We bought a rare straight-six engine for £1!

[@Drivetribe]

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[@spicybecca4899]

Save the engine! Stick it in Olivia ;)

[@TrulyAmazingFeats]

Put it in a hot rod style Mk 2. That's the answer. Proper gangster stuff.

[@excim89]

Save it!

[@pascalharris1]

Save it. You thought it was a racing engine - so restore it as a racing engine and build a little single seater, track only, racing car with it.

[@shadowizardgovernment]

i double triple dare you to put it in an ascona

[@CreamAle]

Tom is an absolute gems, no matter which channel he's showing up on. True character.

[@Okurka.]

Can't say the same about Mike.

[@CreamAle]

@@Okurka. You can. Mike is a top notch fella. Your comment history on the other hand.. rather negative and yet you still show up. Rather odd behavior if you ask me.

[@Okurka.]

@@CreamAle YT is weird; it somehow recommended this video. I didn't watch it as I saw it was with Mike. I only read the comments of cringy fanbois like you. Rather odd behavior to check my comment history; obsessed much?

[@CreamAle]

@@Okurka. Didn't watch but still felt compelled to talk trash. Absolute joy of a person. Take care my dude.

[@Okurka.]

@@CreamAle So you didn't watch it either?

[@1969Risky]

Tom is a brilliant guy. I love how he gives his time to automotive channels. If that engine can't be saved, at least turn it into a coffee table & give it to Tom as a present for his office.

[@iubalum2013]

shades of classic Top Gear 🫡👊

[@PuzzleVizion_TV]

Sadly it's obscured by the 50% of the video showing his face and talking nonsense and babling about. I just wanted to see the engine ffs

[@4RingsRetro]

​@@PuzzleVizion_TVWhat do you mean? What more of the engine do you need to see? It's wrecked. Toms expressions are far more interesting!

[@blockbertus]

@@PuzzleVizion_TV You are talking about Mike, aren't you?!

[@scooby45247]

as long as the block isnt cracked, it can and should be rescued..

[@KayoMichiels]

15:54 "A well worn engine that had just been sat outside" BMW F1 engine engineers in the mid 80's : *HEAVY BREATHING*

[@tiagobelo4965]

could you explain?

[@KayoMichiels]

@@tiagobelo4965 In the mid 80's, BMW bought back old and worn M10 engine blocks, let them out to 'weather' at their factory before they were modified for use in Formula 1 with over 1200bhp in qualifying trim... the reason they had to be old and worn engines is by the time they were tuning them, the stresses of casting would have been worn out of the block and they would have been stronger..

[@mikehipperson]

@@KayoMichiels The mechanics also used to 'relieve' themselves on the blocks!

[@Booka3141]

Sadly just a myth, not sure how it came about though.

[@kristoffer3000]

@@mikehipperson According to myth

[@EdK911]

Rebuild it!)) We need more content to watch!))

[@Hondaep2turboowners]

Yes😊

[@surajbalajr.4016]

2:03 that "1 POUND! 1 POUND" Audio brought back so many memories. 🥺❤️

[@ashtondimovski7074]

It’s a Jaaaaag - of course you should save it. Perhaps it won’t happen, but I always wondered how an XK would perform with a AJ16 - manual conversion, XK chassis and body, adding in the S/C AJ16? Excellent fun. I mean, if you could FIT them, that would be nearly the perfect recipe for an F-Type too. The perfect version would be an Ingenium straight six, but an AJ16 would be fascinating in there too.

[@AndrewKay-fg1bj]

10:37 Put it in an MX5? Isn’t that your normal first reaction? 😂

[@dlbuffmovie]

Haha.

[@IvoTrausch]

I was gonna say, how about that Suzuki Cappuccino?

[@markwalton8644]

Thought this then then thought about all the other V10 MX5 projects 😂. Not going to happen 😢

[@RolandDrehtRaeder]

Just wanted to say the same: save it and put it in an MX5 :D

[@LFTW89]

Early XJS convertible

[@Chilled_Mackers]

Haha, Tom Lenthal is superb "Yeah, yeah - I think she'll fire straight up."

[@taponespantapajaritos3937]

love watching this guy take apart engines. more please

[@jamesguschke9338]

During my attendance at a Tennessee, USA state public school, my auto mechanics teacher told us about so many dangerous tricks that I now see in this video. If he had not mentioned kicking, adding another wrench, or a pipe on a ratchet, I may have never learned these clever tricks. Thanks Mr. Jackson

[@BRED510]

Rebuild it. Love the Tom Lenthall content!

