OT : Anyone own a Jag they're planning on converting?

[SnakeyesTx]

I used to have an XJ-6, and when the 6 popped on it which apparently was really common on them, I decided to save the car since the rest of it was too nice and drop in an SBC. Ordered the Sun Coast conversions kit and started shopping for a drive-train. Almost a year passed by and the car developed a mysterious leak which I never was able to find that filled the car with water 2 inches high in the floor board almost every time it rained. So I knocked out all the floor vents and tried my best to keep the car dry (pretty hard with a house with no garage!) After another few months I realized that someone else would be better off working on the car before I had any time to do anything with it and sold it off. The buyer wanted the conversion kit as well but couldn't afford it at the time so he took the car. That was two years ago. I still have this kit sitting in my room collecting dust.

I tried posting it locally on craigslist but never got any hits. Since I purchased this kit, I've noticed that its gone up in price over 100 dollars more than I paid for it. If anyone here is interested in it, I'll gladly sell it to them for what I paid for it (300 plus shipping). This kit will work for any XJS or XJ-6 up to 1988. If you're interested, lemme know and I'll send it out to someone who can actually put this to good use.

[Jay 535i]

A Jag with an American engine? What's the point?

When I was a wee lad my dad had a V12 XJ-S. Man, that thing was awesome. Without that twelve-banger, the car would lose half its appeal, IMHO.

[SnakeyesTx]

That 12 banger is an awesome motor by name, but god aweful for power-to-liter displacement, not to mention mpgs. Brand new in 1990 I had an XJS that couldn't get 12 mpg downhill with a tailwind. Besides... Jag is owned by the blue oval now its already on its death throes financially this year.

[BillionPa]

lightweight forged high compression pistons should help out quite a bit for power, as long as you use high octane. $$$$ though

[aston_jag_tech]

XJ-6 Conversion? Never seen or heard that before, that would be insteresting. The older(post 1988) xj's I think are solid, besides little electrical issues. Their suspension setups are fairly good. The suspensions without the self leveling that is
Yeah that v-12 is a dog! They are a hassle to work on too. Ive down a little work on them with my team leader and its just a pain.
We have been working on an older 79 XKE v12 with carbs and thats a challenge to balance the 4 carbs and keep it smog legal.

[winfred]

seen a few xjs conversions, the v12 sucks balls to work on you can atleast make the 6 run good and not puke in one form or another. i want a e-type with a 6 banger, **** the 12 i've known a few and when the 6 is tuned right it will hang with the 12 well into tripple digit speeds, i think the 6 runs outta ass around 150

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

loads of performance parts for chevy made it a real fun car.

Too bad it wasn't mine...

[myles]

I just finished helping a mate rebuild the fuel injection on his 88 xj12 series 3. It actually a daimler double six. We still have to give the gm400 trans a fliud, filter and mount change and fix a hole in the exhaust.

The engines in them cook the injector wiring harness, so my job was to create a new harness from high temp teflon insulated wire. The job has been as great success. It runs on all 12 again (was running on 9), and is far more fuel efficient. He got 20mpg on the latest highway drive.

Not as much fun as the BMW to work on, but is a very good car to drive.

[Jon K]

I too have worked at a jag dealer ship and drove a bunch of older XJ6's, they have a surpring amount of torque - I suppose its because its a 4.0L 6!

[Bill R.]

the car.. Goofy ass fuel injectors with short pieces of fuel line connecting each injector to the fuel rail.. when the fuel line pieces get old you develop leaks that spray right down into the valley of the v12... and whats sitting
in the valley? 2 distributors and Coils that have problems with dist caps and rotors anyway.. so you get a little gas spraying down into the valley on top of a dist cap thats arcing anway and suddenly its barbecue time. A cap and rotor off of one that i worked on.

I just finished helping a mate rebuild the fuel injection on his 88 xj12 series 3. It actually a daimler double six. We still have to give the gm400 trans a fliud, filter and mount change and fix a hole in the exhaust.

The engines in them cook the injector wiring harness, so my job was to create a new harness from high temp teflon insulated wire. The job has been as great success. It runs on all 12 again (was running on 9), and is far more fuel efficient. He got 20mpg on the latest highway drive.

Not as much fun as the BMW to work on, but is a very good car to drive.