If there are any fence-sitters out there - don't be!

I have a '14 V8S that has been through the VAP treatment - 200 cell sportcat pipes and a VAP tune - 'weapons grade' are the only 2 words that come close to describing the car.

To give an idea - on a recent Bullrush Rally drive (a local Cannonball type rally feeder run) the owner of the wackiest car (a metallic orange Aventador SV Roadster with matching orange seats) tracked me down at the first rest stop just so he could shake my hand and tell me he wish he'd bought an F-Type cos the exhaust was the best sound he'd ever heard.

To top that off - I found myself in a rolling drag race with 2 very rare cars - a bright orange GT3RS and a (I had no idea they came in RHD) brand spanking new black Corvette Z-06. We all hit the gas at around 30-40kph and lifted around 180kph. No car pulled away from the other - not one millimeter.

This was witnessed by the Bullrush Rally's organiser in case there are any doubters out there.

Drop him a line if you don't believe it.

With the right mods - yes - the F-Type is THAT fast.

 

Thank you!!! I love hearing this. Super pumped to get everything in and installed!

 

Great to hear your mods are working as planned. How's traction in first couple gears - do you find you can use the power or do you have to save it for higher gears?

 

Traction has always been the source of the greatest smiles and the greatest weaknesses of 2WD F-Types.

It comes down to tires and throttle behaviour. I've 'cooked' my rear Michelin Pilot Super Sports by doing burnouts - but despite that they still got me the results mentioned above and lifted me out of Kangaroo Valley that day in what I would describe as one the the most memorable and simply outrageous motoring moments I've ever experienced.

No wheel slip and perfect traction once rolling. It was - epic.

Outside of semi-slicks the best rubber I know of is the Pilot Sport 4S so if you're doing VAPs mods go all out and help your car put this new happiness to the ground with a set of new new paws.

Who said the British and French never got along?

Aus V8S

 

I wonder what the difference is between Sport Cup 2's and Pilot Sport 4S.

 

Looking at the Jaguar F-Type V6 XPipe Exhaust, since my F-Type did not come with the active exhaust button and I want more noise!
However, my question is, do I want the Sport or the Super-Sport noise level? And do you have any clips available?

Thanks
Jen

 

I would be curious too. I installed the Jaguar "active exhaust" and just have the valves open all the time. I wonder how that compares to what VAP offers.


On another note, I just put my tune on the base care and HOLY COW there is a lot more power now followed by a bunch of crackles and pops. You can see this thread for more info.


https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...6-tune-193775/

 

Might want to look into the VAP valvetronic - I think he makes it for the V-6 now. Really enhances the F types awesome sound. Its probably 20% louder than the stock system with valves open and a much richer sound. And its nice to have the ability to go quiet on those occasions where the neighborhood (or your passenger) require a bit more civility.

 

Just ordered the ECU tune for my V6S. Look forward to installing it when the cat comes out of winter storage.
Thanks Stuart.