S3 or S3C

[Podie]

Rower said:

Psychobert said: Is yours old enough to not need them for the MOT? I'd been thinking about how much hassle it might be to have to put them back each time as I know some others do, (never heard of that on an S though).. Cats were only mandatory after 1993, so hook 'em out.I gather their removel produces another 10 BHP.

get 'em out!

[haggishead]

mine are getting the heave over the winter!

[WildfireS3]

Psychobert said:

Lovely shiny chassis you have there BTW .

Cheers. Also is still shiny as I covered it in Waxoyl and then it all melted off!

Also many thanks to all, for helping me. I have no acertained that I have an S3. No C. But I do have a lot of options so LSD? Who knows? Will get someone to check eventually.

Next thing is to get a hood cover then ss latches. from Leven.

[yellabelly]

Podie said:

Rower said: Psychobert said: Is yours old enough to not need them for the MOT? I'd been thinking about how much hassle it might be to have to put them back each time as I know some others do, (never heard of that on an S though).. Cats were only mandatory after 1993, so hook 'em out.I gather their removel produces another 10 BHP. get 'em out!

Very nearly a n-b/b-lls/t-ts joke there Podie my lad

[Podie]

yellabelly said:

Podie said: Rower said: Psychobert said: Is yours old enough to not need them for the MOT? I'd been thinking about how much hassle it might be to have to put them back each time as I know some others do, (never heard of that on an S though).. Cats were only mandatory after 1993, so hook 'em out.I gather their removel produces another 10 BHP. get 'em out! Very nearly a n-b/b-lls/t-ts joke there Podie my lad

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[haggishead]

haggishead said:

mine is an S3C and doesn't have hydraulic tappets - I don't think any of the 2.8 or 2.9 Ford V6 engines had hydraulic tappets throughout the life of the Granada / Scorpio...?

Note that the above post has subsequently been demonstrated to be a pile of slavering pi5h... the 2.9 engine with catalysts DID in fact have hydraulic tappets, as confirmed by TVRMark (Thanks mate) so now I have to reset mine because I adjusted them didn't I?

D'oh!

[WildfireS3]

I hated doing tappets on my mini! Can't wit to do them on the V6! Not! Can you tell ifyou have hydraulic tappet?

[tvrmark]

Not that I know the adjusters look the same in both engines. You might be able to tell from the engine number Ford might be able to help

I found that as soon as I tried to adjust mine something was wrong, I couldn't get the gap right.

Mark

[haggishead]

Me too... I thought something was wrong when I adjusted mine, seemed a lot harder than my old 2.9 Granada!

I have just been re-setting mine, but it got dark before I got the rocker covers back on. Won't get back to it till Wednesday now - Hope it works...

There is no way to tell visually - the hydraulics are way down inside the block, the top end is identical to the old type.

Agree with Mark - the engine number may tell...

[sharpy]

Steve Heath has some information on his website, www.tvrbooks.co.uk, regarding which S3c engine numbers have the hydraulic lifters. Just follow the update buttons for the S bible. IIRC all S3c's after VIN numbers ending in 11340 have the solid lifters, therefore hydraullic lifters on S3c's are the exception rather than the rule.

Hope this is of some help,

Dave S

[DustyC]

Bloody hell, what a saga!
Thanks for sorting that lot out. Makes my life easier!

When it comes to driving is there much of a difference between the S3 and S3C?
Does that extra bit of torque help any? The LSD improve cornering?

Anyone compared them?