[@zeddist7472]

Yes! Please rebuild it and please let us be part of the technical journey. I think there really isn’t enough content about restoring old and broken engines out there.

[@benobrien7110]

Go full tilt and lighten the crank fly wheel rack cams the works, sleeve the block if you can. Same the hardship of boring it out past the corrosion ❤

[@CROSSBOWMAN1470]

I think a MK 3 Ford Capri would suit that engine perfectly. It will have the amazing sound with the stunning looks.

[@mikoyangurovich]

worst take in automotive history

[@katsaras1]

Restore it.. then find a 1£ chassis and body, restore that one too and then put 1 and 1 together to make 2

[@scaree2496]

Put on a bigger super charger, make it a real hotrod engine!

[@paulwilliams7816]

You could probably get away with putting smaller pullies on it and make more boost that way rather spending more money on a bigger one

[@simongroot7147]

@@paulwilliams7816 No you cannot. The supercharger is already driven at 2.5 times crank speed, meaning at 5000 engine RPM it is already at the speed limit of the supercharger. At this speed the supercharger efficiency is falling dramatically. All it does is heat the air and consume more crankshaft power, the opposite of what you need. It is only a 90 cubic inch unit and a 4.0l engine stretches it right to the end of the performance envelope. The only way to make more power is a bigger unit. The V8 supercharger is 112 cubic inches displacement.

[@cliveharrop1924]

Try and beat Greg Parsons in Australia who managed to get 576hp from his AJ16 rebuild and upgrades. What a legend.

[@louisjones2653]

If it's Jaguar, it deserves to be rebuilt, simple! (Plus more Tom Lenthal content)

[@janpruijser8649]

Tom, does Alex know you're cheating on him?

[@Drivetribe]

😂

[@bjarneanmarkrud8187]

Of course save it and see how much power you can get out of it! Its a large engine, so wont fit that easily into a lot of engine bays, so stick it in an old jag, like tom did with his XJC. And those AJ16S engines are a lot more rare than people think - they only made 6547 XJRs, and i would guess a lot of them has been scrapped by now.

[@ExMachinaEngineering]

10:34 A Caterham 7... Obviously, it has to be a 7...

[@stevelee5724]

This engine in a 7 would be spot on mate !😅 Yeeha

[@chrishenniker5944]

I’m more inclined towards a late forties to mid fifties Dodge pickup or Plymouth saloon.

[@deezhutts]

@@chrishenniker5944Trying to find one in the U.K. for less than £10000 will be near impossible.

[@chrishenniker5944]

@@deezhutts it’d make an excellent hot rod engine, regardless of cost. Why so expensive though?

[@deezhutts]

@@chrishenniker5944Virtually none of those were in the U.K. in the first place, and those who have them aren’t selling. The only somewhat viable option is shipping one over.

[@77BenWells]

Love it. Anything is possible. I bought a Chevy Corvair engine (air cooled flat 6) which was pretty much the same. Had sat in the corner of a barn for 20 yrs. Wouldnt turn over by hand, had to split the nuts holding the heads on as it was winding out the head studs....and when i did get the heads off, it was full of sludge and corn....and then i whacked a main bearing seat drifting out a stuck piston 🙈🙈🙈 But she lived......and ran like a champ in my beach buggy. Anything is possible.

[@BrettSirrell]

So where’s the conclusion video??? That’s the annoying thing about this channel, no continuity 😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@mariobarron1520]

It's now September and still no follow up

[@twinscrollturbo-k5g]

These guys need to watch mighty car mods or something and get that people want to watch a series!

[@heathcornbeef]

Back in the early eighties when i was a teenager my dad had a 1951 Bristol 401 it had a 2ltr straight six with triple carbs i can still hear the induction sound of that engine it was AWESOME

[@CalumRaasay]

Get it into a jimny!

[@hilarypool9203]

Save it! I'm so looking forward to following this build. I bought a 1995 Jaguar XJR 17 years ago which I still own and drive to this day. It it has this exact engine in it. I've always wondered what kind of potential the engine has but nobody really does much with them.

