LS6 candidate...Jaguar?

[speedminded]

1997 Jaguar XK8 Coupe - $6950 (Madison GA)
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/cto/1277921802.html

http://images.craigslist.org/3p13oa3l5ZZZZZZZZZ97jd9e2141a9f101dc2.jpghttp://images.craigslist.org/3kf3o93lbZZZZZZZZZ97j70f60621830a162b.jpg


05 Cadillac CTS-V 5.7L LS6 Engine 6 Speed Trans $5,800
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-Cadillac-CTS-V-5-7L-LS6-Engine-6-Speed-Trans-LS1-LS2_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7 c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a2149Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZ p3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem45ed26658cQQitemZ300331 459980QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessor ies

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa76/clevelandpap/TIMS/DSC05207.jpg



A little race/tuner styling, deep offset staggered wheels with wide body and side exit exhaust, minus the wing and race livery...

http://www.rocketsportsracing.com/images/stories/gallery/FYZPCP/viewsize/2001_Gentilozzi_-_Mid-Ohio_TA.jpg

http://www.rocketsportsracing.com/images/stories/gallery/FYZPCP/viewsize/2002_Gentilozzi_-_Cleveland_TA.jpg

http://www.rocketsportsracing.com/images/stories/gallery/FYZPCP/viewsize/2002_Gentilozzi_-_Daytona_TA_2.jpg

Yeah, I'm mildly retarded.

[dorin48]

..... do it... please... you can even stop before the whole touring car part and it would still be awesome. I want to like jaguar sooooo bad but then i just think about the few I've come in contact with /shudder.

[okra1981]

People used to take XJ6's (I'm pretty sure this is correct) and put 5.7 Chevy engines in them all of the time. There was an issue with the aluminum heads warping and costing too much to repair, so dropping a common 350cu in was a good alternative. It would be a good move for a XK, they had reliability issues from what I've read, a LS6 would be a good solution.
I think about what I'd love to have and what engines would be better all of the time, I tend to always go back to mid-engine Porsches with small Subaru boxer transplants as a dream.

[VooDooXII]

Do it. Save that car. Then sell it to me. That would actually be a dream come true for me.

I love Jaguars, but I hate how unreliable they are and the fact that you can't get them with manual transmissions. This would be an unbelievably cool swap.

I've seen old Series II Jag XJs with Chevrolet 350s in them like Okra's talking about. Good move. Seems like a lot of work for a newer car...but hey, I think it'd make a hell of a machine.