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Re: XK180 WAS: Fuel injection

To: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Subject: Re: XK180 WAS: Fuel injection
From: richard jackson <richard.jackson@northampton.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 08:49:21 +0100


Atwell Haines wrote:

> At 10:58 AM 6/1/99 +0100, richard jackson wrote:
> >ps, Just come back from Jabekke in Belgium, I saw the NEW XK180 getting a
> damn good
> >thrashing along a closed off stretch of highway, awesome sounding and
> looking!!!  The
> >bloke from jag wouldn't let me sit in it though!!! :-(
>
> Did they get it up to 180 mph (as they had planned, hence the XK180 moniker)?

I don't know, I didn't hear any final speeds, although I doubt it as the stretch
of road didn't look that long.  I can understand it being a 180 as I wouldn't be
surprised for it to go that fast, but why an XK, it doesn't have an XK engine!!!
:-)

There was an American there that had an XKSS, totally original.....jammy git! 
:-)

Rich


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