XJR X300 Race Car
Discussion
They are very capable on track, and so predictable. When they do slide, it's very controllable. In corners such as Paddock, you'll often notice that all the Jags are sliding through there, its the ones that are sliding the wrong way that you need to watch out for. This should be quite handful from my previous class A car (I hope)
XJR500bhp said:
The pump isn't man enough, the solution is to introduce extra pumps to circulate the water faster
When I was looking at this engine for my S1 XJ6, I found the pump did okay, but the siamese nature of the intercooler being fed from main coolant meant I couldn't get the temps down no matter what as it creates a fight with itself. Engine and thermostat try keeping the coolant at around 90 deg, while the charge cooler and its little radiator battle their arse off to make it cooler and fail.Separating the systems is well worth doing.
Awesome cars mx-6. In fact I almost bought that XJ40, but it needed a clutch? In retrospect I should have bought it, I remember it was sat on XKR wheels, which I believe you sold to fund the clutch change? I used to have a matt black XJ40 on the forum, and I think we spoke before
Cheers
Cheers
XJR500bhp said:
Awesome cars mx-6. In fact I almost bought that XJ40, but it needed a clutch? In retrospect I should have bought it, I remember it was sat on XKR wheels, which I believe you sold to fund the clutch change? I used to have a matt black XJ40 on the forum, and I think we spoke before
Cheers
Now that you mention it I do remember that! Yes that's exactly right regarding my manual '40, drove so much better with the new clutch fitted. I'm still waiting to see an AJ16S fitting in an XJ40...Cheers
My brother had a lovely XJ40 once, in a really beautiful red not the usual dark maroon/red with a lovely set of wheels, this colour
with these wheels, but the internals were painted same colour as car, in between the "spokes" with polished face
Can't remember why he sold it, was awesome then a year later he bought the X300, it was cheap and the garage he bought it off promised to paint bonnet, two doors, wing and front bumper.... made a real mess of the car, paid £120 to get it all blown over
which was a shame as it was one of the very few 4.0 ones done by TWR, I know they didn't do many of them and seem to be lost to the sands of time these days, but by far the worst Jag I ever drove in terms of ride quality, because of the TWR suspension, it handled like a boat as you would expect, but the ride was crashy which spoiled it....but it did fly, then someone reversed into the rear quarter and pushed the wing up out of place sold it for £500
Bookmarking this, as I do have a soft spot for these old beasts
with these wheels, but the internals were painted same colour as car, in between the "spokes" with polished face
Can't remember why he sold it, was awesome then a year later he bought the X300, it was cheap and the garage he bought it off promised to paint bonnet, two doors, wing and front bumper.... made a real mess of the car, paid £120 to get it all blown over
which was a shame as it was one of the very few 4.0 ones done by TWR, I know they didn't do many of them and seem to be lost to the sands of time these days, but by far the worst Jag I ever drove in terms of ride quality, because of the TWR suspension, it handled like a boat as you would expect, but the ride was crashy which spoiled it....but it did fly, then someone reversed into the rear quarter and pushed the wing up out of place sold it for £500 Bookmarking this, as I do have a soft spot for these old beasts
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