"While I'm In there" or "Might as well" are some of the most expensive phrases known to the wallet :) Or you can look at it as my buddy and I do...Maintenance is a blessing, because it presents the opportunity to make it better!
@@WesleyKagan This engine is not hard to megasquirt and can be converted to dual EDIS-6 ignition pretty easily. The injector spacing matches that of a 6 cyl BMW, so you can use a LOT of off the shelf parts... Something to consider, that's what I'm doing to my XJS
@@rocketkinger2506 That's fair enough. On the other hand, I learned at least 100x more from working on shitboxes than I ever did on clean stuff that works. Perhaps that's part of the fun? Plus, if you paid for something that works, it's also kinda hard to justify taking it apart to try something new! If this hadn't failed, we'd never have got to repair then upgrade and then onto W12's and Constant Velocity Drives :)
"This is gunna be a little bit of a longer project" He says with a literal tube chassis V12 vintage formula 1 car, and a V12 Corvette behind him followed by a link for ANOTHER project on designing a MECHANICAL CPU!
@@WesleyKagan if you need an assistant I am available. just pay the airfare (I live in Brazil), a back room and two meals a day and I'll be a jack of all trades. 😁👍
@@WesleyKagan So many "other" projects. You could start a Renaissance style "workshop" with loads of apprentices doing the grunt work, and then the Master, that's you, comes along and puts the finishing touches on the Madana they have been working on the last 1/2 year.
At the time this was actually excellent. I have an old Rover P6 which has a similar set up, the brakes feel like they're modern and it just doesn't drive like a car made in the 60s. Solid disks also means they last forever and a day so you don't need to deal with it that often
Nostalgia - I bought my wife a new XJS for our 15th anniversary in 1989- we drove it all over Europe and then brought it back home. Lost a lower radiator hose on the freeway one day and didn't know it until another motorist pulled up next to us and said we had dropped water- by the time I got over and off the road it had overheated and dropped a valve seat. I pulled both heads and the pan and fixed the heads and replaced one piston that was beat up. That was in '96- we kept the car until she passed in 2012 and I gave it to a charity auction. Hers was the same color and interior as yours.
You're up for something, that's been bogging my mind for quite awhile too. And now I have a chance to watch somebody else brainstorming and reporting success and failures online, for free. All hail to you and TH-cam for that. Thank you, guys.
This man went. "I have a coolant leak" "Now im showing 2 Jetta Diesel engines together as well as putting a generator with a cvt in between leading to a battery that powers 2 electric motors". " Something a little bit different"
Coolest channel I've come across in a while. The free-valve Miata brought me here, but your new content just keeps getting better. You're my favorite type of engineer... a bad-ass one. Can't wait for more.
@@mightymikethebear i agree some stuff is hard to understand sometimes, but that is how you learn. And i study to become an engineer so i try to find every learning opportunity possible to become better
I owned both a 1980 with a Chevy engine and an 84 v12. Drove them both for several years on a daily basis and I worked on them alot so I know them inside out. I replaced the rear rotors without removing the entire suspension and differential. Tough job in the car.
IMO- this channel is the best mix of science, creativity and mechanics on TH-cam, no question, hands down Deserves WAY more subscribers. Looking forward to more in the future. Keep up the excellent work!
I believe that it was in fact a prehistoric version of Wesley who went "Well, there's that large ruminant with dangly things on which it's young suckle. Since I like experimenting and trying new things, I will try to turn that into an alternate and sustainable source of nutrition".
A small engine trick for getting the flywheel nut/bolt off is adding some rope down the sparkplug hole(on compression stroke!). The rope locks it by pushing on the head, right. Maybe alternating to each end of the head with a prybar on the flywheel teeth would help persuade it up off the rusty studs. Just a thought. Best luck with the cvt, that's going to rock. ps. Tie a knot on the end of the rope to save from fishing expeditions.
That's a pretty good idea- I'm most likely going to pull this engine anyway and fight it where I have room, but if it's still stuck I might go that direction. there's a bunch of old hotrod tricks culminating in "thread on the head studs a bit and then light her off with a bit of gas but I think that's my last resort dangerous idea.
Actually that could work for cracking the heads off in a safer and more controllable way. Or bending a rod. It is basically hydrolocking (or ropelocking it I guess) it on purpose and hoping the thing you want to break breaks first.
You might look into doing a Toyota Prius-style power-blending CVT. If I remember correctly it uses planetary gearsets to blend the hybrid power in with the gas engine (running steady-state at peak output) if you want a parallel hybrid. Or the Chevy Volt, which is a series hybrid (like a diesel-electric locomotive) with a single clutch that will engage the engine directly to the drive wheels during highway cruising when the RPMs are close enough, anyways (or I believe it will make the engine speed match the wheelspeed, then couple, then directly drive the car with the gas engine when highway cruising).
A few questions/ideas. Electrification: I want to see if energy harvesting through the suspension is possible. Thermodynamics: What about combining a standard Internal Combustion Engine with a Stirling Engine? CVTs: A bunch of belt-less CVT designs do exist. Check out IVTs for bicycles as an example, or GearDownForWhat's Ratcheting CVT.
hahaha Oh I love the first 3 mins. Wesley's coolant leak solution thought process is to Frankenstein a V12 diesel to power a generator to run electric motors. 0-100-crazy in no seconds flat.
