I found J&J through youtube sponsored videos. They have been awesome. I am doing a difficult restore/build with a Volvo 2006 XC90 and they have been invaluable in getting good quality parts that match up with what I need, including knowing what parts cross over from other vehicles. And the staff was patient with me. They have been a lifesaver.

there is a v 12 l.s. out of Australia

Definitely a steering rack of some kind

Rack & pinion.

Like other have commented Wizard has lost his way. More of an infomercial. To bad.

There's no way this was a running, driving engine.

Damn Wizard, hope you did some eBay buyer protection claim on that purchase

Its the Blue Wiz-abu..... something along those lines

Forgive me, but as a Brit and you're talking about a British car engine I'd like to bring your attention that you are mispronouncing the name :)> It should be jag-u-are not jag-w-are. Love the channel though!

Why would you replace a fuel injection system with a carburetor. Admittedly the Lucas system is unreliable, but surely there is a modern injection system you could fit to this engine? On DD Speed Shop he had a modern fuel injection system that went onto a 57 Chevy engine. Surely there must be something for the Jag V12?

Every cloud has a silver lining, the J&J engine trans is a much better combo. Good on J&J for sorting it.

Long live the Jalibu!

But why a 4 door?

You don't have to cut the driveshaft to install the larger yoke you can by a bastard joint witch will have the larger u joint caps on one side and smaller caps on the other I do it all the time 😉

And now your Channel is blessed

..out of a running Jag🤣😂

Flea bay strikes again ☹ You CAN get your money back if you bitch enough and go thru the proper return process on eBay. But yeah you'll be stuck with it and then you can use it as a boat anchor

I'd love to see that junker engine torn down honestly. I'm curious just how bad it is.

I personally enjoyed the flute.

It's called electrolysis that's what's wrong with your engine it was ran without proper ground straps on the engine to the body and had water in the engine instead of antifreeze they removed the thermostat to keep it from getting clogged and overheating

Call it a Jagibu

You don't care about bullet proof!? Don't tell Hoovie!

this is a stupid swap if you are going to put a V 12 in a car why not use an Allison?

Send that pos back

Wizard should also look into using the XJ6 sedan rear subframe with all of the Brakes / suspension.

Definitely a rack and pinion conversion!

Seriously put it a rack & pinion steering , check into a electronic type

Steering rack. It'll drive better

Trash that engine. The bearings are going to be toast as well.

How is the boat?

How is the boat?

Thanks nice

Just LS swap it!

rack and pinion easy peasy

Duh.... Use the jaguar steering rack, it's about the same width

One thing about J&J, they will ship worldwide/eastern Europe/Asia etc. but not Alaska/Hawaii.

You definitely should complain at ebay.

Go for the power steering, much more usable driving experience with the weight of that lump.

I have never been into cross auto manufacturer engine swaps, I feel it devalues the vehicle, that is my humble opinion! There are exceptions. If you are swapping out a 6.0 Powerstroke or 6.4 Powerstroke from a Ford F-250-F-550 for a Cummins or a Caterpillar Diesel!

Best to not buy any used parts, engines ect... on Ebay too many items i have purchased are never as clean or good as the seller claims. Many I got were unusable.

bring this restomod into the 21st century, coil overs, tubular a-arms, power rack, four wheel disk brakes, etc. etc. the whole magilla.

Drop spindle doesn’t change the steering arm location only the vertical position of the actual spindle. I would notch the gusset or try and use like a motor plate higher up to limit the rocking of the engine

V12 Jaguar rebuild video time!!

Seems to me if you want to do this right you would go with a v12 LS. 45k and you have a brand new piece that will make 2x the power of a 30 year old Jag. Good luck with that antique.

I thought you were supposed to put the Chevy motor in the Jaguar, not the other way around-

Super awesome video 👌 this 66 Malibu build is my cup 🥤 of tea 🍵 Thanks for sharing 👍

I am so thrilled that you matured past the “I only like things stock” mentality. This is an awesome project, and YES it is a muscle car. AND, it will be a Hot Rod. Can’t wait.

shoulda done an LS swap lol! im playin.

Oh my god the state of that engine. Absolutely shocking. What sort of gangster sold that to you. If eBay doesn't find in your favour then go to the bank or paypal or whatever system you used to buy the engine. As this is sale is clearly fraud, they have to reverse the charge back to your account.

