@Lars I've got one as a project rn, gonna restore some needed underside items such as trans pan gasket, front dif seal, and oil pan gasket then next up is carb conversion. Possible routes include centrifugal supercharger, high revving speed monster with more aggressive cams, or twin turbocharged.
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What a great course and drive, the V12 is definitely in song here. Tasmania is beautiful, we were hosted by Stormn Norm Lutz from Melbourne and visited Tazzy while waiting on machine repairs in OZ. Norm says he is gong to run the Targa in an XJ-S he is currently preparing. Looking forward to seeing his run next year as he drives like a bat out of hell just normally around OZ. Thanks for a great video. JW
Loving that! Engine rpms sound way beyond 6,500rpm standard Jaguar V12 limit. Any info on the engine build? Any Rob Beere style racing cams, ported and flowed heads, carbs etc etc?
Finally... Someone's done an exhaust on a V12 Jag that does it justice. I gather that all 12 merge together, rather than keeping L and R banks separate?
Among my all time dream cars for sure. Beautiful course. Fine driving. I'd have liked to seen more top speed straight aways in addition to the twisties. So what was going on with the backfiring on the left side? Was that unburned fuel from a missing spark or just rich exhaust? I won't put on airs that I know a whole lot about race cars maybe that's just what happens when the timing advance slows and speeds up.
It'll be a side-exit exhaust (instead of the twin pipes running over the back subframe and exiting under the rear bumper). Occasionally you'll see black smoke coming out - that's unburned fuel. Typically, once the exhaust system gets hot enough, the unburned fuel ignites, hence sheets of flame... Flames will mostly happen on the over-run, when the throttle shuts down, but there's still a whole load of petrol to burn. It won't light in the low-air environment of the cylinder, it gets pushed down the exhaust too fast to ignite, so it's only as it slows up when it hits the outside air that it gets a chance to burn. Looks cool though, doesn't it?
That's it; I'm reaching for the hacksaw next week. I have a Black XJ12 with wire wheels which looks gorgeous but sounds like am Austin Maxi; not for much longer!
Mine hydroplanes really badly. I've driven it in snow in Cleveland, however on the freeway in a rain storm, I was hydroplaning. Mine is convertible and maintained by northcoast exotic and is in awesome shape. Any thoughts?
I think i found a channel equivalent of Goodwood or i should say i found a channel who has loads of vintage goodies just like Goodwood!! please, just dont fill channel with hyper car trash and that overrated bamboghini!! i loved your channel!! also loved that Viper touring! By the way, do you have Lister Jag XJS Lemans video??
That's how that Jag V12 is SUPPOSE to sound, not that choked off wiffing sound all those "aftermarket exhaust" things sound.....run that thing with open pipes, no mufflers, cat or anything....Track or Street, on the street just keep your foot out of it, especially in town & near the cops...they won't notice.
+Ricardo Ellison lol I ran my 5.3V12 xjs with open exhoust and I can tell you, they WILL NOTICE... Even if you keep your foot off, that thing is super loud And it'll spit flames too...
Arnout De Vos Damn, damn, damn...then...how about one of those SuperTrap adjustable baffles?...where you add or subtract baffle "plates"? I know the likes of the Corvette uses/used, an RPM, electronic butterfly?....too complex though...how about a simple spring-loaded butterfly valve? I did see the rather recent video of the Walkingshaw machine manuevering in the pits, I'd thought that loud "cackle" was more a function of the state of tune...being as loud as it was....state of tune doesn't affect outright "loudness"?
Saving up for one , at least for an xj12 , the v12 is quite a monstrous engine but somehow it calls me idk why , modern cars just don't feel the same...
One of the most underrated engines ever, let down by poor mechanics not being trained properly for the little things that can effect reliability. This Jag engine was superb value for money, it should have ruled the world. Jag engineers knew how to make good engines, it was silent running in saloon cars.
Anyone know any more about this car? It started to sound a little bit fluttery and sick by the end of the video... Utterly gorgeous noise though and a very... striking colour.
Don't quite know what it is, but I'm sure my dad would know (he's crazy about these things). Then again, although these V12s are meant to be hammered, it is a jag after all :P
***** It's not like anything I've heard, then again, I don't hammer mine quite as hard as this, and this probably has a vastly different injection and ignition setup, as well as possibly uprated internals.
John Smith As Mr Lotto said... I hope you're joking. Most Chevrolet big blocks make _less_ power than the Jag V12 (with just a new intake and exhaust you can make 350-380hp, no problem) and they're not actually that heavy. All aluminium. And for the cost of buying and installing the big V8, you could build the V12 up to 500hp. Or you could go completely mental and bore it out to 7.4 litres and uprate it to TWR race spec to make 750hp. 750 reliable horses too. Those engines were damn near bomb proof, surviving and winning Le Mans happily.
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