Good bad idea, or great worst idea? 

"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw) 06/10/2015 at 18:35 • Filed to: JAAAAAAAAAAAG, BAD IDEA

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I’ve always wanted a green XJS...

I mean, how hard could it be?

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GhostZ > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 18:37

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Sold As-is with no interior pictures and a semi-clean looking body is craigslist talk for “All of the electronics and interior pieces are fucked ”.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 18:38

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Just make sure you own a hammer...

RallyWrench > GhostZ 06/10/2015 at 18:38

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Exactly. Either that or they lost the keys.

RallyWrench > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 06/10/2015 at 18:39

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I have a fine selection, tempered over many years in other cars.

Jedidiah > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 18:42

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This is the best worst idea

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 18:43

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Plainly this is the best decision you will ever make.

Cherry_man1 > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 18:45

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Do it. DO IT NOW

Brian, The Life of > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 18:47

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Step 1) Buy car and an SBC to swap in
Step 2) Pull V12 and turn into amazing Top Gear coffee table
Step 3) Sell coffee table to rich gearhead for $2000
Step 4) Take proceeds from coffee table and ... finish building your Jaguar LeMons race car!
Step 5) GLORY!

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 19:03

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its a great idea

RallyWrench > Brian, The Life of 06/10/2015 at 19:06

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This makes perfect sense. I hadn’t even considered the coffee table angle, how could I miss that?

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 19:15

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there can be more than one of these. I need to get some better pics when I see him again. SBC is damn cheap

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/doing-it-so-ri…

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 06/10/2015 at 19:18

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Holy shit, that thing is glorious!

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 19:21

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fucking do it. doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit

It is the best fate for this thing

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 06/10/2015 at 19:28

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So tempted to drag it home this weekend. SO tempted. I could get away with that.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 19:30

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the best thing is if this is what you want to execute, it doesnt matter a lick what you do or dont do to it. Leather is fucked up? Put in recaros. Motor fucked up, put in a chevy or a goddamn International 7.3 diesel. Go nuts, just lift it and make sure you have side exhausts on it

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 06/10/2015 at 19:33

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You know it, with KCs on the roof and a prerunner front bar. Chevy engines are easy, but I sort of want to do a BMW V12, still with side pipes of course.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 19:39

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If you have access to one why not? There is a ton of space in there vs the Jag mill. Benz might work too, and those are at least more reliable than the BMW by a bit. Didnt those run a GM transmission anyhow with a different bell housing? TH350 maybe?

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 06/10/2015 at 19:49

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I think you’re right. That one is too old to have a ZF. I’d want a manual though, maybe I could stick a T5 in there.

LongbowMkII > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 20:08

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Can’t wait for interior pics.

honestly this is a good time to get one. people’s opinions are already starting to change on these.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 20:15

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if you can stick a TH400 in there, which I know you can if that wasnt already the original box, you can fit anything...

ranwhenparked > RallyWrench 06/10/2015 at 20:23

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You don’t see one from the ‘70s every day. Most of the survivors out there seem to be roughly 1986 and up for some reason. Body looks good, and I bet the paint would polish up reasonably well, but the lack of interior photos is troubling - on a Jag, all that leather can get expensive.

RallyWrench > ranwhenparked 06/10/2015 at 20:27

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That’s true. I much prefer the smaller early bumpers. If the interior is thrashed, I’d probably just rip it out & put in a set of junkyard Recaros or something.

pip bip - choose Corrour > RallyWrench 06/11/2015 at 05:21

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good idea , what’s the worst that could happen?

i mean is bankruptcy that bad?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RallyWrench 06/11/2015 at 05:44

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Fantastic idea.

I’ve actually got a 4.0l AJ6 sitting in my garage waiting to be rebuilt with cams, a compression bump, a home-built 6-3-1 manifold and some ITBs. Hoping for 300-350bhp and a mountain of torque.

That’ll then go in an XJS with an LSD at the back, 5-speed Getrag manual, lots of lightweight bits and a side-exit exhaust.

Irritating thing is that they’ve goen up in value over here over the past few years. What was once an easy £500 find is now a £1000-£1500 find which puts it firmly out of the ‘fuck it I’ll buy that’ purchasing category I’m in...

RallyWrench > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 06/11/2015 at 12:03

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And that’s exactly the category this one is solidly in. Most beater XJSs are $3k+ cars here, and are newer.

MultiplaOrgasms > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 06/11/2015 at 14:20

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XJS

no SBC swap

<3

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > MultiplaOrgasms 06/12/2015 at 06:27

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Thanks :) I’ve also got a bit of a nutso idea to swap a 4.0l AJV8 into one with a supra gearbox on the back running ITBs and standalone engine management (the AJV8’s stock management is tied into the operation of the auto box).

If the V12 fits the AJV8 should do, and the floorpan is the same as the XK so it might jsut work :)

LongbowMkII > RallyWrench 06/12/2015 at 16:32

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update plz

RallyWrench > LongbowMkII 06/12/2015 at 16:33

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hahaha, I’m seriously thinking of going to look at it during one of the Le Mans coverage breaks tomorrow, it’s seriously been on my mind since I posted this. I don’t have easy access to a trailer this weekend though.