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Jose -> RE: want to put a chev 350 in my 87 XJ6 (6/2/2008 6:26:06 PM)
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when it comes to the transmission conversion, I disagree that John's Cars is "the best".
I have installed a few of John's XJ improvements, like the GMalt conversion, the rack bushing kit, but I won't install the GM transmission kit because, do you have an hour to listen?
I'll just tell you the best conversion is also the most expensive, very expensive, as in almost $8 grand, but it uses a Jaguar Getrag XJ-40 transmission instead of the GM. So that's why everybody goes with the GM, because it's cheap. And cheap is as cheap does. So you end up paying around $4 grand to do John's, because not everything is included in the kit, and you need to modify the crankshaft, and a new starter, and this and that, so I don't buy the story that John's GM tranny kit is cheap either. When you add iy all up, you're spending mucho dinero baby.
So the bottom line for me is: if you're lumping your car with a Chevy engine, then you go all the way and go for a GM tranny.
But if you're keeping the XK engine, then you want a Jaguar XJ-40 tranny, which by the way, has a "Sports" setting that lets you shift "manually", and is a better match to the Jaguar engines no matter how you slice it.
good luck.
Jose
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