I had one of these. Coolant out of the exhaust. I remember that as well. The 1.5-path radiator would clog on the top third and would overheat the driver side bank if I remember correctly. Driven long enough, it will crack the block and the coolant would come out of the exhaust. Exact thing happened to mine. Scrapped it. They used stop leak from the factory as well, which would end up seizing the head studs in place so you couldn't get the cylinder heads off with a special tool. I have a scar above my left eyebrow to prove it when a crow bar slipped out from underneath the head I was trying to wedge off. Get the XJS Bible if you haven't already.
Very seldom do I see an engineer with a great sense of humor, and is willing to work with his hands not just his brain and a pencil or computer nowadays
When i was 19 i daily'd a 3.6 manual XJS .. this is bringing back many fun memories , especially the rear brakes, tho when I dropped my frame out I had welding to do too :) It sadly died due to rot, I had hoped to turbocharge it, I recon the AJ6/AJ16 would take boost like an absolute champ.
I'd prefer to see a repair rather than a replacement but since you wanna go this route, here's an idea: - convert a BMW M70 to Diesel with two M51D25TUOL heads or something?
Have had the idea of using the engine to make electricity and send it straight to a motor skipping out the gearbox for ages . So glad there's someone to actually try it
After dealing with mechanincal losses in whatever CVT you're thinking, there is a good chance you'll be equal to the conversion efficiency of doing it electric anyway. Might as well get some regen!
some 70s volvos had them too, also many FWD citroens right from the early 2 cv {with drums originally} up to the BX and CX's in the mid 80s, those had the hand brakes on the front wheel too, reduces the unsprung weight and simplifies the drivetrains, probably many other cars, but those i know. way out of fashion nowadays.
@@Shady-Shane Alfasuds, now there is a holy grail car now that used to be common as mud, or should that be rust. not thought about one of them in years, I am guessing you are not a yank, i doubt even the biggest US car nut has ever heard of them.
@@ForeverNeverwhere1 I am not "the biggest" American car nut, but I have heard of them. Couldn't pick one out of a lineup, but I have heard the name. To be honest, I was under the impression it was Alfa Romeo's race team. Clearly I was wrong though 🤣
Why need the CVT? The generator will like a constant rpm, too. It will give constant voltage, which you will like. It will only vary in load when the amps change, the engine should provide more or less torque. Like driving up or down hill at the same speed.
In board brakes. Thats mad crazy. Just goes to show, we want you to bring the car to the stealership to get it worked on....no saturday drinking beer doing a brake job on the jag ha ha. Keep up the good work!!
@@Renesis Check out this video, I think it's exactly the ticket. It'll let him keep a constant RPM from standstill (literally no motion at all) all the way to top speed. th-cam.com/video/ZmHpSyTsfm0/w-d-xo.html
As the owner (past and present) of many unreliable cars please keep on going specially the Jaguar. As I currently have 2. At one time I had 3 928s but I sold them.
My mind works a bit like yours, but the major difference is the fact that you are much less lazy than I. Please keep doing this stuff! Also, I can't stop thinking about all the heat waste/loss from all our cars, and the fact that for the most part, nobody has found an effective way to harvest this. Peltier/TEG modules scavenging heat from the exhaust and/or coolant system?
Was suprised by your thought process on what you have in plans as far as drivetrain for this car, this could be the most interesting project you have on this channel(at least for me) subbed and can't wait for updates on this, also i couldn't care about hypermiling, i always loved the idea of an efficent diesel heat engine with a hybrid for energy capture and resuse
While you've got that rear end apart, I'd just say Screw the inner rotors, bolt the axles right to the diff and weld some caliper brackets to the upright, convert it to outboard brakes and save yourself the headache in the future. The hybrid system seems like a fun idea, but I think a vw V10 TDI out of a Touareg strapped to either a DSG or a 6 speed would be hilarious tire-slaying fun.
I actually tried to source a V10 TDI and it was a disaster to say the least. let alone getting one to run. It'd be worth the hassle if the US ever got the V12 TDI. But no luck.
@@WesleyKagan aw bummer. and yeah i forgot that theyre electronics nightmares. What about sticking 2 tribeca H6s end to end into an H12? That could be stupid fun. Or a couple of honda J series V6s into a single v12. Theyre cheap and plentiful and capable of silly power stock.
I laughed a little when you showed the bit about the spacers. It wasn’t that alone; it was compounded by the fact that the car was built with inboard brakes.
One of the vehicle OE's, I think it's toyota have a drive mode called heretical mode in their hybrids. Essentially it uses the electic motor to change the gear ration to keep the ICE in it's peak efficiency zone. To that end, you could try a planitary gearbox off the constant speed engine and use the electrical motor to adjust the output speed. Might be worth a bit of a look into.
I was interrupted when first watching this so I watched something else because you have to watch your stuff, like really watch it. A helicopter engine running on olive skins may appear at some stage as a suitable replacement that you’ll convince us of. Because you’re clever and you’re doing stuff that isn’t “put an LS in it.” I’m watching you, Wesley Kagan. I’m watching you 👉🏼
I saw a CVT once in a shop that had sliced cones so they could slide into each other. This allowed for a greater ratio range without having a very wide belt or very steep cones. Both of which come with their issues. I'm not sure though how much the sliced cones affects wear on the belt, as it can toughes sharp edges.
Wow, you mentioned making a V12 from V4 bike engines.... I've been musing about that for ages..... I'd love to see you put your considerable talents on that project!
2:37 There was a recent episode of Jay Leno's Garage with the 1916 Owens car that operated exactly like that, albeit with a gas engine rather than diesel
CVTs happen to be my favorite kind of transmission if I’m honest, baring their current inefficiencies and their high cost due to little market appeal and many other factors. Mom’s car has one though and it’s just so smooth.
Diesel or Gas Electric drivelines and adding battery as primary in the same fashion of locomotives would be the best method for drivelines for all vehicles honestly. Our newer locomotives have a general transmission efficiency over 96% with AC traction motors. That's between the diesel engine, the alternator, rectifiers, inverters, and ultimately the traction motors. This is far more efficient than CVTs, automatics, manuals.
I'm not sure if it's feasible, but individual axle motors on either a RWD, FWD, or AWD configuration rather than front/rear motors with differentials should help you reach a better transmission efficiency.
I start to cringe when I hear… well while I’m down here… my wrenching a couple of hours after work and the kido goes to bed has instilled fear into a project that takes my project car off the road for more than a month. I’ll keep living vicariously through you!
Something to take a look at for ideas, the Chevy Volt is/was the only electric hybrid I know of that used a layout similar to a locomotive. Probably the connection from when GM made locomotives not too long ago. The Volt was a hair underpowered but used an electric motor to drive the wheels constantly and pulled power from the battery pack. The gasoline engine would only kick in when the battery pack got low too low and stay on. I.e. if the car had been plugged in all night, the first 50 miles of driving were all electric, then the gas engine would kick on and keep running until you need to refuel or plug the car in again after you finish your trip. Again, something to consider from a layout standpoint of having a very big electric motor driving the real wheels, small battery pack, and motor/generator at the front of the car.
The thought of hooking two J-series v6's like that just came across my mind the other day. The blocks aren't very long maybe around 20 inches? May even compact enough to fit in that Jag.
For your electric needs, may I suggest looking at the OpenInverter project? Damien Maguire has a bunch of interesting projects there repurposing Toyota Prius and other hybrid parts you'll be able to use. A Lexus RWD hybrid eCVT transmission might also be just what you need to bolt your high efficiency diesel to as well.
Okay man your channel rocks! I've been doing a lot of TH-cam searching lately as I'm looking to start my own channel and I must say yours is my favorite thing on TH-cam right now! I'm a total car guy and a tech nerd so I'm 100% your target audience haha. I've also always thought a pickup done locomotive style with electric motors and a small efficient diesel is something that should be done. Would be interested to hear your calculations on why this doesn't fly. Anyways keep up the good work!
I think it's a cool idea having a diesel generator combined with a hybrid electrical system but definitely needs a crap ton of work to get both powering the wheels I think something like the Honda electric RWD kit for the front whist having diesel power at the rear wheels for breaking why not use a retarder that's used on HGVs but instead of using fluids use a electric breaking system for the rear and using the electric motors for the breaking in the front.
Hub drive electric motors on all 4 wheels and 2 Atlas motors welded together Allen Millyard style combined with a powerglide. Add two sets of compound turbos and run it with E85+HHO. If you build it right, I promise you it will have the power you want it to have, and the range you thought you could have, without the soot.
Have you thought of running the electric motors through a transfer case out of a 4x4 truck/SUV system instead of a cvt they can be engaged and disengaged at will plus the low gear could make things interesting
What you could do is make something like a V12 Prius, maybe use Toyota's 1gz-fe V12 in conjunction with the electric assist in a rear wheel hybrid drive layout. A pioneer that utilizes the hybrid aspect that also doesn't completely overshadow the performance of a petrol motor. Also, it's a shame that the Jaguar's heart is dead inside, but at least you'll do something to give the old cat some of its lives back.
My suggestion is just go with a (2 or 3 cylinder) diesel (3 cylinders tend to sound interesting) that will make say 60kW at a sustainable rpm (that's your charger). Use the extra space you free up to place a hand-built water cooled electric motor with the biggest diameter you can fit (= torque), with the clutch between that and the diesel, (you can disengage the other side of the electric motor by putting the transmission in neutral, though it may require an adjustment to the transmission lubrication to be sure everything stays lubricated). That setup should allow either/or usage of the electric motor and diesel. The electric motor can be used as a generator and starter too. It's unlikely to be much better than the small diesel alone at constant speed, but any sort of driving including speed changes should be much more efficient. The power of the electric motor is essentially only limited by the max current the battery pack can supply and if you hand build you can make the battery pack voltage as high as you like. I think used chevy volt packs are 1000V+ (not completely certain about that, could have been different OEM pack). Three or four of those in series and your hand built electric motor should give you at least 3kW per Amp, Oh, and you'll need to hand build the electric motor controller too to keep it affordable I'd expect. It's unlikely to be cheap though. The battery packs are going to get you to that 30000$ dollar mark regardless I'd expect. But if we're going off the deep end, why not get a used mirai, and go hydrogen fuel cell. Use the liquid hyudrogen to cryogenically cool a superconducting electric motor (high temp superconductors) before the hydrogen goes to the FC. Add some extra batteries and maybe a Supercapacitor to make sure you have enough Amps, and you should essentially have dial-a-power-setting with a tiny electric motor. A german company recently demonstrated a coil-to-coil electric motor that uses induction to generate the magnetic field on the rotating parts, that might allow supercooling both rotor and stator. I seem to have gotten carried away...
