Got myself an SVR, say hello to a British hotrod/muscle car
Discussion
Gameface said:
Why not?This is Readers Cars, not everyone looks in Jaguar.
MellowshipSlinky said:
Gameface said:
Why not?This is Readers Cars, not everyone looks in Jaguar.
Love these, firmly on my "must own one day" list.
Cheers for sharing OP.
OzzyR1 said:
Agreed, I'd have never seen it in Jaguar.
Love these, firmly on my "must own one day" list.
Cheers for sharing OP.
No problem at all, just gotta watch out for the forum police. Love these, firmly on my "must own one day" list.
Cheers for sharing OP.
Likewise I come to this section to see about owners pride and joy as I don't get checking each manufacturer sub section.
Gameface said:
I find the mentality of the Thread Quota Police very strange.Hi there
So as I have being taking more photos of the car, I have been spotting more panel gaps and for me once I spot these things it drives me mad, it has to be perfect. You could argue on a car costing over 100k it should be perfect but it does seem from the Jaguar forums F-Type panel gap, alignment is not their strong point with many customers taking cars back to dealerships to get corrected. As I did not spot this at collecting and when I informed the dealer via email a few days after to which I got zero response I decided to not pursue the matter as it was something I could resolve myself.
My biggest issue was the fact the bonnet was sitting high on the left side, so high in fact that a good 4-5" was protruding from the bumper, not as bad as it sounds but once I had spotted it, it was standing out to me like a sore thumb:
I have marked the image with arrows to clearly point it out, a good 5-6mm high on left side and not flush with bumper which drivers side is. So under the bonnet there is six rubber height adjusters I had a play with these and the best I could do was to actually rise the drivers side to match which just seemed a bit of a cheating way to do it and really the bonnet should be level/flush with bumper with an equal panel gap all the way along, this gap was equal just the bonnet was sitting high on left.
So I looked at the hinges and noticed they have stops which are bolts and I was able to screw the left side down some which helped considerably but it was still out. So I went the more risky route and undid the three main hinge bolts and tried to lower the hinge a couple of mm, this took at a lot of attempts as the assembly moves in all directions, I'd ideally recommend two people for this, but in the end I located the hinge 2mm lower, which then resulted in being two low due to leverage ratio, but I then screwed the hinge stop out a couple of turns and we are now at this:
In person it looks perfect, but now I look at photo and the left still looks maybe ever such a touch bit to high, but I can easily remedy that with just rubber stops, though it could just be the photo as now in person it looks perfect level, flush and straight, checked also every other panel gap and alignment around the bonnet as you adjust one can effect others, all I had to do was adjust front bumper out edge to left side bonnet which is easy as just two 10mm bolts. But now I look at the car and cannot see fault in person, whereas before it was starting to annoy me some.
Then a few days ago I posted this photo of the rear:
Of course as soon as I upload the photo I spot the boot is sitting high on the left, clearly whoever checked this car from factory had wonky eyes or the bubble in their spirit level was not calibrated.
So using the two rubber stops in the tailgate I got it level but only by adjusting the right side up which for me was not good enough. So I removed all the boot trim to gain access to the locking mechanism as it was obvious the lock needed to pull the tailgate down just a touch more. I undid the locking mechanism and moved it down a couple of mm, then re-tightened, re-adjusted the height adjusters and its now at this:
Which is now perfect level and in line with the rear quarters which is where it should be.
As a major complaint on the various forums is doors being a poor fit and even rubbing, I gave the doors a good check, but those are perfect.
Crazy that in this day and age you have to do this on any car, but the Mustang also had the same issue problem was there they were not quite as easy to fix on some, though the bonnet fix on Mustang was same as boot fix on Jaguar and just needed the catch height adjusting.
Anyway as I've still not posted a picture, here is the power plant:
Not much to look out, just a big silver square, looks like quite a compact supercharger unit.