[@rot_be6u332]

Do you own a jaguar xjr from like an xj40 but the sport version? Cause I have a jaguar xjr 1991 and in there is an AJ6 4.0L and this is an AJ16.

[@soriddosuneko]

So is there gonna be another video about it?

[@rossbrumby1957]

Easy to get that spinning over- just give each cylinder a quick hone while the pistons are down then it can turn over enough to hone the next 2 cylinders.

[@MdSaiful-bt1my]

It's a Yes from me to restore that engine and I love to do this kind of work

[@Cyemese]

I'm 3 months late but I would love to see a rebuild on this engine. If not, turn it into an art piece/furniture.

[@alferro3149]

Nice one! I think you should save it and build a XJC restomod

[@pauldupre2269]

Love Tom. He's the kinda Geezer ya need in your life!

[@Fenrasulfr]

I would say depending on your budget for the build, try it. I imagine that both the head and block will need a machine work, so I can't imagine it being cheap.

[@kingahockeypro3388]

I had bought myself a 1996 XJ6 when i was 20. I loved how the AJ6 would purr when i would put my foot down. Im 23 now and i kind of miss it. I might actually buy it back after watching this video 😂

[@whos-your-mate]

Great engine! I used to remove the bonnet, throw a blanket over the wing and replace the head gasket in a day. You can sit on the wings with your feet in the engine bay!

[@BoyeeSmudger]

Having that amount of space is a DREAM! Mini owner 😢

[@whos-your-mate]

@@BoyeeSmudger I concur 😂👍

[@nigelpipe8933]

Yes save it. I was a Motor Mechanic for 25+ years & loved to do rebuilds on old stuff like that, So give it a chance to run free again guys :)

[@Craig-wp3pz]

Please be classy, and put it in a Mk ten with a manual 'box Grace, Space , and PACE 😊 🚗 ⚙ 📦 😃

[@mbak7801]

The important parts look fine. Standard bearings are a plus. If they had been +40 thou then it would be a different beast. As long as the block is not porous then rebuild it. It should scrub up fine.

[@markwheeler4417]

That engine has great potential... as a coffee table.

[@Ashfielder]

I’ve got a 4.0 AJ16 in my XJ6, it’s a lovely motor. Smooth, powerful, sounds lovely. Shame the rest of the car keeps breaking.

[@PuzzleVizion_TV]

I WANT TO SEE THE ENGINE, NOT THEIR FACES!!

[@_whyte.woods_1256]

Knowing how England likes to switch between imperial and metric, I'm curious which system Jaguar used on these engines

[@alexandrecouture2462]

I did a head gasket job on mine last week and I can confirm they use both.

[@alexandrecouture2462]

I did a head gasket job on mine last week and I can confirm they use both.

[@billymanilli]

I won a Ford 2300 lima engine on ebay for 99 cents once! lol I actually felt bad, tbh... I drove down to get it (came out of an IMMACULATE but totaled 40k mile Ranger) and the guy had it all wrapped up in plastic, strapped to a pallet, and even gently loaded right into the bed of my truck with his forklift. That thing was CLEAN!!!.. and had EVERYTHING on it... flexplate to fan / throttle body to oil pan. I used the block to rebuild a turbo 2.3 out of a Turbocoupe and put it in my ex's first car (Scarlet Red '87 Mustang 5 speed coupe)

[@kuseetha.]

Yes Mike, do it up. We all love engines❤

[@lee_saylor]

FIX THIS ENGINE! What a great way to teach people who are interested about what a rebuild can do, what it looks like from the ground up and it gives a great example of why it is important to take care of and do engine maintenance.

[@TurtleSodadrives]

Tom Lenthal, you legend!

[@jamesmasin159]

Finally a video of AJ16 dissasembly on the whole of internet... 🎉 and even AJ16S, perfect. But it's a shame it's so rusted out, because there is less to be seen under the brown crud. Offtopic: where would you recommend to add extra oil pressure and oil temperature sensors on these? (I am doing it on mine right now)

[@TheAgwarn]

Stop wasting poor Toms valuable time and turn it into a coffee table ☕️

[@MFArNAKAMSHENGU]

Now i hope it runs

[@sianwarwick633]

Tom has many minions

[@silvix3137]

honestly 1 pound for that supercharger alone is all i would need. It's massive

[@thecluckanator]

£500 secondhand a sub nose Eaton 90

[@RobertJW]

I'd turn it into a coffee table.