On way I could see you fixing the camber problem in the rear is by either desiging rear control arms or modifying the pick up points on the hub, both of these would need to be adjustable and that is far easier said than done
Here is an idea of overcomplicating your Jag even more. Since you are striving to improve efficiency with that engine, here's what you can do to potentially improve it more and bring some novelty. Make it into a compound turbo engine (not to mix up with compounding tubos) wheres in normal car engine exhaust is utilised to drive a turbine which in turn drives a centrifugal compressor, this approach instead unilizes exhaust to drive a turbine which helps crankshaft rotate directly. It was really popular solution with long range planes that used ice's before being overshadowed by turbine engines they use in aircraft today. Volvo sort-of uses similar technology in some models of their trucks. It should technically increase the efficiency of an engine, unlike turbochargers which make engines use up more fuel.
The CVT system you're describing around 6:20 is almost the same way that JD Gators work (except it's purely mechanical). And fair warning... as a former JD employee that serviced them... they suck. And break.
Please freevalve 2 24v jag6 heads with the exhaust coming from the center. There are a few center exhaust cars but the xjs V12 would be sick and you could combine the freevalve tech you've been working on. I've been thinking about that sort of build for almost 20 years since my Dad had an 87 xjs.
"While I'm in there" That escalated quick from a coolant leak
If I'm honest even if I got everything apart I'm not sure that head would go back on with much luck.
"While I'm In there" or "Might as well" are some of the most expensive phrases known to the wallet :) Or you can look at it as my buddy and I do...Maintenance is a blessing, because it presents the opportunity to make it better!
@@WesleyKagan How about a H 16 engine, 4 Subaru engines 2 either side with their cranks facing each other driving a common shaft running between them.
@@WesleyKagan This engine is not hard to megasquirt and can be converted to dual EDIS-6 ignition pretty easily. The injector spacing matches that of a 6 cyl BMW, so you can use a LOT of off the shelf parts... Something to consider, that's what I'm doing to my XJS
@@WesleyKagan As someone who bought an 80's Jag as a project car, may I suggest talking to a therapist? Recovery is possible (I now drive a Toyota!)
I know, I know. I like projects.
Please continue 👌👌👏 i like a project or 2 as well 😎🤘
It's why I subscribed!
I don’t understand why you didn’t buy a clean one of these. They’re so cheap and it would save you time working on a shitbox
@@rocketkinger2506 What's the fun in that? Wouldn't want to butcher a clean one. ;)
@@rocketkinger2506 That's fair enough. On the other hand, I learned at least 100x more from working on shitboxes than I ever did on clean stuff that works. Perhaps that's part of the fun?
Plus, if you paid for something that works, it's also kinda hard to justify taking it apart to try something new! If this hadn't failed, we'd never have got to repair then upgrade and then onto W12's and Constant Velocity Drives :)
"This is gunna be a little bit of a longer project"
He says with a literal tube chassis V12 vintage formula 1 car, and a V12 Corvette behind him followed by a link for ANOTHER project on designing a MECHANICAL CPU!
It's honestly a problem- I have a garage full of projects that I want to work on but don't have time because I have so many projects.
@@WesleyKagan if you need an assistant I am available. just pay the airfare (I live in Brazil), a back room and two meals a day and I'll be a jack of all trades. 😁👍
@@WesleyKagan pick one and do it. Everyone wants to see the freevalve done right and on the race track.
@@WesleyKagan So many "other" projects. You could start a Renaissance style "workshop" with loads of apprentices doing the grunt work, and then the Master, that's you, comes along and puts the finishing touches on the Madana they have been working on the last 1/2 year.
Jaguardynamics. "Something will break and it will surprise you even if you were expecting it."
Great work as always.
Thank you!
grindhard plumbing co and wesley kagan doing xjs brakes within a day of each other. what a world
The universe said Jaguars needed brakes today I guess.
exactly what i was thinking. i watched the the ghpc video like 20 minutes ago
Wesley's milkshakes brings the boys to the yard
Loving how the XJS rear subassembly is essentially a layered onion of pain. You take one thing apart to reveal more brilliant british engineering
At the time this was actually excellent. I have an old Rover P6 which has a similar set up, the brakes feel like they're modern and it just doesn't drive like a car made in the 60s. Solid disks also means they last forever and a day so you don't need to deal with it that often
Nostalgia - I bought my wife a new XJS for our 15th anniversary in 1989- we drove it all over Europe and then brought it back home. Lost a lower radiator hose on the freeway one day and didn't know it until another motorist pulled up next to us and said we had dropped water- by the time I got over and off the road it had overheated and dropped a valve seat. I pulled both heads and the pan and fixed the heads and replaced one piston that was beat up. That was in '96- we kept the car until she passed in 2012 and I gave it to a charity auction. Hers was the same color and interior as yours.
