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I've done two. The first was an XKE coupe years ago (they were not worth a fortune then) and more recently an XJS coupe for my wife to drive. The first from scratch with a 350, 4 speed and the second with a kit from John's Cars out of Texas. The second one was Goodwrench 350 300hp crate coupled to a 700R4. Johns's supplied a lot of little parts that would take time to scrounge. He even recalibrated the speedometer. The kit saved a lot of time. It is a neat swap but you are still stuck with all of the other Jaguar problems. Both cars were a constant electrical battle even though I had replaced every part and wire I could think of. They both looked good though!

May as well use a 350 trans also and save the hassle when the limey one goes south later. Most definitely get rid of all the limey electrical components.

Like Larrys says, the kit from John's cars is the standard of
the Jag conversion industry. Go to Jaguar conversions, swaps, parts, service and advice - from John's Cars in Dallas. for info.

mike in tucson

measure twice , cut 3 times , weld 4 times ... you can make almost anything work! LOL

now hubby has found a 1969 datsun 240Z that he wants to do the same thing too. He is concerned about how much money the Jag will cost in the long run. He thinks that it would be less problem to convert the 240Z because it does not have any chips in it. I told him that I would ask the group and see what you guys think. The Jag cost 900 and the 240Z cost 500.

Back in the late 70's, me and my roomate did an XJ6 for his brother-in-law. He supplied the motor and trans (350/350) and we supplied the labor. No kits, everything from scratch. We got paid $500. We got everything to work, including the air. We took it out on the boulevard to impress the girls (we were young and single). No one wanted a ride. They said it was an old man's car.

We never drove it after that..........

I vote for the 240Z. I always wanted to build a street and bracket car with one.

hey twitch how are you feeling.

Here you go Barb.........................

Don

JTR Datsun Z Car V-8 Conversion, manual for Datsun V8

hi barb you might to tell your hubby to check the price of the earley z cars you might yant to fix it up some and flip it and buy some other project the z cars are starting to bring big bucks just a thought ted I KNOW ALL THE RULES AND I KNOW HOW TO BREAK EM

If I remember correctly John's cars sells a kit for early Z cars also. However, I agree with Ted, those 240Z's are getting pricy.