That vee 12 was not built for racing - I guess you mean fast driving? It was
raced in Le Mans jags many years ago despite having an iron block. The
original design spec for a Jaguar vee-12 was for racing but a lot of re-design
work
occurred by the time the road engine was built.
I think the 12 was supposed to go into the XJ saloon series first but ended
up going in the last of the E-types and 4 years late in 1972 it went into
saloons. It went into the XJ-S 2 door sport some time after that. Later XJ-S
have
the 6 cylinder engine.
Daniel1312 - Climax in Coventy - ISBN 0-9530721-2-6
In a message dated 27/06/03 10:32:24 Pacific Daylight Time, dmeadow@juno.com
writes:
> The earlier V12's (5.3 liter) were
> really built for racing and didn't come into their own until you were
> going over 100.
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