PART 1
Thought I would share the basket case I got :blink:. Its a 1999 Jaguar XKR in a bit of a sorry state, does not look too bad in this first picture, was already modified to a certain degree
They never look too bad in pics, this one had a bad paint job, a blown engine and the worst interior combo I could ever want, even the engine bay was a mess , but quite low mileage @ 50K
The first thing I did was pull the engine, I then stripped it down to every last nut ‘n bolt, this is what I found, I actually had 3 pistons like these :sad2:
Luckily the bores were saved by there nikasil coating, a testament to how strong that stuff is when you consider the state of the pistons!
I rebuilt the engine stroking it from a 4.0 to a 4.2, port matched the manifolds and uprated the supercharger, a sprinkle of bling and I ended up with this..
Whilst the engine was out it made sense to sort the engine bay, this too was stripped of everything I could and everything I couldn’t was bagged and masked. A damn good clean, rub down, etch primed, painted and then a good few coats of lacquer.
I also did a little bit of a modification to the drivers side inner wing, I put a big enough hole in to get a 3” induction tube in either to bring air up from the front (CDA) or to put the air box into the front bumper, have not quite decided yet.
With the engine back in I made up some more bling, strut cap tops, strut braces, coil pack covers and all the fluid caps were made from aluminium, I also had the tooling made to produce silicone hoses :amuse:
Thought I would share the basket case I got :blink:. Its a 1999 Jaguar XKR in a bit of a sorry state, does not look too bad in this first picture, was already modified to a certain degree
They never look too bad in pics, this one had a bad paint job, a blown engine and the worst interior combo I could ever want, even the engine bay was a mess , but quite low mileage @ 50K
The first thing I did was pull the engine, I then stripped it down to every last nut ‘n bolt, this is what I found, I actually had 3 pistons like these :sad2:
Luckily the bores were saved by there nikasil coating, a testament to how strong that stuff is when you consider the state of the pistons!
I rebuilt the engine stroking it from a 4.0 to a 4.2, port matched the manifolds and uprated the supercharger, a sprinkle of bling and I ended up with this..
Whilst the engine was out it made sense to sort the engine bay, this too was stripped of everything I could and everything I couldn’t was bagged and masked. A damn good clean, rub down, etch primed, painted and then a good few coats of lacquer.
I also did a little bit of a modification to the drivers side inner wing, I put a big enough hole in to get a 3” induction tube in either to bring air up from the front (CDA) or to put the air box into the front bumper, have not quite decided yet.
With the engine back in I made up some more bling, strut cap tops, strut braces, coil pack covers and all the fluid caps were made from aluminium, I also had the tooling made to produce silicone hoses :amuse:
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