sidefx996 glad you appreciate the commitment and creativity. And this car was built 13 or 14 years ago.

This one has me looking at Jags in a completely different way. Awesome!!

Awesome!! Shocked the hell outta me too and I was in the passenger seat!!

Zone Television agreed and having this power made it a much different ride than a stock E

Hurricane Sam you and me both. This is a badass hotrod disguised as a classy Jag

@@AutotopiaLA My favorite part, and it was surprising after seeing the burnouts at the beginning of the video, is that it is a souped up Jaguar 12 cylinder, not an American V8. Don't get me wrong, I love American V8s, but not in an E type (although I wouldn't turn one down either). He said it was bored out 4mm and had a stock crank/stroke; I have to think it has an aggressive cam profile and maybe bigger valves. Weber carbs and headers don't seem like they are enough to turn this kitty into such a fire breather.

Definitely a first! Vintage Jag Burnout....w/ the pops & crackles 4the win!!

@@alfazedz1791 Well stated. My very first thought was "LS swap" ... second was "I hope they rewired that beautiful beast". www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/lucas-electricals-as-bad-as-everyone-says/

@@kimosabbe50 Lol. Lucas is good for Star Wars but not Jaguars.

Agreed. I don’t mind the wheels but I’m not a big Jag guy. Wires probably would’ve looked better

@@AutotopiaLA absolutely those old skool wires would have been the cherry on top!

500 hp destroys wire wheels is why they didn't use them, but they did use Jag wheels. I also like wires on Jag E types.

James Neumann awesome comment! Totally agree.

Peter Mavraganis and the 🔥 on decel were beautiful!

Gan JD 👊

Ross Lynn I figured you might like this one Ross. And the father son team is heartwarming to me and they are both great guys. Such a fun shoot!

Glad you enjoyed it. I love what they did to this one

Really fun going for a ride in it. Henry drives it hard which I love!!

Christopher Marechal thanks Chris. What a fun shoot with those guys.

Sean B that’s so cool! Never knew a Jaguar could do this. Always thought they were class cars not “hotrods.”

Sean B Would you care to comment on my query about claimed 500bhp from the mentioned engine modification. Lister Le Mans version of V12 claimed 600bhp but that was taken out to 7.0l and had twin supercharger and fuel injection

Glad you appreciate it. I think the same about it.

Sure is and it rips!

E type with serious balls!

Gary Voll I get it. I love how sleeper this car is. Done well and Henry drives the shit out of it!

Love the build they did on this car. Simple understated with serious power to weight.

They are so cool! Sadly we lost Henry recently to a guy running from the cops. Such a huge loss!

Shawn, this is sad news indeed. I was wondering if some form of tribute to Henry could be arranged with past guests from your program could meet to gather and remember an awesome man who loved his family and his business and his deep commitment to 🏎️ racing. Henry reminded me of Tomy Dressi in that cars are for 🏀 balls-out fun and excitement. This painful sad time reminds me of the racing death of the photographer who was at a event several months back when a inept driver drove into people killing an innocent person and then fled the scene.

warren topping thanks man! I do feel very lucky to have my business, friends and amazing cars!!

I love that they did it all Jag. Creative approach to that E type.

This one is nice for sure, but I take exception to your statement, "another classic car ruined by putting a huge V8 Chevy engine." I may be in Purist Land here, but here is nothing wrong with modifying _any_ car, classic or not.

Obviously not where I usually go but this car and the Vintage Motorworks guys deserve to be seen.

AutotopiaLA and also a big shout out from jag guys. We don't get to much love :D

Great eye!! I learned a lot about Jaguar in this episode.

Cool! I love the creative approach Henry took to build what he thought was a great Jag.

Thank you...we need to shoot more of their builds

blinky tran sane for me all the way!

blinky tran wow imagine being this much of a loser, jags are the most beautiful cars in the world

Yes!

james bowling I get what you mean about the exhaust. And considering this was built almost 15 years ago I can go with it. Fun car! Never been sideways in a Jag before.

