178 Jaguar Broadspeed XJ12C (1977)
Jaguar XJ12 Broadspeed (1977) Engine 5343cc V12
JAGUAR SET
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Built at a tricky time for Jaguar with falling sales and boardroom schisms, the Broadspeed Jaguar was created to contest the European Touring Car Champioships.
Ray Broad of Broadspeed was handed two cars to develope into Touring cars, to tackle tje big engined Ford Capris and BMW CSLs, racing in the ETC. Broads preferance had been to develope the XJS but Jaguar decided the XJ a more suitable candidate, and the 2 door XJC was given the nod over its four door counterpart. The engine was a Jag 5.3-litre V12 (dry sumped from 1977) with racing pistons and independent injection,and an oil cooler but otherwise relatively standard, but the changes that were made created an output of 550bhp, and an ear drum shattering noise, driving through a standard manual gearbox casing with close-ratio gears a racing clutch and a solid mounted, oil-cooled rear axle.
The body was heavily reworked. It was much heavier than its rivals the bodyshells were even acid dipped to strip of some of the weight. But despite efforts to reduce the weight the car was still 1.5 tons after early tests, Lockhead were approached to improve braking and produced some bespoke eight-piston callipers for the front and four pots for the rears. But the cars were beset with problems, despite an excellent driver line up of Dereck Bell, Dave Hobbs and Tim Schenken.
It was the fastest car on the grid, normally racing of pole position and set fastest laps but were simply unreliable and BL pulled the plug.
Diolch am olygfa anhygoel, 64,557,361
oblogaeth y Lloegr honno dros y Mynyddoedd
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Shot 05.05.2018 at Donington Historic Festival, Donington Park, Leic Ref 133-178
178 Jaguar Broadspeed XJ12C (1977)
Jaguar XJ12 Broadspeed (1977) Engine 5343cc V12
JAGUAR SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623671588245...
Built at a tricky time for Jaguar with falling sales and boardroom schisms, the Broadspeed Jaguar was created to contest the European Touring Car Champioships.
Ray Broad of Broadspeed was handed two cars to develope into Touring cars, to tackle tje big engined Ford Capris and BMW CSLs, racing in the ETC. Broads preferance had been to develope the XJS but Jaguar decided the XJ a more suitable candidate, and the 2 door XJC was given the nod over its four door counterpart. The engine was a Jag 5.3-litre V12 (dry sumped from 1977) with racing pistons and independent injection,and an oil cooler but otherwise relatively standard, but the changes that were made created an output of 550bhp, and an ear drum shattering noise, driving through a standard manual gearbox casing with close-ratio gears a racing clutch and a solid mounted, oil-cooled rear axle.
The body was heavily reworked. It was much heavier than its rivals the bodyshells were even acid dipped to strip of some of the weight. But despite efforts to reduce the weight the car was still 1.5 tons after early tests, Lockhead were approached to improve braking and produced some bespoke eight-piston callipers for the front and four pots for the rears. But the cars were beset with problems, despite an excellent driver line up of Dereck Bell, Dave Hobbs and Tim Schenken.
It was the fastest car on the grid, normally racing of pole position and set fastest laps but were simply unreliable and BL pulled the plug.
Diolch am olygfa anhygoel, 64,557,361
oblogaeth y Lloegr honno dros y Mynyddoedd
Thanks for a stonking 64,557,361 views
Shot 05.05.2018 at Donington Historic Festival, Donington Park, Leic Ref 133-178