I asked around here a while ago. It didn't turn out to be economically viable over here, so I stopped researching. But I love the idea, for the range if nothing else.
Jaguar 4.4 valves are soft. You WILL need the valve protection liquid. I couldn't find out if that completely solved the problem or just made it less bad. (I'm very interested in the answer.)
I came across a company called JE Engineering that made hardened valve seats for the Jag 4.4. They seemed to think it was necessary along with using the valve fluid. I don't know.
I big problem I ran into is no one here had done a Jag 4.4 conversion! There seem to be a number of good UK mechanics with a lot of specialized knowledge on doing these. I would talk to a few of them and try to build a consensus.
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