Rich wrote:<<nothing sounds quite like a nice V12>>
Hi Rich,
Another part of the story about the XKE V12 my friend owned - we used to
drive to work together and he had rented a parking garage to protect it and
prevent any problems finding parking on the street. Luckily for me, Jim
(the owner) used to let me drive it quite a bit - he knew how much I loved
sports cars and it allowed him to read the paper on the way to work.
It was an all brick, but small single car garage. The XKE fit perfectly -
but we had to be careful when we opened the doors to avoid damage. We
always backed it in - it seemed like we could make a faster get-away and
beat some of the traffic.
The real magic was when we fired up that amazing V12 - those 4 exhausts
pipes were always about 4" to 6" from the rear brick wall and that big 12
would turn over sounding all the world like a big turbine - until it fired
and the exhaust sounds bounced off those brick walls! It was engine Heaven!
I can still hear that magical sound!
The thing I recall the most about driving it was how it revved - the tack
needle would move slowly - it takes a while for 12 cylinders to make a
complete turn - and even though I'd try to see how close to redline I could
take it I'd always chicken out around 4000-5000. By then, in 2nd gear that
car would be going 80 or so! Even though it wasn't close to redline it just
seemed like I needed to shift - but ohhhh what a musical sound a V12 makes!
;-)
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: cheap V12 coupe
Yeah that was it. Still, nothing sounds quite like a nice V12.
--R
LarryT wrote:
Ya'll wrote:<<Ddin't I read someone here a few weeks ago say that the V12s
cooked the
ignition systems >>
You may be referring to a post of mine where I was talking about a XKE V12
a
friend owned. The ignition amplifier was in the V and the heat would kill
it.
I imagine the newer V12 generates as much heat as the older engine but
hopefully the electronic components are relocated to a safer area of are
better insulated.
Even though some years of development and refinement have improved things,
rememeber the V12 is a high performance engine requiring an extra level of
maintanence and compared to others, were produced in very limited numbers
all thing
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: cheap V12 coupe
Rich Thomas wrote:
Ddin't I read someone here a few weeks ago say that the V12s cooked the
ignition systems or something, parts that were tucked up between the
heads and got really really hot?
I believe he said a friend owned one and had to replace an electric part
several times a year when the engine quit. It might explain why so
many of them still have less than 100k miles on them, when a R107 of
similar vintage with a 5 digit odo reading is quite rare.
Believe it or not, that newspaper with about 80-100 car ads in it
currently has two XJS. The other one is a 1987 Jagrolet:
Jaguar XJS 1987 Converted to Chevy V8, about 8k miles on new engine.
$6300 worth of improvements. Sharp! $3000. 989-277-8476
If $2-3k is the going rate for a 1980's XJS, I guess a somewhat cheaper
Corvette would have been a better investment.
Mitch.
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