Running and driving before Katrina.

Just file an Ebay dispute, if the seller doesn't come up with solution in 3 business days ask Ebay to step in and help. They will force seller to provide means of return and a refund. If Ebay is retarded for any reason or it's been more than 30 days since delivery you can also file a Paypal dispute.

I would LOVE to see the autopsy of the bad V12

Those engine mount welds dont look good. Might want to consider back gouging and running a cleaner bead.

Mrs Car Wizard, please buy a set of Tradesmans Knee Pads for Mr Car Wizard, so that he is not a cripple by the time he is 50, like me...

Give them a fair chance to make it right.it makes all. Parties involved look bad.if you have to spread the word. The pen is mighter than the sword

Electric powered rack and pinion? As per Hoovie and his Mustang. Could something similar be done easily?

The 6-litre Jaguar V12 (1993-97) runs on Nippon-Denso disttibutor-less fuel injection with coil packs, akin to Ford EDIS-6 system. If you hadn't already had the intakes for a carburetted set-up, I'd have suggested you keep the stock ignition system and swap the transmission with a Getrag-290 manual.

I'd suggest a power steering rack (hydraulic rack preferably). Saves the arm workout in slow moving traffic, weighs up nicely with increase in speed and gives you very nice steering feedback. Win win win. I don't know if it'll fit in your budget, but of it can then go for it.

Dropped spindles won't let you move the steering linkage. Dropped spindles just move the spindle. The a-arms mounting points will stay the same. If you move the steering linkage with all that staying the same, you will get excessive bumpsteer. I think I would go with a different motor mount design if possible.

Rack & pinion! The only way to go!

I can't believe that anyone would put a foreign diesel into a Chevy.....that's completely bass-ackwards......put a Chevy into a Merc or whatever. Virtually nearly every backyard in the U.S. has a SBC and parts are dirt-cheap.

Ditch the injection, throw in six Weber IDAs... 😅

"Money is not an issue." thanks to Hoovie. 😉

Definitely a steering rack..... Set it up the way you want.

I've had the bait n switch on something that was $300, can't imagine an engine i'd be pssst

If you paid more than $50 and you don't file a report with eBay, you do a disservice to anyone else doing business online.

Maliguar? Jagibu?

Weezaard (in my worst Hovie impression 🤣 )- I used to do custom fab at a speed shop and have done a few custom swaps like this, including a 500cid caddie in a '66 Le Mans (essentially the same chassis and the caddie mounts are almost in exactly the same spot as the jag mounts) where the owner wanted EVERYTHING I made to be bolt-in, including the motor mount adapter plates. Yes, there are companies that claim to sell kits to do this swap, we found that NOTHING that they sold fit right. I have not had a set of drop spindles for an A body in my hands for probably 14years, BUT, the point of drop spindles is to drop the axle shaft UP on the spindle body moving the whole car down relative to the wheel, without changing the steering geometry. If designed _correctly_ they should not change the location of your steering linkage. You often see people running bump steer kits with them not because the tie rod mounts/steering linkage has been moved, but because they are trying to fix some other problem. On the swap I mentioned, on one side I used a Mopar slant 6 motor mount (the same idea as the mount you showed but the body is smaller and rectangular) and a 70's El Dorado mount on the other side to clear the exhaust (on the body side it mounts with a stud like the mount that you're using). I ended up making the adapter plates out of 1/2" which raised everything up just a hair allowing me to cut a notch in the bottom edge of the plates to clear the linkage. I'm betting just that would fix your problem. If not, or if you don't want the engine up a hair, then typically the idler and steering box mount have some adjustment to them to level out the centerlink, adjust them all the way down (maybe even extend the slots and or there are ways to safely bend the idler and pitman arm also), and if you need it use a bump steer kit (on most setups that spaces the linkage down on the spindle side)- who cares if you even induce some bump steer, almost everything has it from the factory and you're not building road race monster, you'll never notice. Finally, I'd suggest staying away from R&P conversions. Customers love those things because they want a "modern suspension," and bragging rights. The fact is that they did not gain popularity in the 80's because they worked better, but because they're smaller, lighter and easier to package (kind of like MacPherson struts). Notice that in more critical applications, like trucks, they still haven't been completely replaced by a R&P. Besides the fact that the old school steering box is more durable, gives better road feedback, is adjustable... most R&P setups are designed for spindles with shorter steering arms, different control arm geometry and a very different K-member assembly in the car. It seems like people rarely talk about this when they brag about their modern R&P steering, but you end up with an odd steering ratio/boost, loss of turning radius, even more induced bump steer, and a steering shaft connection that is often under the front corner of the engine so you end up having to add joints and other monkey business to the steering shaft. You end up with something that never feels like any sane factory would do to a car, it's just weird/not right, turns 3 point turns into 9point, and you end up hearing the power steering pump inside the car (the multiple u-joints are solid, rather than the flexible factory "rag joint.")

