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Sell the V8 and....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Whoosh!

I've seen that kicking about

Looks very nice, what do you think the end price will be ?

I reckon it'll be about £4.5k

Only 400bhp you could do better than that........and a lighter car......

Suggestions on the back of a tenner Martin?

Don't think the Jag will be lighter - our XJ40 XJR that had the 6 Cylinder lump weighed in at something around 1700kgs.

The X308's also suffered from the dreaded tin worm as well, the unit's had numerous revisions of the timing chain tensioners as they tend to go through them like hotcakes too...

If you're looking at a Jag, either go for a late X308 V8 - 2002 onwards, however they tend to be pricey. Personally I'd go for the earlier (X300) which featured the Supercharged 4.0 6 Cylidner, 324bhp and it's a bullet proof engine.)

However, if you're wanting a V8 toy, This is what you want.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-51-BMW-M5-PR ... 013wt_1139

400bhp without any form of super/turbo charging.

6 speed manual (no auto available!)

Individual Spec..

Usable as an every day car if needs be, no rust (unless it's been shunted!)

Voted one of the best generations of 5 series ever produced...

Is that a real M5? I thought the M cars had special wing mirrors? I may be very wrong, but there are a lot of 'conversions' out there.

I'm not sure on the E39, but I know on ours (E34) there were options of wing mirrors that you could have. They could also be aftermarket.

Pretty sure it's the real deal though!

Hi Jake no I was meaning the 260 would be lighter even with a teeny weeny little ole gadget add on

Don't think you'd get your cheap classic insurance on either of those though Carl?

Both the Jag and M5 very nice cars though.

Martin wrote:Hi Jake no I was meaning the 260 would be lighter even with a teeny weeny little ole gadget add on

I'd kill for a motor like yours!

Carl,

This is what you want, (practical too!)

View eBay item 160599267106