intercepter FF on copart

[colin2296fs]

http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventI...

shame to see one of my lottery cars on a site like this, but hopefully it gets a good new home, did someone on here not see the aftermath of this somewhere?

[Carsie]

This isn't the one that had the accident at the M11/Duxfordjunction is it?

Shame for the owner but at least it'll stand a good chance of a rebuild.

[tog]

Carsie said:

Shame for the owner but at least it'll stand a good chance of a rebuild.

I'm sure that will be rebuilt. I bent my Bristol far more (Cat C in fact) )and it was still fixable.

[RB CV8]

Carsie said:

This isn't the one that had the accident at the M11/Duxfordjunction is it?

That car was an Interceptor Mk1; it has been repaired and is back out at shows winning prizes.

[anonymous-user]

Pedantry corner: an FF is not an Interceptor!

[Yertis]

The Interceptor is a sort of poverty-spec. FF isn't it.

[anonymous-user]

That's one way of looking at it! They are usually the same inside, but the Ff is a bit longer, has two vents on each side of the engine bay, and, of course, has four wheel drive and anti lock brakes.

[Yertis]

Our next door neighbour drove an Interceptor for a while, in the early '70s. How I wanted that car. MPG puts me off now though. Could they be re-engined with an LS-series I wonder?

[anonymous-user]

There are some around with more modern Dodge and Chrysler engines, and four or five speed autoboxes, which claim figures in the 20s. An original car will do not much more than about 16 mpg on a run, and often below single figures in town, so petrol is an issue, but an Interceptor is such fun that I put up with this.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 29th October 15:46

[Yertis]

Plus, of course, the cost of re-engining is never going to be recovered in fuel savings, so it's a silly idea.

[roscobbc]

Yertis said:

Our next door neighbour drove an Interceptor for a while, in the early '70s. How I wanted that car. MPG puts me off now though. Could they be re-engined with an LS-series I wonder?

I had a 454 BB Chevy 'stroked' out to 489 cu in (8 ltr) and aftermarket ally heads in my Vette. The engine was built-up for me by John Sleath. At that time the only engine John had dyno'd that developed more torque than my engine (565 ft lbs 528 bhp) was a stroker 440 cu in Mopar (496 cu in) destined I think for a Jensen - this had something like 580 ft lbs of torque and 545 bhp. Mine is fractionally better on mileage than the old 427 cu in (at 14/15 mpg cruise) - take the plunge and add good fuel injection and an easy 18, possibly 20 mpg or more is perfectly feasible IF you choose a sensible cam and smaller port high velocity heads and possibly a 'lock-up' od auto box - remember torque is your friend!

Edited by roscobbc on Monday 29th October 17:39

[Humper]

Wow! Had a wee look round that Copart site, the Jensen is listed under "Classics", i tried clicking "Classics" and was amazed at the 3rd on the list!!!!

http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?criteri...

[SV8Predator]

Breadvan72 said:

There are some around with more modern Dodge and Chrysler engines, and four or five speed autoboxes,

Never heard of this before. Care to elaborate?

[Hooli]

Humper said:

Wow! Had a wee look round that Copart site, the Jensen is listed under "Classics", i tried clicking "Classics" and was amazed at the 3rd on the list!!!!

http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?criteri...

I'm not sure they understand the concept of 'classic'

[anonymous-user]

SV8Predator said:

Breadvan72 said:

There are some around with more modern Dodge and Chrysler engines, and four or five speed autoboxes,

Never heard of this before. Care to elaborate?

I am thinking mainly of the R and S versions offered by Cropredy Bridge, but I have heard talk of some owner swaps as well. I was offered a 4 speed auto swap by a local American car specialist that also does Bristols and Jensens, but it would have cost more than i wanted to spend.

My memory was incorrect as to the engine sources. The S uses a modern GM engine:-

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/2176...

[amstrange1]

roscobbc said:

I had a 454 BB Chevy 'stroked' out to 489 cu in (8 ltr) and aftermarket ally heads in my Vette. The engine was built-up for me by John Sleath. At that time the only engine John had dyno'd that developed more torque than my engine (565 ft lbs 528 bhp) was a stroker 440 cu in Mopar (496 cu in) destined I think for a Jensen - this had something like 580 ft lbs of torque and 545 bhp. Mine is fractionally better on mileage than the old 427 cu in (at 14/15 mpg cruise) - take the plunge and add good fuel injection and an easy 18, possibly 20 mpg or more is perfectly feasible IF you choose a sensible cam and smaller port high velocity heads and possibly a 'lock-up' od auto box - remember torque is your friend!

John built a couple of bored and stroked engines for Jensens, think my old man's was the first he did. By the time it'd had EFI fitted it was something like 585lb/ft and 485bhp on his engine dyno. Makes less in the car as it's still on the atrocious stock headers, so I've taken a lot of ignition timing out the map to stop it detting.
He gets 18mpg quite regularly from it, though I've managed worse on the few occasions I've driven it.