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Just thought I'd post a few pics of our prototype car here- this is a 1998 Jaguar XJ8 sedan with a Camaro LS1 Conversion. This has been an ongoing project for a couple of months now, and the result (as you see it here) is a great running/driving car that has far exceeded our expectations. The new eng/trans package seems to have about the same weight as the original, so handling is unaffected, but the performance (compared to the original 4.0 Jag V8) is night and day. The car is a ball to drive. At the time these pictures were taken, the car had nearly 200 miles of city/highway driving on it.

Some wiring details are still being worked out, but this project will ultimately result in a kit and related parts for our to customers to do a similar conversion on their own cars. Some important details here:

• Accessory drive- stock GM with no aftermarket parts
• Exhaust manifolds- stock GM (high flow) cast iron
• Oil Pan- mild modification on a standard GM pan (so mild that oil pickup remains unmodified)
  

One last note- much of what was done here would also apply to the Jag XK8 and XKR coupes and convertibles, and we plan to have a kit offering for those models as well soon.

Andrew
www.JaguarSpecialties.com