OT - No PC - carbon fiber C-type body arrived today, *Update* Car is DONE!! Lotsa pics.... Options

[Scott S]

Hi All –
Thought some might find this interesting – pretty excited.

We are doing a jag C-type replica. It is pretty exact, being built off of the factory blue prints. Initially, the upper half of the body and the clamshells were going to be fiberglass, as having them done in aluminum would more than double the cost of the build.

About a month ago we received a call from the builder that he had a pal in the aerospace field who really wanted to branch out into doing some car stuff with carbon fiber. After many discussions, he said he would recreate the body for our C-type. The molds were shipped out last month. The body was delivered yesterday!

It weighs less than a third of the fiberglass body. If the layup lines were a bit better, I would almost think about not painting it. The lower half of the body/passenger compartment will still be aluminum.

[Scott S]

Hi John -
It is a 3.4L, punched 40 over, using series 3 XJ cams. All other internals are C-Type “correct” and fully polished as per the original. Approx 9.5:1 comp, triple 45’s and a lightened flywheel, wet sump. At sea level, the motor dyno’d at 340hp. The original cars maxed at 220hp

Here is a picture of the nearly completed chassis. The only deviations from stock are the two upright blades at the cowl (needed for the non-stock body) and the brake calipers/system and pedal cluster. We are hoping to do some machining on the pedals to at least make them the correct shape. Notice we already had the Wilwood logos machined off of the calipers. Finding the correct 1953 calipers on for the first car to use disc brakes at Lemans was simply not going to happen.

The one bummer about the car is that it has two doors – which is totally wrong for the cars that ran Lemans – they only had a driver side door. The molds for this body were taken off of the red 1953 Mille Miglia car which had the two door set up. -