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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…

You have fitted a lovey shiny new set of coilovers to your car to improve the ride and handling. So how do you know how to set up them up to get the most from them? You have the benefits of height adjustment, simply lowering the ride height might have some benefits, but to achieve the best balance with the car ideally you need to corner weight it.  Corner weighting is for race cars I hear you cry, and it is, but hear me out because there are benefits to corner…

Anyone who has owned a Jaguar for any length of time with almost certainly have some suspension bushes replaced at some point. Let’s face it we don’t own the lightest cars on the planet and nearly all Jaguars will require some new bushes during their lifetime. Rubber bushes can also degrade on cars in storage as rubber is a natural product that is affected by the environment.  For many years we have advocated fitting Powerflex bushes, they are made from Polyurethane, and they don’t degrade like standard rubber bushes and come…

As the racing year draws towards the climax, we look back on the highs and lows of Swallows 2024 season in the Jaguar Championship so far. After the early season ups and downs at Donington Park when we both had encouraging results and disappointments with the alternator on Jack’s XK8 and the supercharger belt on Rick’s XJR6, we worked hard to rectify the early teething problems. Late April we moved onto Oulton Park in Cheshire which is one of the most exciting and technically challenging circuits in the UK. On the…