Crispy Crouton

Thanks it was a labour of love for sure! I actually have another XJ900F lurking at the back of the garage which I’m going to restyle. When I did the first one I doubled up on some things like the wire wheel conversion, so some of the expense on project two has already been incurred. I just need to decide how far I want to go with the second one. Cheers, Shaun

Hi All Hopefully this is the right place to post this subject. I've just joined YOC having just finished a complete restyle of a 1991 XJ900F. Having worked on this, and another one I'm just starting on, it's become apparent that finding a set of low mileage, low wear barrels is almost an impossibility. Pistons too. So I have just spoken to a piston supplier here in the UK. Very helpful. They can make brand new standard bore 58L cylinder liners for around £70 per liner incl VAT. To make it viable at that cost they would need to make a minimum of 10 engine sets. Well, I shall want two. They can also fit the liners, bore and hone - I think the person I spoke to said that bit would be at no extra cost, but I'd have to check. Additionally they can make the pistons in STD and plus .5mm. They would need to make a minimum of 25 engine sets. They gave a figure of £200-250 per complete piston engine set which would include the rings. If anyone is interested please let me know: [email protected] I won't be making anything financially out of this, it's just that if people are interested then it makes manufactruring the liners and pistons more viable and therefore cheaper. Regards, Shaun