XJ40 conversion to a Lexus V8
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Maybe because you didn't really ask for precise advice, you solicited reaction to your comment 'it would be an awesome car'. Expecting unanimous agreement with such statements on a brand specific board is kind of naive, don't you think?
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There is really no advantage to shoehorning a Lexus V8 into a XJ40 and then making it run.
If you succeed, then you end up with a Jaguar 4 door sedan with a V8.
It is a far cheaper option to just buy a x308 which is ... a Jaguar 4 door sedan with a V8 that was fully integrated at the factory. No fuss, no muss, just pick which one to buy, pay the money and drive away.
The car will be newer and the total bill will be cheaper.
On a tight budget, buy a broken one and fix it ... it will still be cheaper and easier than a foreign V8, but not as cheap as a running x308 in the end once all costs are totalled up.
If you succeed, then you end up with a Jaguar 4 door sedan with a V8.
It is a far cheaper option to just buy a x308 which is ... a Jaguar 4 door sedan with a V8 that was fully integrated at the factory. No fuss, no muss, just pick which one to buy, pay the money and drive away.
The car will be newer and the total bill will be cheaper.
On a tight budget, buy a broken one and fix it ... it will still be cheaper and easier than a foreign V8, but not as cheap as a running x308 in the end once all costs are totalled up.
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jakeemon (02-19-2012)
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Try going on a Lexus forum and post that question the other way around (You have a Lexus car with a Jag V8 you want to install in it). I bet you would get a lot snottier comments than you got on this forum. For all intents and purposes that would be an almost impossibly hard task anyhow with almost no discernible benifit. I know they make adapters to put carbureted American V8s in XJ27s, XJ40 has similar underbonnet and undercarriages. This would be much simpler and a properly built (though poorly fuel efficient) carbed Ford or Chervrolet (or Mopar I suppose) engine would be much more powerful and 99% less fuss than making the Lexus V8 live in there.
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jakeemon (02-19-2012)
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That's the sort of advice I was looking for. Thanks. X308's are not common in New Zealand and Lexus engines are cheap as chips. I can repower my XJ40 for less than 1/4 of the money spent on her already. As a comparison I brought the car for $4000NZD have spent another $5000NZD on it and can get Lexus engine for $1600NZD.
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