Re: Yet another XK8 sighting report

[Victor Naumann <jagdoc@erols.com>]

Kirbert wrote:
> 
> From: Victor Naumann <jagdoc@erols.com>:
> > The 8 engine is the best performing engine of it's size available today.
> 
> Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Who cares?

 I would guess that the new owners of the car care.


> > The idea was maximum useable power with
> > accebtable fuel economy.
> 
> OK, quickie survey here:  How many Jaguar owners on this list bought their
> Jag because it had acceptable fuel economy?

I don't know how many owners bought their cars with the intention of
getting good mileage, but I have seen a lot of customers asking why the
fuel consumption is so high,esp in winter and city driving.


> > And it succeeds very well.
> 
> I succeeds very well at accomplishing the wrong objectives.  Tell it to a
> Ford exec, we're not impressed.

The objective being to sell enough cars to continue desiging and
marketing cars for many more years.
> 
> > There is talk of a
> > supercharged version for next year...
> 
> IOW, we KNOW we screwed up and made the engine too small, but we can fix it
> with a quickie upgrade!  Lessee, now, just how many legendary Jaguars had
> superchargers?

Perhaps this will be a new legend.
> 
> > and it looks like it was designed for a
> > supercharger to lay between the banks of the intake.
> 
> Is there any V8 that doesn't?

Actually my V8 Chevy doesn't accomodate it's supercharger between the
valve covers, it hangs off to the side.If you look at the Jag V8, you
can see how high the runners are near the center. that is the area I
meant.

> > A six or seven litre
> > would be unacceptably heavy and expensive.
> 
> In whose humble opinion?  From all accounts, the V-12 could have easily been
> made into a 7+ litre engine, and it wouldn't weigh any more nor cost any
> more than it did in the past.  That would have made a simple revision to the
> existing engine far preferable to the "all new Jaguar design".
> 
> Still not up-to-date enough?  Fine -- fit new 4-valve heads to it, based on
> the AJ6 heads.

Sure you could make it a seven litre, but it weighs over 800 lbs., the
V8 is about half that. The twelve is not a really clean running engine
and all manufacturers are concerned with meating CAFE standards for the
future.

> > Mercedes 12 is well over
> > 100,000.00 and that is way too much for most people.
> 
> IMHO, Mercedes appeals to a different market.

I agree, but you were the one who brought up Mercedes and BMW having
twelves. Both of their designs are much newer,cleaner and more powerful
than Jag"s 12

Regards, Vic

>  -- Kirbert      |     If anything is to be accomplished,
>                  |     some rules must be broken.
>                  |          - Palm's Postulate

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