Journal
Welcome to the Swallows journal
1 July 2026
News, features and behind-the-scenes from the Swallows workshop and showroom.
Starting As We Mean To Go On
7 April 2026
It was a dream start to the 2026 season for Swallows Racing with two outright wins along with class wins and podium finishes. The season got underway at a very cold and windy Donington Park National circuit. Our defending 2025 Jaguar champion Jack Robinson was back in the XK8 wearing race number one
Jaguar XK8 XKR X100 EXHAUST SYSTEMS
10 March 2026
Let ’em sing.. We have been busy over the last 6 months pushing the development process of our X100 systems to be better than even before, with a large amount of research/ development and maths in order to achieve the exact exhaust tone we want as well as creating the best possible flow route for ex
ZF8HP Gearbox Conversions
24 December 2025
The future is here.. The use of the ZF8HP gearbox is frankly the biggest technological jump in the Jaguar world for the last 20 years, a gearbox that didn’t just take a technological leap forward but had taken a space rocket and meant it wasn’t on this planet anymore in comparison to the earlier ite
TAMING THE CAT: TAROX SUPER SPORT BRAKE KIT FOR THE JAGUAR F-TYPE
21 October 2025
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
Swallows Championship Winning Season Review
14 October 2025
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
High end cooling – PWR Radiators
4 October 2025
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
SR Brand New Poly Bush Arms
5 September 2025
Swallows Racing Suspension Solutions Driven by Demand, Built for Quality We’ve always believed that many of the best ideas are born in the workshop when it comes to making our Jaguars better. Whether it’s through conversations with our customers, our technicians, recurring patterns in vehicle repair
Rebuilding a monster
8 August 2025
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 securi
Breathe easy.. New Land Rover and Range Rover Pipercross Air Filters
20 July 2025
We have recently completed development of the Pipercross air filters for the brand new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models (L61 and L460), this had now completed all of the Land Rover and Range Rover model ranges. The recent additions of the L663 Defender and L551 Evoque bring the modern fleet
Transforming Jaguar X100 Handling: The Engineering Behind Swallows Racing Lower Chassis Braces
4 July 2025
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
Lubricants and Fluids
6 June 2025
F1 and WEC racing teams are closely aligned with lubricant and fluid manufacturers and almost all teams have technicians from their suppliers embedded in their teams such is the importance of lubricants and fluids to the performance of the race car. ExxonMobil are partnered with Red Rull, Shell’s re
Pre Season Race Car Rush
9 May 2025
Pre-season testing plays a highly important role in our preparations for racing. It’s key to getting both the car and driver dialled in for the year ahead. For Swallows Racing pre-season also has another important function. It’s the first opportunity for us to test new performance parts we have been
New Jaguar and Land Rover SR Silicone Hoses are Ready!
23 April 2025
SR New Silicone Hose Range Swallows Racing is constantly expanding our silicone hose range, with new hoses being dropped every few months we felt we would give some love to some of most requested models in this latest batch. Both top radiator hoses for the F-type in AWD and RWD format, the RWD versi
Swallows Racing – Cars and Coffee Event
10 April 2025
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, givi
SR Supporting The Ever Changing Classic Car Climate
4 April 2025
External influences occasionally are motivation for new product development. Whilst our primary drivers are improving car performance sometimes at Swallows Racing, we also have the dual influences of solving limited part supply or offering more cost-effective solutions to parts that have become over
L663 Performance Tuning Packages
18 March 2025
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
Powerflex New Release Land Rover L663-L405-L462-L494 Front Suspension Bushes
10 March 2025
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 vehicl
Coming of Age, How Technology is Transforming Car Builds
7 March 2025
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 s
X100 XK8 XKR Manual Conversion: Engineering Excellence
21 February 2025
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.
Pushing New Design and Technology
6 February 2025
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
Silicone Hoses Supercharged Throttle Body Intake
10 January 2025
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 t
Malta Classic 10th-13th October
11 December 2024
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
XJS Dampers and Coilover Kits
10 December 2024
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 J
Racing Development..
10 November 2024
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 test