You're up for something, that's been bogging my mind for quite awhile too. And now I have a chance to watch somebody else brainstorming and reporting success and failures online, for free. All hail to you and TH-cam for that. Thank you, guys.
This man went. "I have a coolant leak" "Now im showing 2 Jetta Diesel engines together as well as putting a generator with a cvt in between leading to a battery that powers 2 electric motors". " Something a little bit different"
Your channel is criminally underrated + you’re doing the project I want to do one day, a hybrid XJS. You get a sub and all the likes
Thanks!
Agreed. I'm planning a ttr hybrid xjs, keeping the original engine. Would be pretty nice to have someone to brainstorm with.
There's a coolant leak, so might as well do a homemade Diesel + CVT swap right ?
Man I love this channel
When I click on your videos, theres no way to know what insane plan I'm gonna watch you unfold and I love that. Keep em coming!
Yep, last week it was a mechanical CPU and now it's a diesel-electric Jaguar. I'm on board for the insanity too!
hmm sounds like you're perilously close to designing and building a budget F1 drivetrain complete with MGU-H and MGU-K hmmmmmmm
That would be pretty dope
Coolest channel I've come across in a while. The free-valve Miata brought me here, but your new content just keeps getting better. You're my favorite type of engineer... a bad-ass one. Can't wait for more.
Id love to see anything you do. You are like the one good teacher that makes the boring stuff fun. Keep up the great work
Thanks!
Engineering can be fun but there is a lot I do not understand.
@@mightymikethebear i agree some stuff is hard to understand sometimes, but that is how you learn. And i study to become an engineer so i try to find every learning opportunity possible to become better
The subscribe button on the indicator was the most satisfying thing i've witnessed all week.
this man has the best disappointed expression, yet still can power thru it all! Godspeed
I owned both a 1980 with a Chevy engine and an 84 v12. Drove them both for several years on a daily basis and I worked on them alot so I know them inside out. I replaced the rear rotors without removing the entire suspension and differential. Tough job in the car.
IMO- this channel is the best mix of science, creativity and mechanics on TH-cam, no question, hands down Deserves WAY more subscribers. Looking forward to more in the future. Keep up the excellent work!
I believe that it was in fact a prehistoric version of Wesley who went "Well, there's that large ruminant with dangly things on which it's young suckle. Since I like experimenting and trying new things, I will try to turn that into an alternate and sustainable source of nutrition".
A guy who loves to invent and test stuff and works in metric? You are my dream youtuber!
It's always the "While I am in there, I might as well do..." that takes a simple project , and makes it endless. Kind of like me restoring my 65 MGB.
A small engine trick for getting the flywheel nut/bolt off is adding some rope down the sparkplug hole(on compression stroke!). The rope locks it by pushing on the head, right. Maybe alternating to each end of the head with a prybar on the flywheel teeth would help persuade it up off the rusty studs. Just a thought.
Best luck with the cvt, that's going to rock.
ps. Tie a knot on the end of the rope to save from fishing expeditions.
That's a pretty good idea- I'm most likely going to pull this engine anyway and fight it where I have room, but if it's still stuck I might go that direction. there's a bunch of old hotrod tricks culminating in "thread on the head studs a bit and then light her off with a bit of gas but I think that's my last resort dangerous idea.
Once the cams are out and the head bolts are cracked loose, use the starter to turn the motor over and let the engine compression push the head free.
Actually that could work for cracking the heads off in a safer and more controllable way. Or bending a rod.
It is basically hydrolocking (or ropelocking it I guess) it on purpose and hoping the thing you want to break breaks first.
@@nickopedia5669 This. Don't do that dumb boomer rope trick.
You might look into doing a Toyota Prius-style power-blending CVT. If I remember correctly it uses planetary gearsets to blend the hybrid power in with the gas engine (running steady-state at peak output) if you want a parallel hybrid.
Or the Chevy Volt, which is a series hybrid (like a diesel-electric locomotive) with a single clutch that will engage the engine directly to the drive wheels during highway cruising when the RPMs are close enough, anyways (or I believe it will make the engine speed match the wheelspeed, then couple, then directly drive the car with the gas engine when highway cruising).
Glad to see an xjs being saved. Doesn't matter what drive train, as long as it's on the road.
A few questions/ideas.
Electrification: I want to see if energy harvesting through the suspension is possible.
Thermodynamics: What about combining a standard Internal Combustion Engine with a Stirling Engine?
CVTs: A bunch of belt-less CVT designs do exist. Check out IVTs for bicycles as an example, or GearDownForWhat's Ratcheting CVT.
"I don't have an answer for it, but I don't like it."
I felt that.
