When you hear of a V12 engine, most people’s minds drift off to their favourite sports car - Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar or some German motors from BMW or AMG. Well, here’s one from Australia and it’s based on a General Motors LS1 V8! V12LS have developed the motor with a capacity of 9.2 or 9.5 litres and capable of delivering over 640hp. They showed it a year or so ago as … [Read more...]
Jaguar V12
In its first 20 years, Jaguar only produced two engines – the Jaguar XK and the Jaguar V12. I wrote about the many variants of the XK engine in a recent article and this is about the V12. The first thoughts about a V12 engine came in the mid 1950s. Jaguar had gained great success at Le Mans with the C and D Types using the XK engine. They needed a larger, more powerful motor … [Read more...]
Ferrari V12 Engine
This week’s article is about a range of fabulous engines - the Ferrari V12s. It has been known for decades that a V12 configuration is a smooth number of cylinders and manufacturers like Jaguar, Aston, Ferrari and Lamborghini have all had V12 motors in their sports cars. Ferrari distinguish their engines by name and number and we'll start the article with a description of … [Read more...]