Jaguar Super V8 Project

Jaguar Super V8 Project

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cosworth330

1,299 posts

236 months

Sunday 6th November 2016
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Great thread, just read it from start to finish. Those pod times 13.49 @ 105mph are very respectable.

I would remove the lpg kit if it bothers you. Buying a car with lpg conversion would put me off for some reason. You may be able to sell the whole kit on for a few quid?

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Sunday 6th November 2016
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cosworth330 said:
Great thread, just read it from start to finish. Those pod times 13.49 @ 105mph are very respectable.

I would remove the lpg kit if it bothers you. Buying a car with lpg conversion would put me off for some reason. You may be able to sell the whole kit on for a few quid?
Thank-you. The 13.49 time was before the 200 cell cats and exhaust were done, she is now doing 107mph over the 1/4 mile, so waiting for a dry day next year to properly test.

Hopefully the LPG kit would be worth a few £100 pounds on ebay, I believe it was a quite expensive BRC system.

richtea78

5,574 posts

157 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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LPG would put me off as well. I always see it as a skin flint type of thing to fit and if they won't budget for petrol what else will they have penny pinched on

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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Bought some spare grey sun visors to re-cover in black suede as past of the headliner re-trim.
The suede should be arriving in a few days, so I had a go at painting the vanity mirrors black to match.
Completely striped, then sprayed satin black. New black foam damping pads and I re-created the original airbag label, by working with a photograph of the label on Adobe Photoshop. I printed it out on gloss label with my colour laser printer.









I have to say how pleased I am with the result on such a tiny detail which no-one will notice, but it makes it feel OEM and factory.

Got some tiny T5 white LEDs on order to replace the mirror bulbs.

Got the MOT done yesterday, passed with no advisories bounce However, I noticed after I returned home that one of the rear plate bulb holder is corroded, so connection is temperamental, so could have failed the MOT. Slightly disappointed on the emissions results, going from 0.000% CO to 0.245% idle since fitting new cats, closer to the limit than I really wanted.



As mentioned in previous update, the supercharger will be coming out for preventative work, I decided against doing it myself and instead have booked it in to The Jag Specialist in January.

Stedman

7,213 posts

191 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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alec.e said:
As mentioned in previous update, the supercharger will be coming out for preventative work, I decided against doing it myself and instead have booked it in to The Jag Specialist in January.
TJS did my valley pipe and supercharger oil, amongst other things. I was impressed with their service, I wish they were closer!

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Tuesday 29th November 2016
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Impressive work on the sun visors Alec.

I'd get rid of the LPG kit as well. You are transforming the car into what you want it to be, and you clearly don't have a desire for LPG so strip it and flog it.

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Wednesday 30th November 2016
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Stedman, yes I agree, competitive pricing too.

Oa, thanks as always, I will see how easy removal is when the supercharger comes out.

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Sunday 4th December 2016
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Work has progressed on the sunvisors, one side nearly done. The mirror is yet to be fixed in place, until the LEDs arrive. I am generally happy with how it turned out, not so pleased with the top left hand indent as it is very difficult to stitch up neatly. Thanks to my mum for helping me with this.





Very surprised how much softer it feels now, the originals feel like cardboard in comparison.

CharlesdeGaulle

26,091 posts

179 months

Sunday 4th December 2016
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That looks really good Alec. Nice attention to detail too.

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Friday 16th December 2016
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A belated thanks CdeG!

Cracking on with re-trimming some more interior parts:





alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Thursday 29th December 2016
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Enjoyed spending boxing day taking the front end to bits smile


Note the rust on the crossbar??

Headlamps wetsanded and polished again:


Ready for paint, I painted some areas which Jaguar left primer on black cars.


All done smile New fixings used or reused and resprayed if still clean.


Getting very OCD now... I cleaned all hidden surfaces with Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Care and touched up the flaking paint on the radiator. I want this car to be as close to new as possible, very keen for a full respray next year, inc door shuts.

Looking forward to sorting the oily mess on top of the engine when it goes to the Jag Specialist.

The interior work is halted, until more suede material arrives.

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Wednesday 4th January 2017
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Some more bits done, thought I would add a bit of bling to the engine bay by polishing the cast alloy intake which sits above the supercharger. I bought a spare one off eBay, they will be swapped over next week.
As you can see, it comes as a very rough cast finish, painted black:


After much grinding a sanding, somewhat smoother:


Hours or further sanding and polishing later, I added the V8 badge:

Yes I also did the underside smile

My bonnet catch was rusty, so sanded and repainted:


I finally found a set of lambswool matts in the correct colour, brand new from Creamer Jaguar, sadly closing frown. Only paid for them yesterday and they were here this morning, very swift service! They are from a S-Type, hence slightly different shape, so will need to be trimmed and re-bound at edges. Luckily they are oversized, so enough material to work with.


They are unbelievably soft, the std ones feel like cardboard in comparison. My cat approves biglaugh

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Wednesday 4th January 2017
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Great to see an update on one of my favourite cars on PH Alec, and happy 2017!

As usual some great work and attention to detail. What are your plans for the Super8 for the rest of the year?

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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0a said:
Great to see an update on one of my favourite cars on PH Alec, and happy 2017!

As usual some great work and attention to detail. What are your plans for the Super8 for the rest of the year?
Thank you very much Oa/Alec, very kind of you! All best to 2017 to you too, a shame I missed the latest meet, but it looks like you all had a great time. I have lots of jobs I would like to do, but have given up trying to list them in some sort of order, you know how it is smile. My short-term goals this month are sort engine bay and finish interior trim.

I would like to be on the look-out for 2nd car later in the year, but probably a 2018 purchase. The criteria is manual gearbox, rwd, 6-Clylinders ideally and most importantly fun to drive. A 996 would be ideal, just a little pricey for me...

How's your car search coming along 0a?

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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No idea how I have not seen this before as I do like a S/C Jaguar, I like what you are doing too, keep It up!

Can we see a few pics of the interior with the new mats etc and suede parts fitted, where else are you planned to suede?

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 5th January 2017
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I am starting to realise something... all my favourite Readers' Cars threads are about Jaguars.... and I own a Merc.... hmmmmm!!!!!

Fabulous car and love your attention to detail. Still miss my X350 XJ 4.2 .... think I will have to find an XJR this spring/summer!

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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Thank-you both. I will get some pictures of the new interior trim, once fitted. Hoping to find time to re-cover some more pieces this weekend.

Browsing eBay, to keep-updated on values, I spotted this very rare beauty for sale! A Japanese import, only 27k!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJR-Super-V8-Port...redfaceOYAAOSwA3dYamMS




Geekman

2,863 posts

145 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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Looks stunning, although so stupid to fit Jinyu tyres to a car like that!

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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I think that's rather overpriced!

alec.e

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2,149 posts

123 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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0a said:
I think that's rather overpriced!
I don't really so think so, yes it is expensive, but when you consider a normal Super V8 is worth about 8k with 100k miles or so, this one has only done about 27k. This is also the Portfolio version, only 265 were ever made!


"400W Dolby Surround Sound system with 15 speakers
Conker coloured leather
Alcantara headlining
Polished alloy shifter surround
Black Walnut Veneer (but this could be specified on other cars for $$$$)
Cherry Black paint (Winter Gold also an option, but most were done in black)
Huge polished exhaust finishers

Plus the previously mentioned goodies;

Machined alloy power vents in the front wings
Polished 20" Callisto wheels

The other options (full electric split rear seat, rear screens, DVD, etc) were available in the standard Super V8's."

http://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj-xj6-xj8-xjr-x...