brianp38dse
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It may be quick when its finished but i wont go round corners, unless it has the suspension of one i saw that had bmw e90 front and rear the guy races it in thunder saloons and it had a big 5.0 v8 up front
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brianp38dse
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Heres the car
RangeRoller dt
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Nikasil was problem for many engines then, bmw was big one. Did recalls and fitted liners to get around it outcome was either you were sorted or screwed afterwards.
Don’t let the sellers see your Disco, they won’t like it when they realise why you keep smiling as they talk bull****
Don’t let the sellers see your Disco, they won’t like it when they realise why you keep smiling as they talk bull****
Jaguar stopped using Nikasil around 2000 or 2001.
Wazzajnr
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Pretty sure the pipe in the vee doesn't apply to the normally aspirated engines. I think it's only on the supercharged ones.
The early jag AJV8 was crap as my son in law will testify. No knowledge of later ones but it seems to me there are no good engines in the JLR vehicles, it's a matter of choosing the least worst.
How old? Mine's a 2001 and it is absolutely lovely. It has never failed me. Smooth as silk and goes like stink.
Datatek
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Done many miles in it?
RangeRoller dt
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That’s late, think bmw got theirs sorted before ours p38s even rolled off the line
Quite a few. Cannot remember what it is up to but sub 100k.
It was all the rage at the end of the 90s.
Datatek
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You cannot polish a turd.Jaguar sorted the nikasil issue in 2001..
Unlike LR Jaguar actually improved something
I am Biased but i just love my 4.6 V8 Thor, it has been looked after, Head gaskets and servicing and so far apart from a cam sensor has not let me down. (i have now just cursed myself) I have the Stainless sport exhaust so also love the burble from it. It is a gas guzzler but as in Russia it only costs £50 to fill it up. Love that power when you plant your foot and for a 2 ton car it gets off its arse. Thor was indeed the god of thunder in my book.
