RE: Jensen Interceptor Gets A Viper Motor
Discussion
As someone who has owned both a Interceptor Mk3 and a rare Jensen coupe, with gargantuan 7L engines, I think this is a damn good idea !
… reason being I might have had 7.2L under the bonnet in the old cars, but put your foot down and, well, not a lot happened. At best you’d hear additional rumblings from the engine bay much like the engines deep in the bowels of the Queen Mary, but for all its engine capacity it only had what seemed like 200bhp to shift nearly two tons, and managed 8mpg on average, or less. Yes, eight mpg ! After just 150 miles or so, I'd be filling up the 20gallon tank again. Nowadays that would be getting on for £120 a time.
So a modern 450bhp should make it a bit more lively !! The rendering of the new car looks pretty good too.
And for the hell of it, hes some gratuitous pics of the old monsters
… reason being I might have had 7.2L under the bonnet in the old cars, but put your foot down and, well, not a lot happened. At best you’d hear additional rumblings from the engine bay much like the engines deep in the bowels of the Queen Mary, but for all its engine capacity it only had what seemed like 200bhp to shift nearly two tons, and managed 8mpg on average, or less. Yes, eight mpg ! After just 150 miles or so, I'd be filling up the 20gallon tank again. Nowadays that would be getting on for £120 a time.
So a modern 450bhp should make it a bit more lively !! The rendering of the new car looks pretty good too.
And for the hell of it, hes some gratuitous pics of the old monsters
Edited by Carparticus on Monday 15th November 23:02
Carparticus said:
As someone who has owned both a Interceptor Mk3 and a rare Jensen coupe, with gargantuan 7L engines, I think this is a damn good idea !
… reason being I might have had 7.2L under the bonnet in the old cars, but put your foot down and, well, not a lot happened. At best you’d hear additional rumblings from the engine bay much like the engines deep in the bowels of the Queen Mary, but for all its engine capacity it only had what seemed like 200bhp to shift nearly two tons, and managed 8mpg on average, or less. Yes, eight mpg ! After just 150 miles or so, I'd be filling up the 20gallon tank again. Nowadays that would be getting on for £120 a time.
So a modern 450bhp should make it a bit more lively !! The rendering of the new car looks pretty good too.
And for the hell of it, hes some gratuitous pics of the old monsters
To be fair, I think your power problems weren't due to the engine design, but to the low compression heads, etc. that de-tuned the engine. That same engine (Chrysler 440) was quoted at 385bhp in American spec cars like the Charger and Challenger. 385hp is a lot even today, but the 440's real strong suit was torque. It probably made between 500 and 600lb.-ft. of torque with the earlier, high-compression heads.… reason being I might have had 7.2L under the bonnet in the old cars, but put your foot down and, well, not a lot happened. At best you’d hear additional rumblings from the engine bay much like the engines deep in the bowels of the Queen Mary, but for all its engine capacity it only had what seemed like 200bhp to shift nearly two tons, and managed 8mpg on average, or less. Yes, eight mpg ! After just 150 miles or so, I'd be filling up the 20gallon tank again. Nowadays that would be getting on for £120 a time.
So a modern 450bhp should make it a bit more lively !! The rendering of the new car looks pretty good too.
And for the hell of it, hes some gratuitous pics of the old monsters
Edited by Carparticus on Monday 15th November 23:02
iain1970 said:
I love this.
For the wheel haters, presumably the brakes have increased in diameter as well as the afore mentionned suspension, so it stands to reason the original rims will not fit over.
With a project of such coolness, I'd suggest some custom rims echoing the originals might be more suitable.
That'll be the reason. A UK company already make upsize original wheels in a 17" I think for exactly this reason. I believe they sell them as a package with engine etc so may not sell to a US bod but they should. Lovely projectFor the wheel haters, presumably the brakes have increased in diameter as well as the afore mentionned suspension, so it stands to reason the original rims will not fit over.
