They are a pretty basic motor I guess so no need for a such modern ecu, I've got a VIPEC V66 controlling my RB26.


So you've just done the very basic common approaches which is nice to know, nothing too fancy or inaccessible to the average enthusiast which is probably the best way to approach a certain car market if you want to sell products.


Is the front crossmember still retained? I'd assume you've modded the stock spring setup to take a QA1 coilover or something along those lines?


Because if you have retained that setup, then the market isn't just for XJ6 cars, but a lot of hotrods/cobra kit cars etc use the front and rear suspension from these cars.


And they'd be where I'd be focusing my market attention towards when it comes to the suspension setups, esp the rear inboard setup, which looks awesome too.

 

Will you be offering the bellhousing adapters?

 

We'll be producing the trans adapters for the Nissan Z32 trans we used. I'm sure your familiar as you play in the Nissan market, they hold a plenty of power without any mods, shift nice and are not that hard to find. The most we've run through one is 850 WHP, I don't anticipate Jag owners to have any issues. The kit shouldn't be any as expensive as the current complete T5 kits out there that we saw, but they do require a bit of trans tunnel work around the shifter for clearance. We also didn't use any stock interior, so I can't comment on how that's going to fit. We'll also be making clutch pedals to fit into the stock pedal box.
The front suspension is an inverted coil over with ride height, preload and 30 way valve adjustment. It does require an upper mount to be welded onto the stock subframe, but it still leaves the frame independent form the car. It does take a bit of clearance work to get it all in, but it's a tremendous improvement.

 

Good to see a much better transmission option becoming available to suit the Jag 4.2, great thing about the Z32 with its external shifter setup is that you can modify it's length to suit your needs, to get the best shifter position to suit the interior, one major advantage over the R33 skyline gearbox which uses the exact same gearsets but with a fixed shifter.




The front suspension sort of sounds like what I had in mind for my XJ6 front subframe, as I planned on using it in my old MK2 Jaguar with some mods so it fits.

 

Great news.
Don't need a more powerful transmission but an adaptor for a more modern, readily available (therefore cheaper), more reliable manual transmission is welcome. I wonder why the gearbox from an S-type couldn't be adapted.

 

Any gearbox from any car "could" be adapted, but it comes down to availability of a gearbox, known power handling abilities, spare parts, ease of design of the adapter plate and so on.


The great thing about the Z32 box is that it is very compact for the power it can handle, has an external shifter linkage setup that can be modified to be shortened or lengthened to suit the factory shifter hole, parts are cheap for them, came from a mass produced sports car that are being parted out more so now than restored, meaning access to a box can be had for as little as $500

 

I like what you guys are doing. I'd be interested in killing the stock motor with boost. I have a 94 Buick Roadmaster donor car just waiting to be torn apart for my 86 XJ6.

 

Just had a quick read through this thread.


I've just been on the Xcessive website but cant find any details of Jaguar suspension kits, specifically for the front.


Have you got or could someone post up any details etc ?


Cheers

 

Jaguars aren't their main market, but they decided to try the Jag to she what the old girl can do. Currently they're not producing any parts for sale, but said they were going to market some parts in the near future?

I emailed them and asked about the turbo manifold, but was told that the manifold was not something they would produce as an 'off the shelf' item. I'd give them an email and go from there.