Here is an old Jag Mk 2 that has had the resto mod treatment by a top designer at Jaguar..has GM 4.3 TBI V6 .

 

Lovely!
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Great car.....think I saw it on Fifth Gear.

 

i like resto mods, but the GM 4.3 i prefer is the factory TPI with large plenum.

that is a nice motor!!

 

That car is actually owned by none other than Ian Callum himself.

 

"I like resto mods, but the GM 4.3 i prefer is the factory TPI with large plenum.

that is a nice motor!! "

Really??? What car has this engine?

 

Don't know exactly. But, my first guess would be the V6 powered.
Camaro's.


Interesting engine, said to be a V8 SBC sans the rear two cylinders.


Carl

 

Beware of incorrect information ... 4.3 V6 did not come with TPI. Had TBI.

GM 4.3 is similar to a small block 90 degree V8 but has one cylinder removed from the middle of both banks. Has offset crank journals (22.5 degrees) available with flat tappets or roller. Primarily a truck engine due to its lack of smoothness. Vortec heads and balance shafts on later models smoothed it out somewhat....

2 very different engines

Earlier Camaros did come with TPI but it was with 2.8, 3.1, or 3.4 liter engines all 60 degree motors the 4.3 liter was a 90 degree engine ,..just like a 350 or other V8 engines -

 

Go to youtube ... Jaguar MK2 by Ian Callum & CMC ....


Have a look at this video... That is the weirdest GM V6 I have ever seen!

 

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responded to your post, when i had my engine rebilding shop in Daytona FL, had a woman bring in a GMC Savana van AWD 1990/1992 model, 4.3L V 90*,it was a roller cam, with balance shaft.
she bought the vehicle NEW, but developed a skip around 2001-2002 someone(husband maybe) said have engine rebilt, it had 125K miles on it.

so we followed customer request(1st mistake), removed engine and stripped down found no wear at all, crosshatch still on cylinder walls, bottom end like new.
the unusual was a plenum,Cast aluminum, with runners to head ports, and 6 fuel injectors aimed at valves.

most parts were very hi tech, low drag rings, bearings and gaskets from GM only+plus whatever else was needed, no machining required all std sizes.

put it all back together ,still had a very light skip, so did some tests turned out to be one bad injector, sent all 6 to fuel system room(i had special flow bench for fuel systems).

cleaned ,flow tested , and matched(as closed as possible), reinstalled , engine ran perfect!

paid me well, but showed me that GM did make some 4.3L V6 TPI engines.

at the time,2001-2002, i thought it was a rare engine.

 

You are 100% correct I thought they only came with TBI - I have one in my van and I really do not know how many miles are on it a couple of hundred thousand .I guess. A regular TBI - these are good engines not really smooth (no balance shaft in mine) but a good truck engine never the less. Now it is getting to the point where it is starting to consume oil - Not much,..but more than it used to. Had to replace timing chain - wore the thing out and it has become my measuring stick,...if it wore out, the rest of the engine is about to do the same. . So I have been doing research about 4.3 engines Buy a rebuilt short block or rebuild what I have and this is the first time I have heard of the TPI version So I apologize Thanks for the new info. My engine is just slowly wearing out .Oil changed regularly and TBI unit rebuilt a few times. simple stuff and has been a really good engine for me

 

Pretty sure it has a 4.2 litre straight 6 from an XJ6, stroked/bored a bit, running SU carbs and a late model 5 speed gearbox.

There's no V6 anywhere in sight in Ian Callums modern MK2

 

One article I read says it has a modified 4.3 ltr XK V8......this is the photo I found.......definitely SUs....?

 

Sure does look like an in line six. DOHC apparent to me.


Top water hose seems familiar as well.


The SU's are in the right place for the traditional IL 6.


In the sixties, the guy across the street from us had a sleek
black one. he spent a lot of time winding the gears up and down
the street. Or pulling the engine transmission in his drive and
dong something to it and then back in and repeat the Winding
it. Other neighbors fussed. I not, whatever....


Oh, when we moved in tot he house, the PO left a Jaguar
DOHC in the garage. Some salon engine. Neighbors told
us he had two and rolled one. This left from the wreck.
I sold it for 50 bucks!!! What did I know.


Wowee, now that I think of it. Three jags in one block.
It was in CA's San Fernando Valley.


Carl

 

No doubt about it... its a Jaguar engine NOT a GM 4.3 , internet info is not always correct,... as I have just found out.
But I also found out that GM has done some really great things over the years to the 4.3 over the years, quite surprised..

 

Here are the actual specifications:
http://www.classic-motor-cars.co.uk/...ifications.pdf


He is going to build a limited number of 12 of these MKII restomod's and they are currently building one for a US customer ready any day now. Each of the 12 will be unique and no one car will be exactly the same. I suppose that helps those folks feel they have a custom one off car and not worry about the price tag of $499K to $535K. Yes these cars are going for 350,000 to 375,000 pounds!
Jaguar Mk2 by Ian Callum: now in production by CAR Magazine


'Limited run' of Ian Callum's Jaguar Mark 2 will be built | Auto Express


I built my version of a Jaguar 3.8s restomod using a modern fuel injected GM LS 450 HP aluminum block/head V8. It was a lot of work and two years to build but well worth it. To me I think his car should have had a V8 as the inline 6 is just not that fast in today's reality. My car will do zero to sixty in 3.9 seconds. I might try to upgrade the stock intake to get some more horsepower so I can beat a Tesla model S; I raced one last month and it was a tie. While I got the thumbs up from the driver I would rather have dusted him so to me a restomod MK or 3.8s should have more like 475 + HP so it could out run the best of the modern sedans like the Tesla model S.
Jaguar Resto-Mod S-Type - 3.8s - daily driven sleeper - THE INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR "S"-TYPE REGISTER FORUM

 

those GM engines do get around; the famous UK Rover V8 was originally a GM Buick V8 215, all aluminum block and heads.

what is more amazing,to me, that Buick started out in the late 1940s, it came to be in the concept car buick 1951, LE Sabre, which in it self was 20/30 years ahead of its time, in engineering ideas!

 

Plus an all Aluminium V8 will be noticeably lighter than the heavy cast iron lump we have standard, much better for weight distribution as well.

 

Personally I feel the term "lump" is derogatory and should not be used. Restomod is a much better term in my opinion. Yes the GM LS V8 engines are lighter than the stock Jaguar cast iron block 6 and has so much power, reliability, and longevity. The Jag is not exactly a light car so to me the GM LS V8 is a much better choice than a V6 as the V6 will work a lot harder to carry the weight of the Jag.

 

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correction google GM Le Sabre 1951.