So as I have being taking more photos of the car, I have been spotting more panel gaps and for me once I spot these things it drives me mad, it has to be perfect. You could argue on a car costing over 100k it should be perfect but it does seem from the Jaguar forums F-Type panel gap, alignment is not their strong point with many customers taking cars back to dealerships to get corrected. As I did not spot this at collecting and when I informed the dealer via email a few days after to which I got zero response I decided to not pursue the matter as it was something I could resolve myself.
My biggest issue was the fact the bonnet was sitting high on the left side, so high in fact that a good 4-5" was protruding from the bumper, not as bad as it sounds but once I had spotted it, it was standing out to me like a sore thumb:
I have marked the image with arrows to clearly point it out, a good 5-6mm high on left side and not flush with bumper which drivers side is. So under the bonnet there is six rubber height adjusters I had a play with these and the best I could do was to actually rise the drivers side to match which just seemed a bit of a cheating way to do it and really the bonnet should be level/flush with bumper with an equal panel gap all the way along, this gap was equal just the bonnet was sitting high on left.
So I looked at the hinges and noticed they have stops which are bolts and I was able to screw the left side down some which helped considerably but it was still out. So I went the more risky route and undid the three main hinge bolts and tried to lower the hinge a couple of mm, this took at a lot of attempts as the assembly moves in all directions, I'd ideally recommend two people for this, but in the end I located the hinge 2mm lower, which then resulted in being two low due to leverage ratio, but I then screwed the hinge stop out a couple of turns and we are now at this:
In person it looks perfect, but now I look at photo and the left still looks maybe ever such a touch bit to high, but I can easily remedy that with just rubber stops, though it could just be the photo as now in person it looks perfect level, flush and straight, checked also every other panel gap and alignment around the bonnet as you adjust one can effect others, all I had to do was adjust front bumper out edge to left side bonnet which is easy as just two 10mm bolts. But now I look at the car and cannot see fault in person, whereas before it was starting to annoy me some.
Then a few days ago I posted this photo of the rear:
Of course as soon as I upload the photo I spot the boot is sitting high on the left, clearly whoever checked this car from factory had wonky eyes or the bubble in their spirit level was not calibrated.
So using the two rubber stops in the tailgate I got it level but only by adjusting the right side up which for me was not good enough. So I removed all the boot trim to gain access to the locking mechanism as it was obvious the lock needed to pull the tailgate down just a touch more. I undid the locking mechanism and moved it down a couple of mm, then re-tightened, re-adjusted the height adjusters and its now at this:
Which is now perfect level and in line with the rear quarters which is where it should be.
As a major complaint on the various forums is doors being a poor fit and even rubbing, I gave the doors a good check, but those are perfect.
Crazy that in this day and age you have to do this on any car, but the Mustang also had the same issue problem was there they were not quite as easy to fix on some, though the bonnet fix on Mustang was same as boot fix on Jaguar and just needed the catch height adjusting.
Anyway as I've still not posted a picture, here is the power plant:
Not much to look out, just a big silver square, looks like quite a compact supercharger unit.
RenesisEvo said:
The SVR was never fitted with a big engine cover over the supercharger - to save a little bit of weight.
This but it was also to do with heat as the cover retains heat and for the SVR they felt the cover risked over heating or loss of power due to increased head temps.Gibbo205 said:
RenesisEvo said:
The SVR was never fitted with a big engine cover over the supercharger - to save a little bit of weight.
This but it was also to do with heat as the cover retains heat and for the SVR they felt the cover risked over heating or loss of power due to increased head temps.I guess when you’ve already got over 550 bhp, a few being lost due to heat is really noticeable...
MellowshipSlinky said:
Thanks for that snippet of info.
I guess when you’ve already got over 550 bhp, a few being lost due to heat is really noticeable...
If mine did have a cover, I'd ditch it anyway, keep the engine cooler as long as its upto temperature is always a good thing so I tend to remove engine covers on my cars anyway.I guess when you’ve already got over 550 bhp, a few being lost due to heat is really noticeable...