Crazy as it may sound, that Jaguar V12 was continually developed for the next 20 years. One version grew to 7.0litres, was race-prepped by TWR, dropped into the XJR12 and then raced in the Group C championship. It went on to win Le Mans in 1990. In that form the engine was making 730 bhp and 579 lb.ft. The car could do 229 mph. One of the most famous race cars of all time. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNdjgNOltJm2YWw.html

Yeah, those guys are great and I think they build very cool vehicles.

Sure is a great car and the sound is 🔥

Glad you like this one so much. It’s a great build

Matheus Marchiori yeah, cool car and great guys

Auto Fanatic I’ll check it out. This car shocked me as I’ve never seen a Jag that was modded/customizes like this. And Henry can drive!

Very impressive. My only criticism would be the lack of any explanation of how they got 500bhp from an engine that made 300bhp standard. From what I know of V12 Jaguar engine a 200bhp power increase is rather unlikely from 400cc capacity increase plus headers and six Weber set up.

Paul Almond I personally can tell you a little. The Jag V12 was originally designed as a racing engine for the 24 hour Le Mans. Only then did they modify it for road use. It was always ment to be fuel injected but Jaguar's budget was getting high and so they replaced it with 4 side draft carburettors, which didn't help. The overhead cam shafts were for high reving but the carb setup was for low end torque so it was a bit of a mismatch... They increased the capacity from 5.0L to 5.3L also for more torque. The ignition system had issues with developing a good spark at higher rpm. So the first production engines were only 276 bhp. The compression ratio was steadily increased and by (in Britain) 1980 the power was up to 300 bhp. For the most part the compression ratio was kept low for American emission laws. When have you ever heard a Jag V12 over 3000 rpm, people just used the torque... Having said all of that, this was a race derived V12 that was easily able to unleash lots of power. By replacing the pistols for higher compression ones is a very good start (I hear people modify and use Suburu pistons). All engines are simply just air pumps and this engine was asphyxiated, and so by letting it breath properly that alone will instantly go from 276 bhp to (very roughly) 320 bhp. Unless you want to go racing the cams are happy up to around 6500 rpm so the ignition needs to be attended to to get a lot of good sparks... Increasing the capacity by using the crank from the 6.0L engine can also help too, the later racing engines were stretched all the way from 5.3L to 7.4L! I hope this to a small degree will help you understand the potential of this engine...

Julian Neale yep look up TWR Racing they were the driving force behind most of this. I worked with them back in the early 90s on some projects

Recently watched the TWR Jaguar XJS on youtube winning the Bathurst 1000 in 1985...again.....Absolutely Fabulous !!

phaze 1 total sleeper. Was not expecting to get sideways...multiple times.

All Jag here...really cool badass build

Yeah, some people just don’t understand the cost involved for parts and most importantly, quality work from master craftsmen

Sure is 👊

Rod 000 awesome! I have never been a Jag guy but this one was in the vein of what I love which is modified/customs. Fun car for sure!

Spoke wheels would be beautiful on here

Spoke wheels would be beautiful on here

Scott 70 total blast of a sleeper!

This was what Henry wanted and I respect his commitment personally

Thanks and Henry built this for hard driving! Such a cool old Jag

Chris Yarzab it really does and Henry can drive. Seriously.

Thank you! I love what Henry did to this one

Henry built such a cool big power E type. Love this car!

Completely! Such a nasty Jag

Truly is and the performance is wonderful

Avant gard would be cool now but remember that he built this car almost 15 years ago. Done now it would be cool to flush mount and maybe matte or color match?

yes absolutely !!! :)

All she has on her

Steven Simmons thanks! That’s seriously low mileage!

Allen Saunders I get it Allen. I was just shocked at the creativity in a sleeper that has such balanced power to weight.

Amen!