Enthusiastman
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I would highly recommend a Daimler Super V8 or the later Super Eight. Awesome cars and very very fast indeed. You can pick up a corker now for decent money albeit there are a lot of Jap imports flooding in now so beware of those as the speedo will be in KM's and the audio and nav most likely won't work over here. The dealers who sell them do little or nothing to them, buy them cheap and then farm them out at top book. Some even change the boot lids for a uk style one so they can fit a standard number plate. Crafty sods.
You will know all about the Nikasil liner models, failing timing chain tensioners, water pumps etc so go for a later 99 onwards model as they reverted back to steel liners. The so called " sealed for life gearboxes " suffered too in the early cars costing Jaguar millions in warranty claims. Look for top spec cars, limo rear seat option, headlamp power washers, full size spare wheel option, etc as they look so much better. I loved mine and it sold very quickly after my 5 years of owning it. Good luck in your search.
Enthusiastman
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SWHMBO eh buddy. LOLGood selection of beautiful motors. I came within minutes of buying a Super V8 but Mrs Tricky said if it has to be an old car it has to be the Range Rover Supercharged or don’t bother bringing it home lol.
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Enthusiastman
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I often think the same too being a similar sort of car owner chap as you are but there has always been something about a P38 that i love albeit there faults and costs to fix. Very short ownership with my Westminster TD recently but i will have another in time and the search continues. I think i am going to steer clear of the 4.6 variant and just look at 4.0 and maybe another TD if its right this time.It seems we are of the same mind. Why do we have Range Rovers?
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Enthusiastman
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Having owned both RR and Bentley buddy i would say " Go for it " they are both lovely cars and there are some real bargains out there today needing little or no major works doing to them. Just routine servicing. Bomb proof cars if looked after.I agree, my whole family have bought into the Range Rover. This being my second after I rolled the last one is considered one of the safest places to be driven in our opinion. Add that to the smiles every time we go anywhere in it there is a serious risk that the only other drive would be a Bentley but last time I was looking I lost my nerve and went RR. There’s always a conversation to have about a RR good or bad so that has to have a positive effect on family.
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Enthusiastman
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I too am in the same frame of mind buddy. Its a hard habit to break is cars.My reality is that I don’t need a Range Rover or an other car as Mrs Tricky has one that starts every time you turn the key but I enjoy driving cleaning and tinkering. Perhaps I should grow up and stop playing with toys but if I do that I’d probably end up sat in front of the TV all winter and too unfit to do anything in the spring. Toys it is then!
Tricky
Definitely injection. It is buried under a tarpaulin at the moment behind a load of other crap. ****ing it down too so motivation to disturb it is low.
TBH I am not sure it has an engine number. It should but it has zero hours on it. Brand new from Jaguar and never used. It was going to a project. It may even have been an experimental Jaguar engine.
I'd go 4.6 over 4.0. Engine reliability the same but drive train stronger on 4.6.
I find the diesel auto sluggish but the manual is nippier. Agricultural compared to the v8 though. Watch for the bushes on the clutch fork lever wearing and causing the spiral pins to snap on the clutch fork. Gearbox out job.
I have a manual diesel out the front as a daily driver, an auto diesel out the back and also a 4.6 v8 out the back.
brianp38dse
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Here`s Grrrrrr`s engine found the pic he put up ages ago
Totally agreeMy reality is that I don’t need a Range Rover or an other car as Mrs Tricky has one that starts every time you turn the key but I enjoy driving cleaning and tinkering. Perhaps I should grow up and stop playing with toys but if I do that I’d probably end up sat in front of the TV all winter and too unfit to do anything in the spring. Toys it is then!
Tricky
tomcat59alan
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What's the engine in @Grrrrrr ? It looks very Jag. Including the a/c compressor position. On the V12 5.3 it made the changing of number 1 plug nearly impossible unless,as I did adapt a plug socket. When I did my mates the plug had never been changed even though it was main stealer serviced religiously.Here`s Grrrrrr`s engine found the pic he put up ages ago
brianp38dse
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Thats the engine he has as a project, he needs to know exactly what engine it is so ecu`s can be found to run it.
Enthusiastman
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What ever i choose in the end buddy will be an auto as i need it for health issues/disabilities. I really am torn at the moment. Still awaiting the dealer to come back to me to see if he has fixed the oil leak on the Vogue SE i nearly bought. Its a real beauty and such a shame but if he fixes it and comes back to me i may well have it as it really does tick all my boxes.
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Enthusiastman
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I just been sent that too. Its well funny
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Nightmare especially if the opus became temperamental, looks like a Series II XJ12 V12, won't be much use sitting out in the weather though...
Every single injected V12 I worked on was running on 9 cylinders and all the owners were none the wiser, usually stuck injectors to blame a direct 12v feed from a battery would get them going again, nothing better than when they ran well, down into 1st on the TH400 trans they howl right up to 6500 and nearly a ton
Stock power was around 285hp I believe the intakes and throttle bodies strangled them, with some intake and head work they can make over 340hp