[@CLOCKCHASER2222]

I’d connect it to a bean grinder and milk frother to make the coffee for the table

[@inhouseshow]

😂😂

[@scottya138]

Waiting for Hammond to chime in and say “what could possibly go wrong?” 😂😂😂

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

Rebuild it!!

[@mndlessdrwer]

You'll need to spend several hundred pounds to either get the cams replaced or cleaned, re-welded, re-profiled, heat treated, and precision ground. Plus a couple hundred quid on cam sprockets, pulleys, and other consumable items. All in all, you should be into that engine for less than 1500 pounds for parts, not including labor. For a relatively uncommon and potent straight six, that's not really too bad.

[@notesonwheels]

it is a table. not an engine.

[@williamparnell5417]

That engine has had no respect, they even built a housing estate over its birth place. Plesase give it some love and bring it back to life.

[@petetofani4896]

This engine has been sitting outside in the UK weather for who knows how long. What shape did you expect it to be in? I think you did over pay.

[@CallumRaces]

Right, let's guess the number of original components once this engine is running. My guess: zero.

[@BritishBeeMan]

But will it blend?

[@Hitperson]

don't breathe this!

[@cb7pwn]

to have near unlimited funds AND time, THATS when working on cars is actually enjoyable

[@stevo63n]

Make it the Race Engine you thought you’d bought.Full on rebuild with extra ponies.Make it look like that sexy XJC unit.That’s one fine looking motor.

[@henningklaveness7082]

As a marine mechanic I've seen far worse, many times. Should you save it? For your own sake no, but I'd love to watch you do it.

[@cme2cau]

You got a block, a crank and a set of rods for £1. I call that a bargain.

[@dennisbreeveld6842]

Absolutely rebuild it and see how deep the Rabbit Hole goes

[@colinduncan1530]

First thing you should do is book all the parts into a dry ice cleaning process, like Tavarish has done on his flood-damaged P1, especially if you want it to look anything like new. Steam cleaning might be good, but it's nothing like dry ice cleaning.

[@atadams77]

It can be done. Can't wait to see the whole series of it from junk to running. Next time get some cheater bars to remove those stubborn bolts. Whole thing reminds me of the Haggerty rebuild videos on YT here. Go check them out!

[@chada1030]

Never thought I'd get excited about an engine rebuild but since I had an old XJR with this engine, I'm invested! 😊

[@Thrillrider10]

I think you guys should save it. Considering how long it sat outside with the cams exposed, the internals could have actually taken a lot worse damage than that. They were really just dirty and corroded, as it stands right now, and both of those can be fixed.

[@tomjoseph1444]

I pulled an AMC 401 out of the mud in a junk yard. It was bad but, built it and it would turn low 11's in my AMX

[@miserablew1zrd916]

Man, after watching this video and thinking how stupid I was when I had a blown head gasket at 17 and sold the car. I had no experience at the time and have since learned but this really brought me back to being young and naive about what you can restore on a vehicle.

[@mini696]

What should you do? Bin it. What will you do? Overspend and rebuild, and I'm here for it.

[@danold6443]

Full rebuild, don't worry about cost as you will not make that back. Save the old girl!

[@QuickSplashVideo-rm2kh]

It was sitting outside for a reason so it's probably worn out as he said. Rebuild it stock and find a nice old Jag for it.

[@MEchanicAL_LSTAR]

Yes, save it. Have the smallest cog make a frame like a caterham style, slap it in and have some fun with it.

[@eddiemiller9000]

put a 50p panda front window on the block, sell it for £2 as a coffee table, 50p profit. sorted

[@Chrisy-zt2hs]

Superb video myfriend 🎉 the big chap knows what he's doing eh😊, learning a few tricks myself from him 😊 respect from Glasgow brother 🎉😊

[@Irebuild-wo9ep]

Rebuild it this a piece of art we all need to save these engines and old classic cars as the ones made these days do not compare they don't have soul we need to show the next generation what an engine really was😅

[@markhughes7844]

Irn Bru Toothpaste!! 😂😂😂 As both an old Irn Bru kid ( for real, I was an Irn Bru kid ! ) and an avid watcher of all things Drivetribe this cracked me up. You have to get that beast back to life and get it in something cool. Maybe an MGB raceish car to rival the cogs or a sleeper ? Thanks for the videos, they do brighten my days.

