Walkinshaw one-off V12

beachcar5 · February 21, 2020, 12:49am

Came across this article about a V12 built for TW in a DB7. Interesting read, wonder what they used for the heads.

Kirbert · February 21, 2020, 2:02am

Wasn’t Ford developing a V12 for the Aston Martin around that time? It wasn’t Jaguar-based, it was based on Ford’s V6 I think.

bdragon · February 21, 2020, 2:23am

Aston Martin ultimately put a 5.9l v12 into the DB7 for production (named the Vantage.) This was developed by Cosworth from Ford Duratec 3.0 v6 components.

Dave

beachcar5 · February 21, 2020, 3:42am

Maybe it was the Ford design. The article doesnt say it was a AM. It said it was TW developed Jag V12. Also mentions that the AM V12 was still in delvelopment.

beachcar5 · February 21, 2020, 4:21am

I found a photo of the engine:

Wiggles · February 21, 2020, 1:09pm

Wow! That is one tiiiiight engine bay.

Kirbert · February 21, 2020, 6:39pm

There’s not much in there that’s Jaguar. Maybe the block, although clearly heavily modified.