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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: LUMP you say???
At 15:08 14/02/97 -0500, you wrote: >At 12:23 PM 2/14/97 +1100, you wrote: >>At 00:36 14/02/97 GMT, you wrote: >>>>The 4-litre V8 is just another reason the XK8 appears to be just >>>>another in a large pack of similar offerings rather than the outstanding >>>>vehicle that Jaguar has a history of introducing. If I had been making the >>>>decision, that engine would have been at LEAST 6 litre, possibly 7 or more. >>> >>>Yes! I would suggest an 8 litre V10 and make the car's design remind you of a >>>cat shark... :-) >> >>No! V12 double o.h. cam, nothing else will do. Jag without a V12 as an >>option is just another car. V8 is just another lump. > >I have a "lump", an '85 XJS with a modified 454 cid (7.4 litre) naturally >aspirated >that I would gladly put up against your factory offering. Since my gross >vechicle >weight is less than the V-12 version, I'll give you a head start. >Tom G'day Tom, I was at the races the other night and we watched an XJ V8, sounds just like yours, get eliminated by a very small Austin V8 utility or a pickup truck. It would have been a sad sight but in fact I did not care much because Jag did not race a 1950's Austin, it was only one V8 against another :-). Ned '61Mk2
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