[@dancollier9837]

If this engine was so special there's got to be a reason a jaguar specialist left it outside 🤔

[@kev231184]

This is the content car throttle have lost that us normal car blokes love! Where is part 2

[@Stuntman175]

Put that engine in a Series 3 E-Type (a lot cheaper than the Series 1 & 2), manual swap it and build it into a race car from the 60's, but with an 80's twist. Think kinda like 60's GT racing mixed with 80's Touring Cars.

[@kinkong1961]

The engine is saveable either rebore or changing the liners regrind the crank with some oversized shells new high-flow oil pump racing pistons port the head and high lift cams then you will have a racing engine clean up the super-charger or get a recon one you could easily get 500 bhp out of her maybe a lot more depending on how much money you want to spend like putting a holley ECU system on it bigger injectors run it on methanol or capable of dual fuels petrol or methanol only for racing not for road of course it all depends how far you want to go with it having built jag engines in the past they are nice easy engines to mess around with so have fun whilst making some big horse power out of her.

[@ashleyphotog]

Cleetus McFarland would be pround of that Forklift work!

[@ferglesnerk]

De-stroke to 3.8 litres. Fill it with internals to withstand 10,000 rpm. Lose the s/c. Find a BIG turbo. Dyno to 1,500 hp.

[@terryhayward7905]

The big question, WHY did they leave the rocker cover off, that is where the water got in the bores.

[@mpetersen6]

Probably because they needed the cam cover for another engine. If the spark plugs were missing that's all it would take. How far from the coast is the yard the engine came out of. That could explain a lot of the corrosion on the exterior.

[@chrisb9360]

Should have mentioned this vid featured Tom in the title. You’d have double the views! Need to see this engine rebuild. Stick it in an XJS please.

[@kaedeschulz5422]

Absolutely needs to be brought back to Life!

[@jvebarnes]

Having rebuilt flooded engines I have a soft spot for these work horses so if it can be saved and returned to a semblance of it's glory you should do it.

[@benjaminberson9251]

Perhaps make it into a cool practical demonstration model for students and display?

[@matthewmclaren6092]

Please rebuild it it's such great telly to see the journey.

[@andydufresne8034]

I've have a 2007 Toyota Solara which is a little gem that I've been through hell with and it has great sentimental value. I dream of restoring it someday like Mike's Mondeo, but worry I've abused the engine too badly and it won't be saveable. If you can save this Jaguar engine, it will give me hope.

[@tonyb1184]

Deffo rebuild the motor. It's deserving of some love and new parts.

[@rollingtroll]

Absolutely save it. It may not be worth it financially but it sure as heck will make a cool youtube series!

[@kasmanien]

Good crank and con-rods, as long as the block isn't cracked, definitely worth a save.

[@pero2727]

Mix up some citric acid with water, pour into cylinders, leave for a day or two, it will eat up all the corrosion and the crank will spin freely. This will however not magically bring back compression. Have done so with seized engines many times before a rebuild.

[@JeremiahBostwick]

Love this sort of content. However the only "annoying part" is that I kinda want you to have gotten on with it already. Teasing it and then not showing a finished product is painful. We all know this sort of thing is time consuming and costs a lot of money. But having unfinished projects that live rent free costs your viewers more (lol). I almost don't care what you decide to put it into, so long as it's fun. I don't care if it's a classic Jag, a Miata, or a Lotus 7. And no, those aren't suggestions. I think that there are definitely cool possibilities that I have not remotely thought of that would fit this engine just right. Worthyness is determined by the joy of mating the two together. Little else matters. I personally would suggest whatever it is should be low and nippy in corners, but there are worse things than a straight line only car.

[@pieterbezuidenhout2741]

If you turned the crank down on seizure point at top you could put a Honing tool in sleeves & clean it up in no time preventing any further damage to taking out of Pistons. I have rebuilt worse looking engines in my time of 71 years. Get a wire brush on those Cams & polish it a bit afterwards and Bob's your uncle. You a bunch of Woozies ?

[@Hatch_56]

We’ve all seen engines been rebuild before or had a slight tune up. I say you should go mental and push the engine to the absolute limit as your fully rebuilding it then put it in a car and race it against something equally as crazy, possibly a newer jag such as the f type svr?!

[@sianwarwick633]

Rad mud on the Ram, Fernie. Epic Jurassic engine.