With a project of such coolness, I'd suggest some custom rims echoing the originals might be more suitable.
jellison said:
4 Speed Auto!
so what... with the way the Yanks gear their stuff it'll be running under 2000rpm at 70/80 lovely easy performance.Someone else mentioned that a Viper V10 would weigh more than the original 7.2 V8 - I'd be surprised if that were the case cast iron big block vs an all alloy engine... be interesting to see the relative weights. I guess the idea behind using the Viper V10 is that you're sticking with Mopar true to the original concept. That being said an LS9 in that would be pretty special and probably a bit lighter too
Carparticus said:
As someone who has owned both a Interceptor Mk3 and a rare Jensen coupe, with gargantuan 7L engines, I think this is a damn good idea !
… reason being I might have had 7.2L under the bonnet in the old cars, but put your foot down and, well, not a lot happened. At best you’d hear additional rumblings from the engine bay much like the engines deep in the bowels of the Queen Mary, but for all its engine capacity it only had what seemed like 200bhp to shift nearly two tons, and managed 8mpg on average, or less. Yes, eight mpg ! After just 150 miles or so, I'd be filling up the 20gallon tank again. Nowadays that would be getting on for £120 a time.
So a modern 450bhp should make it a bit more lively !! The rendering of the new car looks pretty good too.
And for the hell of it, hes some gratuitous pics of the old monsters
Off topic but what a fantastic collection you've had over the years and nice little write ups on each.
… reason being I might have had 7.2L under the bonnet in the old cars, but put your foot down and, well, not a lot happened. At best you’d hear additional rumblings from the engine bay much like the engines deep in the bowels of the Queen Mary, but for all its engine capacity it only had what seemed like 200bhp to shift nearly two tons, and managed 8mpg on average, or less. Yes, eight mpg ! After just 150 miles or so, I'd be filling up the 20gallon tank again. Nowadays that would be getting on for £120 a time.
So a modern 450bhp should make it a bit more lively !! The rendering of the new car looks pretty good too.
And for the hell of it, hes some gratuitous pics of the old monsters
Off topic but what a fantastic collection you've had over the years and nice little write ups on each.
Edited by Carparticus on Monday 15th November 23:02
Yep I kind of get where they are going with this and although a classic Jensen is a lovely thing (Convertible for me please) putting new running gear, electrics and comforts into an old 'shell is a big hobby in the states. It will be interesting to see what the fuel consumption is like, maybe it will better the standard cars 9 mpg!
But is it really any different from the concept of a Vicarage Jaguar MkII?
But is it really any different from the concept of a Vicarage Jaguar MkII?
MrSpike said:
Off topic but what a fantastic collection you've had over the years and nice little write ups on each.
Thanks ! Looking back I should have bought property instead, but you're a long time dead, so might as well enjoy it whilst you can Off topic ... but going back a year or two I've posted up very lengthy anecdotes of living with the RS200Evo, 288 and the Jensens with 'legendary status' applied here and there. I'll dig them up if folks are interested...
LongLiveTazio said:
Yes please 
Ok … (and with appologies for appearing to hijack a Jensen thread ...) below are links for fairly humorous reviews of living with 2 Jensen's, a 288 GTO, and an RS200E... each of which was posted under my old PH name of 'Stealth-wagon', due to the RS6 I was tooling around in at the time (600bhp and stealthy estate car, geddit .. ?) …Jensen anecdotes :-
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Living with a 288 GTO for ten years - very lengthy, loads of pics, plenty of humour :-
http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... appreciation of the 288 GTO thread&mid=89926
Here's a piece about running an Evolution spec road legal RS200E as a daily driver … no, seriously, I did !
http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... B as a Daily driver...&mid=89926
RS200 problems with the chap who bought my RS200 not really knowing how to treat it :-
http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... Page Racing F1 turbo powered Dax rush&mid=89926
http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... Page Racing F1 turbo powered Dax rush&mid=89926
Edited by Carparticus on Wednesday 17th November 15:08
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