How many XJ220s does Jaguar still have in stock?
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a8hex said:
The engine was good for 450BHP before adding the turbos. 
It's not just the weight, the chassis was shortened from the origenal protype since it only had to accomodate the little V6. You'd never get the V10 in.
Was the V6 in the 220 the same one as in the Metro 6R4...??
If so, the twin-turbo version developed by Will Gollop gave about 700hp with an absurd torque figure......
Who needs a naff old BMW engine....
>> Edited by aeropilot on Monday 3rd April 09:49
aeropilot said:
The engine was good for 450BHP before adding the turbos.
It's not just the weight, the chassis was shortened from the origenal protype since it only had to accomodate the little V6. You'd never get the V10 in.
Was the V6 in the 220 the same one as in the Metro 6R4...??
If so, the twin-turbo version developed by Will Gollop gave about 700hp with an absurd torque figure......
Yes it's based on the Metro 6R4 engine.
IIRC Honda were so impressed they used it as the basis for designing their engine for the NSX.
aeropilot said:
Who needs a naff old BMW engine....
>> Edited by aeropilot on Monday 3rd April 09:49
Well the BMW V10 is going to be a little more cultured...
no i love the v10 engine it is seriosly powerful! my mates new m5 has been delimited and it now does 190mph with 5 people in it! that is awesome for a massive boat if a car!
the 220 is about the only car that i have driven that every time i get in it, the buzz is just fantastic!! yes it is hard, and skitish, and hard to change gear but that is wat makes a supercar!! most other "supercars" are too boring and easy do drive... ie; porsche and ferrari, not saying that they are a bad car, the 355s are lovey do drive, but they just dont give the same thrill that the old jag does!!
the 220 is about the only car that i have driven that every time i get in it, the buzz is just fantastic!! yes it is hard, and skitish, and hard to change gear but that is wat makes a supercar!! most other "supercars" are too boring and easy do drive... ie; porsche and ferrari, not saying that they are a bad car, the 355s are lovey do drive, but they just dont give the same thrill that the old jag does!!
mat7w said:
no i love the v10 engine it is seriosly powerful! my mates new m5 has been delimited and it now does 190mph with 5 people in it! that is awesome for a massive boat if a car!
the 220 is about the only car that i have driven that every time i get in it, the buzz is just fantastic!! yes it is hard, and skitish, and hard to change gear but that is wat makes a supercar!! most other "supercars" are too boring and easy do drive... ie; porsche and ferrari, not saying that they are a bad car, the 355s are lovey do drive, but they just dont give the same thrill that the old jag does!!
Yes, The Beemer V10 is a seriously powerful engine, in almost all company. My point had been that when compared against the V6 in the XJ220 it is lacking power, and it is way way down on torque.
It would also be to big and heavy to fit in the whole at the back of the XJ220.
Anyway, more importantly,
So what's the 220 like to drive?
Have you played with it down the your runway?
Cheers
Ken
Tacoboy said:
As the original XJ220 was designed for the V12.
I would think it would not be that had to put something larger then the V6?
The prototype was designed to use the V12, but the final car had the chassis shortened, so sadly you are unlikely to get anything else in there.
see www.pistonheads.com/milestones/xj220.htm
There's no doubt that the BMW V10 is a good engine, but, you have to be nuts to rip out the Jag's legendary V6 twin turbo to make room for another engine. The 3.5L engine is too good to deserve such treatment. It was more powerful and torquey compared to he V10. Remember, before the F1, this was the fastest car in the world. If you can get one, take the XJ220 as it is. Tiff Needell once said, "If you bought your XJ220 for the ultimate in driving pleasure, you just can't lose."
>> Edited by Aditya on Saturday 8th April 16:59
>> Edited by Aditya on Saturday 8th April 16:59
I have an incredible affection for the XJ220, an unsubstantiated romance based on little else than the lure of it's Bluebirdesque proportions and the promise of that sublime thrust - remember one of the Clarkson shoot-outs recently where the old girl still had the legs on a Zonda? Incredible.
As for the brakes, how difficult to upgrade these?
For £100k, it looks like staggering value for the right lunatic.
Matt, at the next V-max, might one humbly request the requisite exposure to something this legendary?
DeR.
As for the brakes, how difficult to upgrade these?
For £100k, it looks like staggering value for the right lunatic.
Matt, at the next V-max, might one humbly request the requisite exposure to something this legendary?
DeR.
derestrictor said:
Matt, at the next V-max, might one humbly request the requisite exposure to something this legendary?
DeR.
IIRC at the Jaguar Marque Speed Trial Day at Woodbridge Airfield an XJ220 managed about 187MPH, the runway is 1.8 miles long. The next quickest model was a D-Type managing about 175.
Theres one here: www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php?carno=4106 registered in 2000!
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