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TAMING THE CAT: TAROX SUPER SPORT BRAKE KIT FOR THE JAGUAR F-TYPE There’s no denying the Jaguar F-Type has presence. Whether in “S” or full-fat “R” guise, its mix of classic proportions, thunderous exhaust notes, and rear-driven (or AWD) aggression has carved a space for it among the modern GT elite. But behind that snarling face and muscular stance, there’s been one persistent shortcoming—brakes that, frankly, don’t live up to the car’s potential. Enter the TAROX Super Sport Brake Caliper Kit, a game-changing upgrade developed in partnership with TAROX Italy and…
2025 Race Season Round Up Having put in a lot of time and effort into pre-season testing with various trips to Donington Park, Castle Combe and Llandow, we felt we had thoroughly prepared for the 2025 season. Top of the agenda was resolving cooling issues with Jack’s XK8 that caused some issues last season. The OEM cooling clearly had its limitations, so working closely with PWR Advanced Cooling Technology whose products are used in F1, we came up with a new cooling package for the XK8. We are working with PWR…
Evolution of Design: Advancing Cooling Technology for Your Jaguar At Swallows Racing, we believe that true innovation comes from a deep understanding of both technology and the science behind it. By applying this knowledge, we create superior components that significantly outperform the ageing, mass-produced original Jaguar units. While manufacturers must balance cost and efficiency in production, this often results in components that struggle when pushed beyond “normal factors.” Understanding the Limits of OEM Cooling Systems Jaguar designs its vehicles to operate within specific parameters—standard temperature ranges, factory settings, and an anticipated…
Modifying and upgrading race cars as well as road cars takes you into some interesting territory, often with great benefits, even when you revisit a car you think you know well. This month we are going to take a further look at my X300 XJR6 that took me to the 2022 Jaguar Championship. After securing the championship, I put the car away and it’s hardly turned a wheel since. After several people told us that we were ‘barking up the wrong tree’ or just ‘barking’ and that a XJR6 would never…
There’s a distinct character to Jaguar vehicles, it’s a fusion of effortless power, elegance, and that unmistakable rear-drive rhythm. Yet even the most carefully engineered performance saloon or grand tourer has its compromises, especially when built to serve a mass-market audience. Beneath all the beauty and brawn lies a structural compromise many owners never notice, until they fix it. Apologies to any accountants reading this but they are the ones who often design cars, not the engineers and hence to the compromise. “ The Swallows Racing X100 Lower Chassis Braces Bring…
Its that time of year again where Swallows Racing hosts its cars and coffee event, opening the doors to 3 regions of the JEC as well as friends and customers to enjoy artisan coffee, good food and great conversion. Sunday the 1st of June at 09.00am until 01.00pm we will host roughly 150 people, giving you the opportunity to see all of our race cars and builds. This insight will also include how we create our cars through design and fabrication to geometry set up and driver coaching. We will have…
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.…
As the sun rose over the quiet and crisp aired circuit of Castle Combe on Monday the 22nd the JEC descended for its annual track day of automotive frolics and adrenaline fuelled passenger rides with a host of JEC Saloon and GT championship cars and the SR trio. With more and more Jaguar owners soaking up the track day culture in their high performance vehicles the day was a huge success, with a great array of completely different races cars each with there own characteristics/ drivers and engines it was a…
With a few days left until our JEC trackday at Castle Combe there are a few spots left to join us here for more charity passenger rides, so if you would like to come on down and check out our fleet to see how they perform on track then come on down on Monday the 22nd and say hello. Please follow this link for more information on this day.