I’ve heard that Rocketeer do a conversion with a V6 donor. What kind of cost for buying a donor car somewhere like eBay/Gumtree,? Anyone out there done it, and how much of the transmission can be used.? Thanks.
pretty sure nothing they use the MX-5 transmission
Jag S-Types rot badly at the sills. Most of the early ones were a 2.5; you don’t want that motor. 3.0s can be picked up for £500. 3.0smfrom X350 XJs are a little less power. Those cars tend to be killed by suspension failure. Post 2011 facelifted XFs use an entirely different V6, which is actually a V8, but with 6 cylinders. The same unrelated 6 was used in XEs.
Chances are, your donor car will be a worn out S-Type, as X350 XJ6s aren’t that common.
Here’s a thread to have a read through.
HTH
Enjoy
Cheers , Guy
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“ . . .which is actually a V8, but with 6 cylinders”
I’m baffled. Would you mind explaining that please.
Ah thanks. So it’s an 8 cylinder block with 2 of them blanked off and redundant.
Thanks ast, useful info - presumably the X Types also?
But the X-Type V6s were in a East-West configuration, not North-South, so there were differences. X-Type V6s are quite rare, and most of them would 2.5s. S-Type petrols are either V6 or V8.
The AJV6 had a lot of commonality with the Ford Duratec V6. In face it was Ford who did the first conversion, as an apprentice project, dropping the V6 from the Lincoln LS (a rebodied Jag, or was the Jag a rebodied Ford). Ford fitted a RX7 diff and RX7 gearbox, presuma bly because it was a bit stronger than the MX-5 item. They used an airbox out of a Ford Taurus, and the power steering pump came off the LS, but it had to be reworked for the Mazda steering rack. RX7 brakes, half shafts and suspension uprights. There was never any plan to put such a car into production.
Ford Install
Lincoln LS Duratec V6 in its natural setting
Typical Rocketeer V6
Jaguar S-Type V6
In the XJ6
There are differences between the Jaguar and Ford versions.
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Understood - I can see that the configuration is correct on these (and that the 3.0 is rarer in the X Type anyway). Looks fun either way!
Excellent information! 
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