New Owner Of X type
Hello Everyone,
I just bought a 3 litre manual as a winter beater. Trucked it up from the south. No Rust. I will make sure the sills are looked at so they DO NOT rust- if possible. 'I was heavily involved in the development of this car, and the X400 R and the X400 SVO "supersport' (which used the X600 'F type' N/A powertrain). None of the latter came to frutition unfortunately. Been scanning the forums here and have picked up on some serious errors. Some from know-it-all over confident members. Not one to nit pick but I don't like seeing false info sent out. Count your lucky stars Im not naming and shaming ;-)
The last time I drove one was a prototype- I'm most impressed with my car. Much more refined than I remember! The steering is responsive , more so than my XJR, and a little more feel than my Aston Martin Vantage but still not nearly enough. Car feels fairly agile. Engine is peaky- but I always knew that ( I can rectify that with some mods). I'm impressed with the dynamics of the car considering- the CD27W/CD132 platform isn't a bad one, the X type is really torsionally rigid for the time- but the battery couldn't be relocated. As a result- the front weight bias is 60% while the torque to the rear on the early viscous cars , was up to 60% to keep the RWD feel. The result is quite good. However there's ultimately no getting around the fact that the yaw inertia of the car relative to the centre of gravity, or the 'dynamic index' isn't as optimised as other performance machinary, like an E46 BMW, or even an X308 or X100 Jaguar. In the big picture, with the right tyres and correct spring/damper combo- this isn't such a big deal. I mean Audis do Ok and they are TERRIBLE in terms of layout! Now I have to fight myself to focus on my real car projects and not build my own 'super sport' from my experience, and keep this relegated to the winter beater category! |
Interesting history. It's a shame that further performance development never came to the X-Type. What could have been...............
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Originally Posted by Alfadude
(Post 2096325)
Interesting history. It's a shame that further performance development never came to the X-Type. What could have been...............
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Originally Posted by Count Iblis
(Post 2096388)
I agree, I also wish the X600 F type (mid engined and to have shared platform with the Aston Martin Vantage (before they went VH platform) would have come to production. X600 would have been ALOT lighter than todays F type.
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Originally Posted by Spikepaga
(Post 2096396)
Didn’t Keith Helfet and Geoff Lawson develop the X600?? -f so, it also means it would have been a much prettier car.
I was dead excited at the time. Had the X400 R happened- the top model would have been the supercharged V6 but the N/A free flowing V6 could have been more fun. I saw 260 bhp on the dyno using the 3.0 litre AJV6. I loved the Lawson-Era Jaguar styling. His legacy lives on.... |
Excellent read!
Thanks Count Iblis! |
Originally Posted by Count Iblis
(Post 2096413)
I loved the Lawson-Era Jaguar styling. His legacy lives on....
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jag...39242bcb8.jpeg |
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