I suspect a number of you are car guys. I've acquired an 87 V12 jag coupe. I know that the V12 isn't a good engine; it has a GM TH350 behind it. I've seen the Small block chevy conversions; they seem
I suspect a number of you are car guys. I've acquired an 87 V12 jag coupe. I know that the V12 isn't a good engine; it has a GM TH350 behind it. I've seen the Small block chevy conversions; they seem
Gonna venture a few opinions though I'm no expert on the subject...I thought the Jag V12s got the Turbo 400. The best choice engine-wise, of course, would be a fairly recent LS1/LS2, but I'm not sur
Thanks for the thoughts. I'm not married to the SBC, but the cost of the LS1 may be too much. again, my plan is to buy a (crashed/ugly) donor car...if it only comes in a 'vette, I don't think it will
I'm no particular expert, so take all this with a good dose of "reserch will be required if you actually want to do it".. You can get LS1's (3rd gen small block) out of lots of stuff I think, but th
Try the JagsThatRun website. They have published a V8 conversion manual for Jaguars. I bought their conversion manual for S10 years ago and it was very thorough. http://www.jagsthatrun.com/ Randy ___
I believe they actually came with either iron or aluminum, depending on application. My Buick wagon has iron heads, but my understanding is that the Vette version had aluminum. http://www.9c1.com/te
I am VERY surprised at the number of responses that suggested swapping was a good idea, that V12 is a better motor with proper maintenance and if I was looking for a Jag, I would never even give a se
You'll want to make sure of that. Federally, the car must meet the standards of the newer of car or the replacement engine. Some states actually enforce that; it's not an impossible standard to do, b
You should check out the jag lovers forum. The majority of people there will sneer and throw virtual over-ripe fruit for even considering "lumping" a perfectly good Jaguar. That's what they call it,
Don't forget all the pickups, especially if ultimate power output (lots of 5.3s in the trucks) and weight (they were iron blocks until a couple years ago, they're all aluminum now IIRC) aren't criti
Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:48:38 -0500
LS1 is a whole family of motors. Corvettes, yeah. But there are versions of that motor in SUVs and pickups, Camaros... all over. There's a 5.3 all-alloy version, called "L33", that they put in trucks
that's what i was going to say. I think instead of starting with the idea that you have to swap it out, why not use the motor the car is engineered to use? the v12 isn't a bad motor at all, it just g
I would say that V12s are unique in character and maybe worth preserving on that basis. Cylinder count aside, the Jag V12 is in no (NO!) way a better engine design than an LSn Chevy. Even the best J
I was biting my tongue... ;> I definitely agree with the latter. It's somewhat of an illusion to assume that you can just improvise a few brackets and such in your garage and magically produce someth
I'll chime in on the side of the purists. If I acquired a Jaguar V12 it would be a Jaguar V12. mjb. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Sh
Yeah, I'd be on that side of the fence as well. If you want to swap a motor, do it with a 240SX or a 280Z or M3, or something like that. If you're wanting to swap a motor for anything other than per
Normally I am a purist. In most cases, I'd say if you want an SBC, buy a car that came with an SBC and drive that. But the 80's vintage Jag V12 is where I draw the line. I helped a friend repair his
Personally, I think a well-done GM LS2/LS3 installation would improve just about any car. Not to say that all Jag swaps are well-done or that - even with a kit - an engine swap is necessarily going
Er, what motor would you put in an M3 to give a performance improvement? : ^ ) Nick _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing