that's what i was going to say. I think instead of starting with the idea that
you have to swap it out, why not use the motor the car is engineered to use?
the v12 isn't a bad motor at all, it just got a bad rep from people that were
used to working on sbcs. I know of a couple jag conversions; all of them have
more 'issue hassle' than the car would if you just left the oem engine in
there. even with the kits and directions, it's a pain to convert, then maintain
the conversion.
and he's not kidding about selling it. once you do that to the car, it's yours
for life.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Rambour" <mikey@b2systems.com>
To: "Paul Mele" <paul.mele@usermail.com>
Cc: "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:33:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Engine swaps; 350 SBC donor cars.
Paul Mele wrote:
> I suspect a number of you are car guys.
>
> I've acquired an 87 V12 jag coupe. I know that the V12 isn't a good engine;
>
I am VERY surprised at the number of responses that suggested swapping
was a good idea, that V12 is a better motor with proper maintenance and
if I was looking for a Jag, I would never even give a second thought to
a butchered one with a V8 in it. I did look for a Jag a few years ago
for my wife and the V8 ones were CHEAP compared to the Jag powered ones
but we were only looking for a Jag powered car. In the end she got a Alfa.
Its your car do as you wish but take a look around and see the resale
values of converted cars versus non-converted, it drops drastically for
the converts and they never seem to run right, there is a always a
"issue" somewhere.
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