No cutting...... steering rack. Good thing you only paid $25.00 for the engine. Why buy a total POS off of eBay?

I think you should call it the Jagibu

Jaguar engine into a Malibu, very interesting. i think i would have put a LS engine in that car, or a old school small block chevy engine.

Errrr, why?

Drop tech nique

I would absolutely recommend letting the ebay seller know what's going on. That's BS.

I think a steering rack is a good idea. It seems the parts are readily available and not pricey. Re-route the steerting shaft, etc. and you get better steering hopefully.

YOU can return it. contact ebay

I say go power steering rack

Put in a power rack

here in the UK these engines get called boat anchors a lot, this one looks like it actually was a boat anchor

Toyota Century V12 would have been tits in that old girl

Welding? Looks more like bird c*&p.

You gotta get a refund for the engine. Fight it.

Add twin turbo, Fuel injection and Maxxecu and you got a runner

How can they get away with that?

Awesome what a brilliant idea, I am fully in support. You are breaking new ground in US automotive engineering. For the first time in American history, someone has taken a V8 out of a car and fitted a V12, I am only half American. Do you know how to tell when a down home, all Mercan as Apfel Strudel go to Church Sunday's God fearing pilgrim mechanic is totally incompetent?. its very simple. One asks how many V12 engines he has exchanged for V8's. If the answer is zero and he is over 25 employ him. Other wise laugh him off. And enquire. was it perchance the Lucas opus/bosh Jetronic injection or the Magnetto Marelli system that defeated his, silky diagnostic skills?. I am a former Team Toleman/Carlsberg Class One offshore powerboat, Chief race engineer. Running Broadspeed Jaguar V12's and subsequently the Bonner Engines Jag V12's, These where stroked 8ltr twin turbo engines we ran at circa 800 Bhp and we had great success with them in comparison with the 482 Cu In blown Chevy with TRS drive Mercruiser's we used to run, but they ended up costing Ted Toleman the world championship due to regularly exploding one year and Mercruiser didn't let us play with them ourselves, they had "no tamper" seals all over and acted like they knew everything, so we built our own instead out of Jag V12's, when I say 800 Bhp, that was a continuous rating in flat calm water. with courses often 90 miles in a single leg. Trouble was, then we broke everything else but the engines.:-( But our team won the world F1 inshore championship in 1986 with our driver Bob Spalding, with Evinrude outboard power, so Mr Carlsberg kept paying the bills for a bit.:-) facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156891415130960&set=pb.608810959.-2207520000..&type=3

Fit a power steering rack. If necessary use an electric powered pump.

I have the manual steering rack he talked about in a project of mine and it’s great. Honestly way better than I expected and there is no slop in the steering very direct

I would ask the car wizard and then do whatever he told me what to do lol

Maliguar 😂

Is that Chuck D on your shirt?

Get a two door

Alright Wizard, you gotta blow it up, all these automotive channels are boring me.

I'd guess it came out of a running driving car(that sat for 30 years) lol

Someone used a load of stopleak in the cooling system.

so an old GM with Jaguar reliability :)))) manual rack and pinion, the old KISS theory. ten again that fat pig engine it may be wise to add PS.

Ran when parked. At the bottom of Grand Lake.

I would definitely go with the rack and pinion steering. It will definitely give you more clearance and improved handling. There should be all kinds of Mustang II custom steering parts available to make it work on your project. That's been the standard rack and pinion system for custom work for a long long time.

So now you're doing a Hoovie ? Geezuz.

Power steering rack for sure.

I hope it goes smoothly but it appears to be a serious project requiring incredible amounts of problem solving, money and time. Looking forward to future videos