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XJS 5.3 V12 (converted to manual)
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XJS 5.3 V12 (converted to manual)
This is my 89 V12 XJS
Have it around 5 years and straight away converted it to manual, I drive it mostly on vintage car rallies and not as daily driver as it would cost me 1800€ a year to tax it here in Ireland.
Have it around 5 years and straight away converted it to manual, I drive it mostly on vintage car rallies and not as daily driver as it would cost me 1800€ a year to tax it here in Ireland.
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They sound amazing with the exhaust manifolds off ... not that I've ever done that of course
This old enough to have the inboard rear discs? I hated swapping those
This old enough to have the inboard rear discs? I hated swapping those
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Re: XJS 5.3 V12 (converted to manual)
Cheers lads
@ Merlin, they say you should drive a V12 before you die lol
@indigoemon, yes she has inboard brakes, best way to do them is drop the whole rear sub frame, not too bad a job to be honest lol
Heres a video of it accelerating, I have a set of Ainsmann back boxes from my old 7 series BMW on it and the mid boxes replaced by straight pipe, opens up a good bit more power, there is some noise of it at full throttle !!!
Listen out for my mad kids telling me to go faster ! What am I rearing lol
@ Merlin, they say you should drive a V12 before you die lol
@indigoemon, yes she has inboard brakes, best way to do them is drop the whole rear sub frame, not too bad a job to be honest lol
Heres a video of it accelerating, I have a set of Ainsmann back boxes from my old 7 series BMW on it and the mid boxes replaced by straight pipe, opens up a good bit more power, there is some noise of it at full throttle !!!
Listen out for my mad kids telling me to go faster ! What am I rearing lol
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very nice bit of a plumbing nightmare that engine though lol
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Love it, been hankering for one of these for ages. Cheap to insure (latest quote for me is under £200) and compared to you, cheap to tax!
Running costs on the other hand....need shares in Esso
Running costs on the other hand....need shares in Esso
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