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I often see some pretty decent looking 60's MkII's for sale in California, Texas, etc. except that they have American iron for motors. I was wondering if anyone has attempted to return a Jag of this vintage back to original by installing the stock motor. guess it would depend on how much cutting and modification was involved. What do Jag motors and trans from that era typically sell for?
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Jaguar MkII's with 6cyl or V8 motors?
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jessebogan
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The V12 is a lot wider tho, and that makes fitting it to one of the small sedans trickey The easiest way to go on a retrofit might be to buy a rusty but running series 3 XJ6. It is a 4.2 version of the XK engine, instead of the "correct" 2.4 thru 3.8 versions, but will bolt in. The S3 auto is miles better than the BWs that came in the MK2s also. Otherwise, you could contact Jagnut Jaguar Spares (My buddy Jack White), 1 540 743 4037 and he can no doubt supply a correct drivetrain, and manual trans options, etc.
Of course there's the question of how much cutting and welding the conversion to the V8 took, considering many amateurs find that easier than actual design and engineering. If you want to buy one I'd say familiarize yourself with what an original engine compartment looks like so you know if what you're looking at has been cut up a lot, a little or not at all.
