Indulged my inner chav ...

[yorkshirespud]

... by immediately hopping up my new daily, the XJR!

It occured to me that I couldn't possibly own an entirely stock vehicle, so I have abused my freshly serviced Jag by replacing the crankshaft pulley with a slightly larger one:

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which effectively overclocks the supercharger with extra boost. I've done soem research and it seems to be very common mod for the XJR 6, with the ECU coping with the extra boost due to its MAF sensor.

Simply whipped out the radiator fans, untensioned the pulleys and removed the stock pulley and replaced. It definitely made a difference, so now I can pimp arounf sarf Larndan if my 350bhp living room.

You know it makes sense!

P.S. I also got round to painting the new dash for the truck, so I made some progress there too

[EDGE]

F**KING COST OF THAT !!!!!!!!

[yorkshirespud]

Quoting: EDGE

F**KING COST OF THAT !!!!!!!!

I know what you mean, but the non-DIY version is even more expensive!

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They want the same - £310+VAT for the pulley, and £650 +VAT for fully fitted!!!

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And they want £970!!!

So I still reckon I got it cheap

[art b]

good mod if it does wot it says on the tin...
still kin expensive for a pulley  

[yorkshirespud]

Quoting: art b

still kin expensive for a pulley

Welcome to Jaguar ownership ...

Should have seen my service bill *cough*

[HardRockCamaro]

Can't be as bad as Clarksons one for that Merc, 16 grand...  LOL!

"What did they do, buy you a Golf?!"  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[F Body]

Quoting: EDGE

F**KING COST OF THAT !!!!!!!!

+£11.66 per BHP

[yorkshirespud]

Quoting: F Body

+£11.66 per BHP

Almost the same price / bhp that I originally paid for the car's stock performance, so that's abour right then?

[philoldsmobile]

Quoting: yorkshirespud

Should have seen my service bill *cough*

you shoulda seen mine

[Fieldy]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

you shoulda seen mine

It couldn't possibly have made that car look more upset, surely that's impossible!

[yorkshirespud]

Finally got some pics of spannering ...

Radiator unplugged and lifted out, serpentine belt loosened and removed:



Old smaller pulley and new larger, and shiny! one:



And of course I forgot to take pictures of the new dash that I painted for the Chevy truck! I'll get some this week and hopefully post an American vehicle related thread!

[Roadkill]

I've just ordered me a new crank pulley, too.

Albeit mine's smaller than stock . . . But shiny, too.