"This is a bad design, although it's about the only way to do it.>
This car will allow you to survive the apocalypse in both style and comfort. And charge your torch at the same damn time
This channel should be called KindaFastWesley. Oh how I would love Wesley and Matt to do a project together.
hahaha Oh I love the first 3 mins. Wesley's coolant leak solution thought process is to Frankenstein a V12 diesel to power a generator to run electric motors. 0-100-crazy in no seconds flat.
I had one of these. Coolant out of the exhaust. I remember that as well. The 1.5-path radiator would clog on the top third and would overheat the driver side bank if I remember correctly. Driven long enough, it will crack the block and the coolant would come out of the exhaust. Exact thing happened to mine. Scrapped it. They used stop leak from the factory as well, which would end up seizing the head studs in place so you couldn't get the cylinder heads off with a special tool. I have a scar above my left eyebrow to prove it when a crow bar slipped out from underneath the head I was trying to wedge off. Get the XJS Bible if you haven't already.
Very seldom do I see an engineer with a great sense of humor, and is willing to work with his hands not just his brain and a pencil or computer nowadays
Thanks for keeping the faith, i will follow your footsteps.
I know it’s an old video and you probably took care of it, but those were the jack stands that were recalled. Love your work.
When i was 19 i daily'd a 3.6 manual XJS .. this is bringing back many fun memories , especially the rear brakes, tho when I dropped my frame out I had welding to do too :) It sadly died due to rot, I had hoped to turbocharge it, I recon the AJ6/AJ16 would take boost like an absolute champ.
I was holding my breath when you started talking about engine swapping it. Soo glad there was no talk of LS's!
Yeah, I have to do something weird haha.
I'd prefer to see a repair rather than a replacement but since you wanna go this route, here's an idea:
- convert a BMW M70 to Diesel with two M51D25TUOL heads or something?
The quality of these videos is insanely high. Thank you for that.
Have had the idea of using the engine to make electricity and send it straight to a motor skipping out the gearbox for ages . So glad there's someone to actually try it
I'm glad I'm not the only one keeping old jags going.
After dealing with mechanincal losses in whatever CVT you're thinking, there is a good chance you'll be equal to the conversion efficiency of doing it electric anyway. Might as well get some regen!
Just found my new favorite channel. It's like everything I've wanted to do but can't because of school... loving it.
1:49 I'm still waiting for that truck to jump out behind the cactus and say
BOO
Never seen brakes like that, learned something new!
some 70s volvos had them too, also many FWD citroens right from the early 2 cv {with drums originally} up to the BX and CX's in the mid 80s, those had the hand brakes on the front wheel too, reduces the unsprung weight and simplifies the drivetrains, probably many other cars, but those i know. way out of fashion nowadays.
Certainly uncommon, but they showed up here and there, usually for clearance issues (hummer H1) or to reduce unsprung weight (lotus elite)
@@ForeverNeverwhere1 also Alfasuds like the citroen but with a flat 4
@@Shady-Shane Alfasuds, now there is a holy grail car now that used to be common as mud, or should that be rust. not thought about one of them in years, I am guessing you are not a yank, i doubt even the biggest US car nut has ever heard of them.
@@ForeverNeverwhere1 I am not "the biggest" American car nut, but I have heard of them. Couldn't pick one out of a lineup, but I have heard the name. To be honest, I was under the impression it was Alfa Romeo's race team. Clearly I was wrong though 🤣
Why need the CVT? The generator will like a constant rpm, too. It will give constant voltage, which you will like. It will only vary in load when the amps change, the engine should provide more or less torque. Like driving up or down hill at the same speed.
In board brakes. Thats mad crazy. Just goes to show, we want you to bring the car to the stealership to get it worked on....no saturday drinking beer doing a brake job on the jag ha ha. Keep up the good work!!
I'm so thankful that you're doing this. I had a similar idea and I wanted to see someone with much more know-how try to build it
Toyota HSD is the best commercially available CVT and probably the most efficient but needs multiple motors...
Well he already considered six diesel engines, so having one or two MGU isn't too much of a stretch.
@@Renesis
Check out this video, I think it's exactly the ticket. It'll let him keep a constant RPM from standstill (literally no motion at all) all the way to top speed.
th-cam.com/video/ZmHpSyTsfm0/w-d-xo.html
As the owner (past and present) of many unreliable cars please keep on going specially the Jaguar. As I currently have 2. At one time I had 3 928s but I sold them.
Hahaha always something new with this guy.
Moss motors FTW
My mind works a bit like yours, but the major difference is the fact that you are much less lazy than I. Please keep doing this stuff! Also, I can't stop thinking about all the heat waste/loss from all our cars, and the fact that for the most part, nobody has found an effective way to harvest this. Peltier/TEG modules scavenging heat from the exhaust and/or coolant system?
Was suprised by your thought process on what you have in plans as far as drivetrain for this car, this could be the most interesting project you have on this channel(at least for me) subbed and can't wait for updates on this, also i couldn't care about hypermiling, i always loved the idea of an efficent diesel heat engine with a hybrid for energy capture and resuse
While you've got that rear end apart, I'd just say Screw the inner rotors, bolt the axles right to the diff and weld some caliper brackets to the upright, convert it to outboard brakes and save yourself the headache in the future.
The hybrid system seems like a fun idea, but I think a vw V10 TDI out of a Touareg strapped to either a DSG or a 6 speed would be hilarious tire-slaying fun.
I actually tried to source a V10 TDI and it was a disaster to say the least. let alone getting one to run. It'd be worth the hassle if the US ever got the V12 TDI. But no luck.
@@WesleyKagan aw bummer. and yeah i forgot that theyre electronics nightmares. What about sticking 2 tribeca H6s end to end into an H12? That could be stupid fun. Or a couple of honda J series V6s into a single v12. Theyre cheap and plentiful and capable of silly power stock.
Shame to lose the Jag V12 but sometimes you gotta go wild...CVT gearbox though? Gonna be harsh with a constant diesel drone, like a Deltec loco..
I laughed a little when you showed the bit about the spacers. It wasn’t that alone; it was compounded by the fact that the car was built with inboard brakes.
One of the vehicle OE's, I think it's toyota have a drive mode called heretical mode in their hybrids.
Essentially it uses the electic motor to change the gear ration to keep the ICE in it's peak efficiency zone.
To that end, you could try a planitary gearbox off the constant speed engine and use the electrical motor to adjust the output speed.
Might be worth a bit of a look into.
I was interrupted when first watching this so I watched something else because you have to watch your stuff, like really watch it. A helicopter engine running on olive skins may appear at some stage as a suitable replacement that you’ll convince us of.
Because you’re clever and you’re doing stuff that isn’t “put an LS in it.”
I’m watching you, Wesley Kagan. I’m watching you 👉🏼
I really really like the sound of AJ16 engines with ITBs and decent exhausts
I saw a CVT once in a shop that had sliced cones so they could slide into each other. This allowed for a greater ratio range without having a very wide belt or very steep cones. Both of which come with their issues. I'm not sure though how much the sliced cones affects wear on the belt, as it can toughes sharp edges.
Wow, you mentioned making a V12 from V4 bike engines.... I've been musing about that for ages..... I'd love to see you put your considerable talents on that project!
That braking setup is nuts.
2:37 There was a recent episode of Jay Leno's Garage with the 1916 Owens car that operated exactly like that, albeit with a gas engine rather than diesel
CVTs happen to be my favorite kind of transmission if I’m honest, baring their current inefficiencies and their high cost due to little market appeal and many other factors. Mom’s car has one though and it’s just so smooth.
1:20 milking a jaguar moment is priceless.
Diesel or Gas Electric drivelines and adding battery as primary in the same fashion of locomotives would be the best method for drivelines for all vehicles honestly. Our newer locomotives have a general transmission efficiency over 96% with AC traction motors. That's between the diesel engine, the alternator, rectifiers, inverters, and ultimately the traction motors.
This is far more efficient than CVTs, automatics, manuals.
I'm not sure if it's feasible, but individual axle motors on either a RWD, FWD, or AWD configuration rather than front/rear motors with differentials should help you reach a better transmission efficiency.
Ahh yes a new Wesley video. Today is a much happier day now :)
I start to cringe when I hear… well while I’m down here… my wrenching a couple of hours after work and the kido goes to bed has instilled fear into a project that takes my project car off the road for more than a month.
I’ll keep living vicariously through you!
Something to take a look at for ideas, the Chevy Volt is/was the only electric hybrid I know of that used a layout similar to a locomotive. Probably the connection from when GM made locomotives not too long ago.
The Volt was a hair underpowered but used an electric motor to drive the wheels constantly and pulled power from the battery pack. The gasoline engine would only kick in when the battery pack got low too low and stay on.
I.e. if the car had been plugged in all night, the first 50 miles of driving were all electric, then the gas engine would kick on and keep running until you need to refuel or plug the car in again after you finish your trip.
Again, something to consider from a layout standpoint of having a very big electric motor driving the real wheels, small battery pack, and motor/generator at the front of the car.
Ive been thinking about constant rpm diesel too. Logically seems like the way to go
"...and it really just descended into chaos from there." You know how to hook an audience my dude.
The thought of hooking two J-series v6's like that just came across my mind the other day. The blocks aren't very long maybe around 20 inches? May even compact enough to fit in that Jag.
You do so much for just one person. Keep up the good work.
Dedication will win. Great work!
Honestly, your Diesel -> Gen -> Motor idea is your best one out of the bunch. That CVT won't last more than a few blocks or miles...
For your electric needs, may I suggest looking at the OpenInverter project? Damien Maguire has a bunch of interesting projects there repurposing Toyota Prius and other hybrid parts you'll be able to use. A Lexus RWD hybrid eCVT transmission might also be just what you need to bolt your high efficiency diesel to as well.
I'll check it out!
