1984 Jaguar XJS passenger car review from North America

When I got the car the owner had just put a new gas tank in because it was leaking so it had a gas smell, but I took it out with a mix of putting charcoal, and a couple of apples in the trunk.

Also when I got the car the radio did not work well the tape player was messed up and the preset buttons stuck. So after three months of dealing with this I pulled it out and installed a pioneer premier radio which cost $360

With a five year warranty for the radio. Along the line I installed a Jensen 600watt HLX amp with four SPL 6X9's and one infinity kappa perfect 12' sub woofer.

About eight months after I had the car something went wrong with a valve or a cylinder which no one knew what was wrong

Not even the jaguar shop, and my dad being a trustworthy person believed them on many things and ended up wasting about $1600 on trying to fix this engine in turn I got pissed and pulled the car out of the shop and took it down to my grandpas since he has about every tool imaginable and pulled the engine out (note to all who decide to do this you will find your jag engine has more junk than most Buick's and are about as tight as a diesel to get out suggestion have a lot of patience and with a few cuss words here and there and you got it made) and with the purchase of a conversion kit $1500 I put a Chevy 350 engine in the car and it works properly now.

Now its nine months and I'm starting to think the speakers in my car are messed up and are wearing out so again I will be installing new speakers soon.

The car was fast, but now it is faster

Plus it still steers like a dream.

The old engine I sold to someone who wanted to use it as parts so I have a little bit of cash in my pocket and I'm happy to get rid of the engine and I'm thinking about upgrading my amplifier to a Memphis belle one of these days.

I never liked the backseat no room at all my fiancee can't even fit back there and she is petite, but hey fixes the problem with the sub woofer, and other speakers that you can't put in the trunk due to the gas tank so what I did was put my sub between the driver and passenger seat and mounted the four 6X9's onto the sub box and ran the wires from amp in the trunk to the speakers in the backseat.

Also about the new engine I put in it could I get a few words on what to put on it to make it faster I'm getting different opinions on this.