Take delivery of an xj 5.0 v8 next week. Not seriously thinking about any changes at all but would be interested anyway if a supercharger could be fitted to the Base 5.0. Probably a very daft question but then again I am a mechanical numpty!

Scott,

 

I would imagine so,but it would probably be very expensive.

 

Adding a supercharger is not as simple as adding something like a turbo charger to the engine. A turbocharger, for the most part, can just be bolted on, but in almost all cases the entire engine must be modified to enable the use of a supercharger. This includes things such as widening the cylinders.

 

Why not buy a supercharged one to start with ?

 

My Xj supersport with the supercharged 5 litre engine was considerably faster than both of my Aston Martin DB9's .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

Scott,

 

This might be of interest.

 

 

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

Thanks Trevor.  Those stats are very interesting as there isn't much in the performance, even the 3.0 D!  

Scott,

 

It all depends what you want really, the XJ is a fab car regardless of engine, although I don't like devils fuel cars .

 

Although the supercharged 5 litre is quicker than the normally aspirated 5 litre, it isn't fantastically so , as your engine is no slouch as you will find out .

 

The stealership tried to sell me a XKR-S (same year as mine ), but wanted my car plus £19500 ! and not much difference in performance . Same as mine isn't that much faster than the standard XK. There is a difference between the XK, and the XKR-S though, but so is the price.

 

This is exactly like my car, apart from mine has ivory interior .

 

http://www.mycarcoach.co.uk/news/road-test-review-jaguar-xkr-by-nick-johnson/

 

ATB,

 

Trevor