https://bringatrailer.com/listing/xjs-bodied-camaro/

I love it. What do you think?

 

Absolute frankenstein!

 

So you take out an IRS widely used in the kit car and hot rod world, and put in a chassis with a archaic rear suspension. And you put on a race car paint scheme, but not the flares and other parts that made the Group 44 cars so iconic. I don't get the whole thing. Why, just why???

 

Kind'a foolish. The Chevy engine in the XJS chassis would sit further back and with the Jag IRS it would be a better car. Also I dnt this this chassis will work right with out the forward leaning Camaro A pillar to support the front strut towers.

 

Hypothetical backstory:

Guy gets ridiculed by the forum purists for lumping his XJ-S. The barrage of personal insults become his villain backstory and he resolves that day to create a Jaguar/Chevrolet Frankenstein to rule them all!

Jokes aside,

I quite like the Group 44 inspired livery. But the concept is pretty baffling given that the XJ-S has a much sturdier and sophisticated chassis than that Camaro. Still, points for creativity!

 

Don't know how well it will turn but I'd take that for drag racing over an XJS chassis any day.
In fact, that's exactly what I'd do with it after some minor suspension changes and a set of slicks.
And a 250 shot and a line lock.
The bolt in harness bar is a joke and won't pass tech anywhere that matters, have to fix that and
the belts. But it's not too far off.
It's probably still on the heavy side.
I bet you could spray that into the 11's with traction if it'll launch.

Also a lot cheaper and easier to fix an old Camaro's running gear.
There are some really nice parts on that car, does not appear to have been done by a complete hack
though a couple things are iffy.
Make a lot more sense as a drag car though.

 

I'm not sure what they were thinking. The 94 Camaro was not that great of a car. It didn't handle great, stop great, or run great, and while adding the XJS Body upgrades the Camaro, the Camaro Chassis definitely downgrades the XJS. Seems like an awful lot of work, with very little reward. Just my thoughts.

Jack

 

Lot of the Camaro has been replaced too.

Need to ditch the sway bars, replace the shocks and throw out anything not needed with any weight to it.
Wonder how much tire will fit on the rear.

I'm seeing softwall slicks on the rear, wrinkled up with the front about 6" off the ground at the tree.