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- From: c.oneill@trl.oz.au (Chris O'Neill)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Jaguar XJ-12 is a Dog?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.010746.7619@trl.oz.au>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 01:07:46 GMT
- References: <2335@shaman.wv.tek.com> <hhelanto.724560878@vipunen.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Telecom Australia Research Laboratories
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- In article <hhelanto.724560878@vipunen.hut.fi> hhelanto@vipunen.hut.fi (Henri R
- Helanto) writes:
- >In <2335@shaman.wv.tek.com> harmons@.WV.TEK.COM (Harmon Sommer) writes:
- >
- >>Given that those who vote with their tool kits, or wallets, have pulled
- >>more Jag engines and replaced them with chev, suggests that Jag V12
- >>powered Corvettes are a distinct rarity.
- >
- > The big problems with Jag V12 are:
- > 1. Non-existent reliability. My mother has had a XJS V12 for
- > 18 months now and they have already changed the whole
- > ignition system and most of the fuel injection system.
- > TWICE! (isn't really a problem with old Jags without
- > computer or EFI).
-
- This is a bit irritating. To think that they can make a V12 block, crankshaft
- etc. and then stuff up the peripheral things like ignition and fuel injection
- is disappointing.
-
- > 2. Absence of _good_ tune-up parts. There isn't factory
- > made cylinder heads (well, outrageously expensive
- > XJR-S Cosworth heads), decent intake plenum, complete
- > bolt-on blower kits, headers or just about anything.
-
- Again, disappointing.
-
- > ...But I still love that V12 and asking Vette drivers
- > where they have lost four cylinders... ;-)
- > (Yep, my mother bitches me about it all the time :-( ).
-
- Chris O'Neill
- Telecom Australia Research Labs
-