Some very minor tweaking today using the two front rubber height adjusters, very happy now in person looks perfect and even the photos seem to back that up too.
Also found a set of the same wheels but in the satin grey for a good price, tempted to grab those, put them in storage until Winter is over and throw a set of PS4S on those.
Also found a set of the same wheels but in the satin grey for a good price, tempted to grab those, put them in storage until Winter is over and throw a set of PS4S on those.
Gibbo205 said:
the power is pretty savage and ferocious, JLR claim 3.7s to 60mph but it feels much quicker than that and even in the current cold and wet UK condition it grips amazingly well for standing starts.
Still taking it easy in the corners but it feels pretty planted but is RWD biased absolutely and will happily wag its tail even at legal speeds which makes it a lot of fun and the noise is purely obnoxious but that is why I like it. This has to be the first car I have owned where the need for an aftermarket exhaust is simply not there, plus the SVR has some F1 crazy material exhaust to make it light so I'd only be a fool to change that.
Really looking forward to dry weather now and getting it down to Santa Pod in February when it re-opens for some 1/4 mile fun.
JLR always seem rather conservative in both power and performance claims. Still taking it easy in the corners but it feels pretty planted but is RWD biased absolutely and will happily wag its tail even at legal speeds which makes it a lot of fun and the noise is purely obnoxious but that is why I like it. This has to be the first car I have owned where the need for an aftermarket exhaust is simply not there, plus the SVR has some F1 crazy material exhaust to make it light so I'd only be a fool to change that.
Really looking forward to dry weather now and getting it down to Santa Pod in February when it re-opens for some 1/4 mile fun.
www.automobile-catalog.com/ shows far better figures than the factory ones for most modern Jags. Better that way round than the unsubstantiated claims of some, which seem to be accepted by all the (non) road testing journos who simply publish whatever the manufacturers say, leading to severe customer disappointment.
dme123 said:
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t. Has it been in a minor smash that knocked all the panels into alignment? 
I'd have kept the wonky gaps. That's your British Heritage, man!
Haha!t. Has it been in a minor smash that knocked all the panels into alignment? I'd have kept the wonky gaps. That's your British Heritage, man!
Went to Jaguar dealership today, checked a few in the showroom and F-types, XE's some were fine and some had wonky panel gaps, like you say British heritage.
I suspect on mine it was maybe not so bad on day 1 but I suspect some people and opened and closed the bonnet incorrectly twisting it slightly as there is a correct method of opening and closing which if you were not aware you'd mess it up.
Hi there
Many people probably buy these kind of cars and don't drive them, but I am sure it will make many people here happy to discover this car is actually my daily and shall be driven all year round.
So any kind of issues, failures or of course trouble free running I get I shall document in this thread along with servicing and consumables cost.
So far I am thoroughly enjoying the car, the ZF8 is really superb in this car, I normally dislike torque converter automatics, but at the same time no longer wanted manual any more. I find this gearbox fantastic in both auto and on the paddles it is very snappy and responsive.
Really enjoying the drive, I do have some very minor modifications lined up and intend on cleaning up the brake calipers as they look a bit grotty so shall get re-painted in either red or yellow. Don't think any other colour would work, well maybe blue but not so sure.
Many people probably buy these kind of cars and don't drive them, but I am sure it will make many people here happy to discover this car is actually my daily and shall be driven all year round.
So any kind of issues, failures or of course trouble free running I get I shall document in this thread along with servicing and consumables cost.
So far I am thoroughly enjoying the car, the ZF8 is really superb in this car, I normally dislike torque converter automatics, but at the same time no longer wanted manual any more. I find this gearbox fantastic in both auto and on the paddles it is very snappy and responsive.
Really enjoying the drive, I do have some very minor modifications lined up and intend on cleaning up the brake calipers as they look a bit grotty so shall get re-painted in either red or yellow. Don't think any other colour would work, well maybe blue but not so sure.
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