Anyone heard this before?
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Anyone heard this before?
I was getting gas yesterday and a fellow was admiring the Jag (as well he should) and asked me if it was the "Hellcat" engine. I responded I'd personally never heard it called that. I've only heard Dodge engines called Hellcats, but am pretty sure he couldn't have mistaken the XKR for a challenger. I'm wondering if there was a reference I'd never heard of before.
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probably didn't have a clue but...the high efficiency heads for the v12 way back in the late 70's had some weird slang attached to them indicating that they were 'hot' stuff. (and they were...raced one up to 126mph when he finally started to fade...I was driving 350 hp turbocharged mb 450)
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I was getting gas yesterday and a fellow was admiring the Jag (as well he should) and asked me if it was the "Hellcat" engine. I responded I'd personally never heard it called that. I've only heard Dodge engines called Hellcats, but am pretty sure he couldn't have mistaken the XKR for a challenger. I'm wondering if there was a reference I'd never heard of before.
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I was getting gas yesterday and a fellow was admiring the Jag (as well he should) and asked me if it was the "Hellcat" engine. I responded I'd personally never heard it called that. I've only heard Dodge engines called Hellcats, but am pretty sure he couldn't have mistaken the XKR for a challenger. I'm wondering if there was a reference I'd never heard of before.
Last edited by Barry Leftwich; 09-29-2022 at 04:38 PM.
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"Hellcat" is an engine naming of the GM family of makes, to which Dodge belongs.
If you have been working on the engine, it is very difficult to deny the amount of FoMoCo parts on the Jaguar AJ-V8 engine.
You find "FoMoCo'" on the injectors, the coil packs, various tubings and housings, and many other parts in the XK.
Also in design, the Jaguar AJ-V8 is very similar to the Ford "Coyote" V8 engine, as used in Ford Mustangs.
My take is that the Jaguar 2006+ MY variant actually uses the main components made by Ford (e.g. castings etc.) of the Ford Coyote block, but with adapted details and specs (camshafts, pistons, bore, stroke, etc.).
The assembly of the engines is done in the Jaguar factories.
So whether it is a Ford or a Jaguar engine? That is very much a matter how you define things.
If you have been working on the engine, it is very difficult to deny the amount of FoMoCo parts on the Jaguar AJ-V8 engine.
You find "FoMoCo'" on the injectors, the coil packs, various tubings and housings, and many other parts in the XK.
Also in design, the Jaguar AJ-V8 is very similar to the Ford "Coyote" V8 engine, as used in Ford Mustangs.
My take is that the Jaguar 2006+ MY variant actually uses the main components made by Ford (e.g. castings etc.) of the Ford Coyote block, but with adapted details and specs (camshafts, pistons, bore, stroke, etc.).
The assembly of the engines is done in the Jaguar factories.
So whether it is a Ford or a Jaguar engine? That is very much a matter how you define things.
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