Jeccles2
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| posted on 15/8/03 at 09:34 PM |
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Jaguar V12 + transaxle
Naive newcomer seeks advice...
Any suggestions for type and source of a suitable transaxle to mate with a Jaguar V12 engine in mid-engined configuration?
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JoelP
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| posted on 15/8/03 at 10:09 PM |
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No idea but sound like a fun recipe! I was contemplating a BMW 750 but sacked it off due to weight and appalling throttle response. I was almost out
of the car before the engine revved!
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/8/03 at 11:00 PM |
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if you havnt seen one, look at a V12 engine first - they are massive!
atb
steve
 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/8/03 at 03:21 AM |
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porche, renault 30, hewland, audi, may well be others but seen all the above with big V8 n V12 motors in front of em.
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James
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 11:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
if you havnt seen one, look at a V12 engine first - they are massive!
atb
steve
Steve,
What sort of power do they put out? Worth it for the weight at all with tuning?
Cheers,
James
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JoelP
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 12:53 PM |
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i suspect not myself, the cheap engines are quite old so not too powerful, 300bhp max id guess even for the 5 litres. My personal choice would be the
turbo'd smaller units, 2 to 2.5 litre blown. These will get 250 horses all day, more if some money is spent, and will weigh a good deal less.
Having a huge lump up front must do something funny to the handling! Quality units like, i dunno, cossies or jap stuff might get plenty more, like up
to 1000 from even an SX engine, though with dubious reliability.
realistically 400 bhp is on the cards, out of a 2 litre.
My next engine, as said many times on other threads, will be a rover turbo, which should get 230 - 240 quite easily (they can be run at 10 psi all day
apparently).
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 01:26 PM |
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My car, engine in the picture, was an HE model that put out 299 hp, with massive torque.
The earlier pre HE was around 285 hp.
HE = high efficiency head - special swirl combustion chambers. Helped economy - in a relative way!
There were lots of variants, inc cats fitted to cars after 1991.
The Jag engine is nice and smooth, but totally shagged by a 3 speed auto box. There are bellhousings and conversions arund, but I decided to sell the
car to fund my build 3 years ago.
Its interesting to compare 3 speed v12 auto ad the 3.6 straight six of the time.
0 - 30 = approx 2.7 both cars
0 - 60 approx 7.5 both cars.
Its only 0 - 100 were the v12 is about 3 secs quicker.
If I was buying again, id use the 'six' as although its 'only' 225 hp, the 5 speed box is much better!
Its a very similar engine to the one on the luego car on the front page of the site 'cept its the later aj16 4.o than the 3.6 aj6.
There is a company called AJ6 engineering that does tuning items for V12 and AJ6 cars.
atb
steve
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andyps
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 01:34 PM |
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There is a Jag breaker in the village where I live (Ackworth near Pontefract where the Yorkshire group meet) who supplies V12 engines complete with
all the electronics etc for a maximum of £500 - someone I knew was interested in one for a mid engined land rover which sounded interesting.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 3/9/03 at 01:02 PM |
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I have seen several V12 motors going on ebay for 100 - 200 quid.
atb
steve
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