1975 Jaguar XJ Coupe 6.0 V12
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I wouldn't mind retropower sorting out my coupe, I was looking at there projects which are varied. The welder and fabricator they have is in my eyes very good. My background is automotive press tooling and he seems spot on.
I've got a couple of ideas for my own car which haven't been used on yours or the project at retropower, nothing too custom but do keep with period jaguar
I've got a couple of ideas for my own car which haven't been used on yours or the project at retropower, nothing too custom but do keep with period jaguar
craigjm said:
The problem with a modern Jag engine of v8 flavour is that they are too tall to sit within the engine bay so if you ever wanted to do it you would have to dry sump etc.
Beacham managed to put a modern Jag V8 in an XJ6 S2, and I've seen one in an XJS - I think one chap on here had done it? Having had a look at one in my Dad's XK, I reckon it would go in without too much messing about.I have to re-engine my S3 XJ6 next year, it might be worth a go for fun!
richw_82 said:
craigjm said:
The problem with a modern Jag engine of v8 flavour is that they are too tall to sit within the engine bay so if you ever wanted to do it you would have to dry sump etc.
Beacham managed to put a modern Jag V8 in an XJ6 S2, and I've seen one in an XJS - I think one chap on here had done it? Having had a look at one in my Dad's XK, I reckon it would go in without too much messing about.I have to re-engine my S3 XJ6 next year, it might be worth a go for fun!
Anything can be done if you can do it yourself or have enough ££££ which is why cars like the Beachams and Eagles etc are north of £200k
craigjm said:
richw_82 said:
craigjm said:
The problem with a modern Jag engine of v8 flavour is that they are too tall to sit within the engine bay so if you ever wanted to do it you would have to dry sump etc.
Beacham managed to put a modern Jag V8 in an XJ6 S2, and I've seen one in an XJS - I think one chap on here had done it? Having had a look at one in my Dad's XK, I reckon it would go in without too much messing about.I have to re-engine my S3 XJ6 next year, it might be worth a go for fun!
Anything can be done if you can do it yourself or have enough ££££ which is why cars like the Beachams and Eagles etc are north of £200k
vpr said:
I've no idea but not good
Listers weren't fueled properly, their answer to it was just flood the engine with it
My XJR-S seems to follow a similar philosophy. I wondered if the racing origins of the Zytek system and the small production run of cars using it means that the calibration work was not brilliant for road use. I also thought there was something wrong with mine because the idle quality isn't brilliant, but several of the the contemporary reviews mention it.Listers weren't fueled properly, their answer to it was just flood the engine with it
It seems to depend on it's mood. Usually it's silent and smooth with the odd stumble that you can feel in the car but sometimes it stumbles a bit more and sometimes a bit less. Putting it into D helps, and I believe the car has a solenoid valve to let some extra air into the intake when in D with the Air Con running to keep idle speed up.
You would be amazed at what can be achieved with a some more modern technology. A few years ago a friend of mine converted a group 1 RS2000 from 44IDF Weber carbs, to Jenvey throttle bodies and an Emerald ecu. It totally transformed the car from lumpy and peaky to remarkably smooth and linear. So much so that in something else you would never have guessed that it was a Pinto.
LanceRS said:
You would be amazed at what can be achieved with a some more modern technology. A few years ago a friend of mine converted a group 1 RS2000 from 44IDF Weber carbs, to Jenvey throttle bodies and an Emerald ecu. It totally transformed the car from lumpy and peaky to remarkably smooth and linear. So much so that in something else you would never have guessed that it was a Pinto.
Jenvey and emerald was my solution to my S1 Etype (apologies if I've already posted up)and also on my 280ZSo smooth, so efficient, so clean and starts on the button
vpr said:
LanceRS said:
You would be amazed at what can be achieved with a some more modern technology. A few years ago a friend of mine converted a group 1 RS2000 from 44IDF Weber carbs, to Jenvey throttle bodies and an Emerald ecu. It totally transformed the car from lumpy and peaky to remarkably smooth and linear. So much so that in something else you would never have guessed that it was a Pinto.
Jenvey and emerald was my solution to my S1 Etype (apologies if I've already posted up)and also on my 280ZSo smooth, so efficient, so clean and starts on the button
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