Company History


1975 JE Motors formed
1978 Work on first modified 3.5L Rover V8
1980 JE produced the first 3.9L V8
1982 V8 Developed as 4.2L
1985/6/7 Engines supplied for Land Rover France entries in the Paris - Dakar Rally. Not a single engine failed
1987 Further development of V8 led to production of 4.5 conversion
1987 Marcos launched Mantula V8 with JE engine
1988 Dakar conversion package for Range Rover launched
1988 Land Rover Ltd purchased design rights to 4.2L engine for Range Rover
1989 JE produced Metro 8R4 conversion
1989 Discovery Dakar developed
1991 JE Motors renamed as JE Engineering
1992 First V8 powered Westfield
1992 Spen King CBE 'Father of the Range Rover' joined JE as Technical Director
1993 5.0L engine added to Dakar range
1994 300TDi conversion developed for diesel Range Rover and Discovery
1994 JE powered drag racer breaks world record for Rover V8 powered vehicles (standing 1/4 mile in 9.48 seconds)
1995 Development of 4.6 litre Dakar engines
1995 JE became the first and only company able to tune the new GEMS engine management system
1996 Launch of the S-Car JE's supercharged New Range Rover
1997 Normally aspirated engine packages and ride and handling systems developed for New Range Rover
1998 4.8 and 4.9 litre Dakar engine developed
1998 TD5 conversion developed for Discovery and Defender
1999 Performance Freelander added to JE product range
2000 JE develop full performance package for Defender
2001 Serial programming for ECU's introduced
2002 Developed performance upgrades for the newL322 Range Rover
2003 Developed new 5.0 litre 'THOR' type V8 with automatic or manual transmission, suitable for all separate-chassis Land Rover vehicles

2005

2006

 

2007

Launched diesel upgrades for Discovery 3 and Range Rover Sport

Launched Supercharged RR Sport Stage 1 Upgrade. Developed 5.1 litre Supercharged AJV8 engine. Designed and developed new inlet system for Dakar-Raid V8 Land Rover engine.

Prepared 18 Wildcat engines for Lisbon-Dakar RallyRaid. All finshed, featuring 18th overall, Team Gibon, highest placed Wildcat, 5th in class beaten only by works Mitsubishis.

2007

Launched Dual-Fuel Stage 1 Supercharged RR Sport

2007 Launched 315bhp/800Nm TdV8 tune

JE Engineering Ltd, Siskin Drive, Coventry, CV3 4FJ England
Tel: +44 (0)24 76 305018 Fax: +44 (0)24 76 305913 Email: info@jeengineering.co.uk