>> I've acquired an 87 V12 jag coupe. I know that the V12 isn't a good
>> engine;
>>
> 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 second thought to
> a butchered one with a V8 in it.
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 Jag production heads are a
bodge with very limited HP capability.
The Jags went through several generations of electronics, etc. and until
the last couple years they were I think pretty uniformly awful. The
last couple years of the V12 in the mid '90s were pretty good.
John.
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