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Nahh. A little more sober than that I'm afraid. One valve guide or two are worn. The spark plugs needs to be changed. Might give the third and most valid reason to swap the engine: Jaguar built in a heat exchanger into the oil tray (which the coolant meant for the engine heats/cools the...

hehe :-) Had a driver on the jag today since I was drunk. He didn't want to go faster than 260 kmh but the car CAN go faster. Now, I'm interested in more... Love this vinter - a new v12 is on my christmas list. cheers

Hehehe ;-). Will call it a tiger if it get unchoked again and put back into the condition it was ment to be (back to how the R dept. had constructed it). If I'm able to borrow some good recording equipment I'll put an mp3 out on youtube

oh yes!

Hello :-D A small update on the jag. Changed out the old asthmatic exhaust system on it. Now it's stainless steel 2,5 inch until the rear axle then reduced to 2 inch the rest of the way. Now it has only one silencer on each side. Hehehe :-) full flow system in stainless mounted on the car for...

Have no idea about the fuel injection used on that engine or the specs on it. The crank in this engine is made by rossi. Don't know about the rest of the internals but I'll ask (reckon though they keep at least the same standard as the crank). Regards

Hello :-). Here are some of the modifications that the factory did on these volvos. I have most surely forgotten a lot and don't know about all of them either. Perfect. Of cours I'll put out pics here Paint - only 2 layers of paint. One layer is the primer and the other is the top coat...

not much. Some rot on the door which has to be fixed. He has the original parts in his basement (to preserve them). A new paint job will benefit the car but nobody wants to take that job due to the extreme specs on it (strip it down, out one layer of dust thin primer and one dust thin layer of...

It's one of the missing three cars of 500 produced from your link Waynne. Look closely on the shape of the car. Especially at the trunk. Look at the size and shape - nothing is right compared to a regular 240 (length, structure, shape etc). Will put out some more pics and facts about it when I...

Hello Waynne. Was a little cryptic on the last reply. I've put out some pics on a volvo (had to get the owner's permission before I took any pictures). Look closely at the pictures. Look at the shape, brake discs etc. Some things are not original on this car: The front rims, tail lights and...

mmmm. Might provide you with a pic of a volvo. Won't say anything except that it is an -84 model and a friend of me owns it.... Will be home at last tomorrow.

fairly easy to swap engines in it (lotsa space)

No problem Waynne. You'll get a ton of photos. I take them as i work on the car anyway to document what I have done on it. It's in pretty good condition but I'm not satisfied with the paint job and upholstery. Planning on paint job this winter and the interior next winter. Who knows...

Mmmm. Waynne might be better to answer this than me about engine swaps on volvos. Haven't touched a volvo in ten years even though I live in volvoland (sweden). Basically you can put anything under the hood of an old volvo as long as you can close it and the engine is not an yankee...

mmm. True. Cleanliness is the word. Have to admit that the V12 would benefit for that kind of tuning. Running cleaner and give a lot of extra punch - most certainly. It's quite asthmatic as it is (a regular two litre engine today has bigger air filter intake than what's original on the jag)...

Hey Waynne. Thanks for your time and answer. Sorry to disappoint you a little. Don't think to tune it up - it's powerful enough as it is. I started to wonder when i had the manifold off for some vac sealing and other maintenance. Saw the choking (or seemd like) and the rough innards on the...

Disagree strongly on this engine. Has never been good. They are well known to blow their heads long before 60k miles. Volvo tried to improve the renault V6 but messed up the construction. Try to get an engine from a renault 30tl (it's the same engine but manufactured by renaut). It will last...

Anybody around here that have done some "serious" work on the heads of an V12 HE engine? My question is how much can you port the inlet and outlet canals from stock? It seems that they're very choked down from originally (gasket has around 1 cm bigger diameter than the canals). Regards