I hear from many reviewers V6S is the perfect engine and weight for this car. The V8S is too heavy and too loud (which some people like, not myself).

 

Be aware that the awd V6S is heavier and with more weight in the front than the rwd V8S / V8R.

 

Absolutely love the f type.... 10 thumbs up!

 

Looking down the exhaust at the butterfly at 2000RPM will blow your hair back.
There's no doubt mine are open all the time. If I left off the throttle at 1500rpm and coast it pops and crackles.

 

I think a RWD v6 coupe with 19" wheels is probably the best driving one.
For fun car types I'm not a fan of AWD.
In my case, I wanted a solid high HP V8 before companies stop making them.
The R has that in spades.

 

I think my modding days are pretty much over. It seems like I spend a lot of money and end up with something not as good as I started with. For example, I had a Porsche Turbo I modded to over 600HP by a really top notch company. That screwed up the ratios in the transmission because now the first two gears were too short and the suspension mods made it great on the track but it trolley tracked on the street. In my experience, factory engineers are damn good at what they do. The exception is probably light exhaust mods and adding safety stuff like roll cages and electrical cut offs. It also tends to screw up downstream resale.

I do understand why modding is a fun hobby though.

 

If I understand correctly you have a V8 RWD coupe, the same model I own.
The active exhaust is in loud mode at startup, then will change to quiet or normal mode a few seconds after starting the engine. It's very noticeable that loud start followed by quietening.

Then when driving in normal exhaust mode it remains quiet with no audible pops and bangs.

It goes loud when the exhaust bypass opens which occurs above 4000rpm in normal mode and throughout the rev range when the active exhaust button is illuminated (selected)

 

According to the Jag Active Exhaust document (which I've found isn't 100% accurate), the valves are open for "Start & idle < 1100rpm) and closed for 'Fast Idle > 1100rpm" for normal mode. For loud/dynamic, it says the valves are open for both conditions.

However, in my V6S with squeaky exhaust valves, I can hear them flipping open/closed around that engine speed, even in Dynamic. (I don't have switchable active exhaust, just active exhaust.)

Boulder, if you want to PM me your email address, I could email you that document (~1MB), since you couldn't view it from my Dropbox for whatever reason. It's pretty interesting, and would answer some of your questions.

 

Thanks for the extra detail regarding active exhaust, especially your dropbox copy which I was able to download and open.

 

Note that document is for MY14 (MY13 for you, I think). Somewhere around 2015 or 2016, they deleted the electric vacuum pump, and ran a vacuum line back from the engine instead.

 

Such a fun hobby! But I agree, going light with mods truly is the way to go. I'm keeping it to light suspension modifications, wheels, tires, brakes, and some minor cosmetic stuff. For reference, not long ago, I was crazy enough to wide body my last car -- C63 AMG... I think those days are over.

 

 

Mine are open 24hrs/7 days a week/365 days yr.
On the other hand, the work they did on my sound system is terrific. I was listening to Khalid tonight and it sounded great.

Doing a 1000 mile road trip this weekend. Great car on the road.

 

I thought the snap, crackle and pops were a big reason for having the car?

 

What work did they do on your sound system?

 

The overall sound of the car is indeed part of the F-Type experience, but the crackle and pops in particular, nah...
I personally could do without, let alone the cracks and pops being a big reason I bought a F-Type.

 

They replaced the subwoofer and IIRC the amplifier. It's still a little fussy with the source. Spotify on high quality settings is great, everything else is iffy.

 

I finally popped in a CD and was amazed at how goof the bass was, compared to normal radio. I put in Beastie Boys "Licensed to Ill" and was floored at how much better it was. I think it's pretty clear that whatever processing is in the radio (normal and satellite) is just way off the mark.