Does any one know of the 4.2 V-8 in the XJ8 ('08 model) is the same as the Ford 4.2 V-8? Like what Ford had used in their Mustangs, etc...
Asking to better understand the Jag 4.2 V8 and perhaps have an alternate source for engine parts.

 

Double post...shame on you.

 

Nope some simularities but that is all. Ford used a AJ30 and AJ35 engines built in the States while Jaguar used, up till 2008, the AJ34 and AJ34S bult in the UK. From 2009 onwards Jaguar upgraded to the AJ133 engine.

I think