with my own speedster build inspired by your project.
My car is currently a roller with a 4.2 Jag engine, Tremec 5 Speed and Jag wire wheels. If I had a way, I would be happy to share some
Photos. Thanks so much for sharing your recent progress, and good luck in California.
Are you on Instagram? That's a simple enough platform for photo sharing (despite their current push to emulate TikTok). I'd love to see what you have going!
I too have been inspired and purchased a 1960 MGA Coupe--chosen because my dad rally raced a 1956 MGA in 1957-1959. So far I'm only sourcing parts. Plan is to run a Ford Duratec 2.0 with Tremec 5 speed and semi-modern suspension.
I feel like when you have a youtuber who does videos as a side thing when they have a break from work it makes the upload just that much more satasfying
Wow, didn't expect to see you back today! Truly a blessing! Cheers!
It's great to have you back. Thanks for putting up another video.
Great to see you back making content for this channel which means we get to see more of this amazing build, great job on the engine
Congratulations! Glad to have you back, i cant wait to see progress with the Speedster again!
As for the engine- You might have issues with compression on some cylinders, if the rust managed to eat away enough material in places, but it should definitely run with a bit of help. How well it runs i cant say, but with six cylinders at least two or three of them should fire reliabily provided you got the timing set correctly.
Good to see you are still with us.
She’ll run just fine, its not like it will get revved to the moon or be looking for 1000 bhp. 🤣👍🏼 great to see you back 👌🏼
Great to see you back. Your talents are in demand and you are making a great start in your working career.
Right on it’s so awesome to see you back 😀 Awesome video really enjoyed it thanks so much and congratulations on your new job in California . 😀
I know that you weren’t going for longevity, but don’t forget that engines can be resleeved back to original OEM bores. Any decent engine machine shop can do that, and any production machine shop can make new sleeves if an appropriate size can’t be found. The rest of that engine should be fine from what you’ve shown us here.
Great to see you back! Now I’m really excited. I thought you were gone for good!
So cool that you're just seeing what you can do with what you have. Chapeau!
Geez, I scare myself sometimes. I just checked your "community" tab this morning to see if I've missed anything since that last video! Good luck in California, I hope you don't need it. It's not the same state as the one I lived in in the '70s and '80s.
It is great to see you back again. congratulations on your future job.
Allot good things ruined by people that just don't know how to store or take care of it, or just let go to some one that cares/or needs more. glad you got the engine, hope you save it, glad back to videos, your work is beyond impeccable.
Great to see you back at it! I’m betting it’ll run!
Of course it will run! I rebuilt quite a few engines or dissembled and cleaned and reassembled in your method and they ran fine for years!
What a treat to find a new video! I have had great results from backyard rebuilds, on the other hand, not so good. From what I could see in the video, it will start and run. It may have some blowby, but it could still run just fine. Good luck young man!
Good to see you back on the project and glad the career is on a good start.
Did you look into overboring it further and sleeving the cylinders? 2nd, use rubber hose over the connecting rod threads when pushing the piston down over the crank journals. It will save you from scratching up a crank you just had polished. Hope to see the roadster running soon.
Great to see you again. Glad your career is coming to life. Super episode
Congrats on the new job!! Love your videos!!
GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK HOME AND ON THE JAG ENGINE
Great to have you back..congratulations on the work front have always enjoyed your videos many thanks I have 100% confidence in you two…👍🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😂🤣😂
Is it weird that everytime I hear a new report about SpaceX I wonder if you had a hand in it. Congratulations on your career and looking forward to seeing your little roadster run.
HOLA fiera, un gusto volver a verte, saludos desde La Plata, Argentina.
Looking forward to seeing you enjoy the first drive in this thing.
Good to see you back, 👍. That was a very sensible way to rebuild that engine, looking forward to seeing more videos.
So great to see another video! I truly didn’t expect to see anymore progress as you embarked on your future. Sounds like you’re doing well 👍
im so glad that I randomly searched your channel. I didn't realize you made a new speedster video.
F*ck yeah..we are still here! 👌
Great to have you back man, and so exciting to see if it will run! 😊👍🏻
The question is not will it run but will it run decent and for how long? You might end up with an engine that don't smoke if you're lucky or you may not, it's one of those things where we don't know what we don't know. From a few thousand miles away and looking it on the internet, the engine and cylinder walls look good enough to me. If you can make a couch do 25 miles per hour across a grassy field, I'm sure you'll have no problems with this, I have all the faith in you lad, you got this, good luck in your studies, I wish you all the success.
What a nice, unexpected treat for my Monday morning.
Great to see you back. Glad to hear you're career is moving forward too. Thanks for the new video.
IDK if any damage occured (or wasn't corrected) but oil is req'd when honing, or the stones can load-up.
It did look like they'd used oil when they wiped the cylinder wall afterwards, hard to tell for sure 🤷🏻♂️
@@kiesh. the stones were dry & there was no slinging while they were honing
We put plenty of oil on them
Hey happy to see a new video!! I hope your new job is going well!
So good to see you back!
Just do what you can do!!!!
New career sounds awesome.....
Congrats on your career building a better future! Engine looks sweet, I'd say send her!
It WILL RUN !!!!! Good to see you.
Brilliant to see you back on the case! Fingers crossed for a good outcome
I’m sure you and your Dad will get it running.
I’m even more sure that your Dad is happy just spending time with you in the shop before you start the next chapter of your life out west.
Absolutely! Invaluable time that can never be taken away!!
So good to see you back at it again mate. Only yesterday I was telling friends about your channel and how I rate it very highly then here you are again! Congrats on the job in Cali 🤙
Hi , many thanks missed your uploads, glad you are back. I would have felt happier with new bearing shells , a few tenths of a thou makes all the difference, but it is your engine and you have hands on as to the condition of the ones you have. Good luck can't wait for next upload, again many thanks for showing us your skills, do not do your self down you have done a super job with the car. From Nr Liverpool.
Can’t wait until you finish that speedster man you’re going places dude
Could you sleeve the cylinders if you need to? Can't wait to see it running
I recently did the same thing with a 305 Chevy, it was in similar condition, I just took it apart cleaned everything and reassembled it with new gaskets and it’s running strong. I have no doubt that your engine will run just fine.
welcome back, no ring compressor is a pain in the butt. i never use white grease it turns to glue after a short while.
Super suprise to see you back , much missed, here in england.
Don’t forget that a Jaguar has cilinder 1 at flywheel side.
For the timing of the camshafts there are little steel tools for sale with a notch that fits in the camshafts.
Good to see you back for now!
Very glad to see you post some videos. You will have to find some shop space to continue your projects at your new home location.
I had a couple of cylinders that I couldn't get all the rust out of after sitting after a rebore. Hones them and there was still a shadow of the rust. couldn't catch a fingernail or really even feel it. That engine is still running smoke free after 10+ years.
Dude, you're one of my favorite channels. I selfishly wish made your living in youtube, so I wouldn't have to wait so long between vids