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Defender L663 Performance Packages Ever since the controversial yet striking and capable L663 Defender had launched its following and tuning base has been growing fast. Equally as customisable as the older generation but with all the comforts you would come to expect from a new Land Rover, this car is ready for the SR performance treatment and that is exactly what we have done. Our first goal was to complete a full turbo back exhaust system fabricated in house with exceptional quality using 303 stainless and purge welded for industry leading…

New Powerflex Products Are Incoming For Late Land Rover And Range Rover Models Land Rover‘s Premium SUV offerings have a lot of boxes to tick, combining practicality, high-end luxury, and the ability to transition from on-road to off-road seamlessly. This is especially true for D7u/x platform vehicles, including the latest Discovery and Defender. Naturally, given the weight and usage of these vehicles, they can be hard on their bushes, and an area that suffers most is the large oil-filled bush in the front radius arm, where excessive wheel deflection and ‘snatching’…

Twenty-one years have passed since legendary British Touring Car Champion and race car builder Andy Rouse proudly unveiled his bold plan for the future of touring car racing in the UK. It was 2004, when Rouse took the wraps off the Jaguar X Type SCV8 at the Autosport International show with fellow series planner and business partner Pete Hall. Sadly the ‘Brave New World’ of SCV8 racing never came to fruition. The only legacy of the plan was the car itself which Rouse and Hall had ploughed a small fortune into.…

X100 Manual Conversion: Here and ready for the road.. Developing a high-performance automotive product is a meticulous process that takes years of refinement. Over the past three years, we have perfected every aspect of our manual conversion, creating the most advanced iteration of the X100 to date. From Concept to Reality: Engineering Evolution Jaguar originally conceptualised a manual transmission for the X100, with a prototype developed by SVO. However, it was never fully realised. Drawing from our motorsport expertise, we have taken this concept and engineered a comprehensive solution that surpasses…

We first looked at performance exhaust in the October 2023 edition. Since then, we have continued to design and develop new products, most specifically catalytic convertors. Our recent exhaust development process has taken a leap forward thanks to the use 3D scanning to map the Jaguar range.  Taking a detailed scan of the underside of the car enables us to map out every detail of the vehicles shape and undulations, allowing us to design and test fit items before they are made, saving time and materials when designing exhausts and ensuring…

Back in May 2024 we took a brief look at how upgrading to silicone hoses can future proof your car and cut down on long term maintenance costs. Now more specifically we are going to look at some very common replacements on supercharged models.  A big driver for Swallows Racing performance parts is to find alternative solutions for the components that regularly fail. As we have our own garage for maintenance of Jaguars, we are perfectly placed to know what components regularly break on cars, and those that have become discontinued.…

Words and Images Colin Porter The small and beautiful island of Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea, just sixty miles from the coast Sicily. With a population of just over half a million, it might be hard to believe that what we perceive as a wonderful holiday destination is in fact a hot bed of classic cars. The passion of the local classic car community is unrivalled anywhere I have experience in the world. Given Malta was under British rule from the early 19th century until independence in 1964, it’s…

We have covered damper and coilover upgrades in the past but now we are specially taking a look at the packages we have created for the XJS. The XJS was the longest running production car that Jaguar built, spanning twenty-one years, until it was replaced by the XK8 in 1996. There has never been a Jaguar with more model variants than the XJS. The grand old GT can now be truly considered as a classic with early Pre-HE models approaching fifty years old. It’s very noticeable when you drive an XJS…

Much of what we learn through our experience in racing goes into our performance parts and upgrades. AVO dampers, coilover packages, Tarox brakes, Yokohama tyres, our own stainless-steel exhausts and racing cats, air-filters, silicone hoses and Maxx ECU’s and bespoke maps. It all gets tried and tested on our cars during the racing season. I thought it was worth looking back at our 2024 season to see what we have learned and to share some of the highs and at times the lows. After the long winter days preparing the cars…