I have a big interest in a system like this, can't wait to see more on it
Okay man your channel rocks! I've been doing a lot of TH-cam searching lately as I'm looking to start my own channel and I must say yours is my favorite thing on TH-cam right now! I'm a total car guy and a tech nerd so I'm 100% your target audience haha. I've also always thought a pickup done locomotive style with electric motors and a small efficient diesel is something that should be done. Would be interested to hear your calculations on why this doesn't fly. Anyways keep up the good work!
dude i hope your channel blows up.. you do some great videos
I think it's a cool idea having a diesel generator combined with a hybrid electrical system but definitely needs a crap ton of work to get both powering the wheels I think something like the Honda electric RWD kit for the front whist having diesel power at the rear wheels for breaking why not use a retarder that's used on HGVs but instead of using fluids use a electric breaking system for the rear and using the electric motors for the breaking in the front.
Want to continue with the Jag. It’s super cool.
Hub drive electric motors on all 4 wheels and 2 Atlas motors welded together Allen Millyard style combined with a powerglide. Add two sets of compound turbos and run it with E85+HHO. If you build it right, I promise you it will have the power you want it to have, and the range you thought you could have, without the soot.
Have you thought of running the electric motors through a transfer case out of a 4x4 truck/SUV system instead of a cvt they can be engaged and disengaged at will plus the low gear could make things interesting
For the CVT try liquid instead of belts, some liquids gets 'harder' when in motion
What you could do is make something like a V12 Prius, maybe use Toyota's 1gz-fe V12 in conjunction with the electric assist in a rear wheel hybrid drive layout. A pioneer that utilizes the hybrid aspect that also doesn't completely overshadow the performance of a petrol motor.
Also, it's a shame that the Jaguar's heart is dead inside, but at least you'll do something to give the old cat some of its lives back.
My suggestion is just go with a (2 or 3 cylinder) diesel (3 cylinders tend to sound interesting) that will make say 60kW at a sustainable rpm (that's your charger). Use the extra space you free up to place a hand-built water cooled electric motor with the biggest diameter you can fit (= torque), with the clutch between that and the diesel, (you can disengage the other side of the electric motor by putting the transmission in neutral, though it may require an adjustment to the transmission lubrication to be sure everything stays lubricated).
That setup should allow either/or usage of the electric motor and diesel. The electric motor can be used as a generator and starter too. It's unlikely to be much better than the small diesel alone at constant speed, but any sort of driving including speed changes should be much more efficient. The power of the electric motor is essentially only limited by the max current the battery pack can supply and if you hand build you can make the battery pack voltage as high as you like. I think used chevy volt packs are 1000V+ (not completely certain about that, could have been different OEM pack). Three or four of those in series and your hand built electric motor should give you at least 3kW per Amp, Oh, and you'll need to hand build the electric motor controller too to keep it affordable I'd expect.
It's unlikely to be cheap though. The battery packs are going to get you to that 30000$ dollar mark regardless I'd expect.
But if we're going off the deep end, why not get a used mirai, and go hydrogen fuel cell. Use the liquid hyudrogen to cryogenically cool a superconducting electric motor (high temp superconductors) before the hydrogen goes to the FC. Add some extra batteries and maybe a Supercapacitor to make sure you have enough Amps, and you should essentially have dial-a-power-setting with a tiny electric motor.
A german company recently demonstrated a coil-to-coil electric motor that uses induction to generate the magnetic field on the rotating parts, that might allow supercooling both rotor and stator.
I seem to have gotten carried away...
I don't have the words to describe how wonderful and weird this project is.
Man, I've always wondered about doing something like this too. Can't wait to see how it goes!
Grind Hard Plumbing channel used that rear subframe for a 2JZ powered lawn mower. They did a brake job on it this week.
Great content !!! Welcome to British cars from a bad era in history when quality was not at its best.
On way I could see you fixing the camber problem in the rear is by either desiging rear control arms or modifying the pick up points on the hub, both of these would need to be adjustable and that is far easier said than done
Yeah, I tinkered with it for a grand total of about 30 minutes before I deemed it more work than good.
Here is an idea of overcomplicating your Jag even more. Since you are striving to improve efficiency with that engine, here's what you can do to potentially improve it more and bring some novelty.
Make it into a compound turbo engine (not to mix up with compounding tubos) wheres in normal car engine exhaust is utilised to drive a turbine which in turn drives a centrifugal compressor, this approach instead unilizes exhaust to drive a turbine which helps crankshaft rotate directly.
It was really popular solution with long range planes that used ice's before being overshadowed by turbine engines they use in aircraft today.
Volvo sort-of uses similar technology in some models of their trucks.
It should technically increase the efficiency of an engine, unlike turbochargers which make engines use up more fuel.
Throw on some Freevalve?
Maybe not on the Jag, but doing a flywheel KERS system would be pretty dope. Maybe on a smaller chassis.
Dude - chuckled in the first 30 seconds... This is THE YT channel.
The CVT system you're describing around 6:20 is almost the same way that JD Gators work (except it's purely mechanical). And fair warning... as a former JD employee that serviced them... they suck. And break.
Worthy to be a successor of a project Binky
Please freevalve 2 24v jag6 heads with the exhaust coming from the center. There are a few center exhaust cars but the xjs V12 would be sick and you could combine the freevalve tech you've been working on. I've been thinking about that sort of build for almost 20 years since my Dad had an 87 xjs.
Absolutely love all your videos but man I wish you'd finish some of these amazing projects ☺️