Dealer will detect it if you bring in the car with a tune, their tool will report if anything but stock is currently running. If you flash back, they will have to look into history for signs of tuning.

That is, even if you flash back it is possible to detect that it was flashed. So if your engine needs major warranty work, and they look for signs of tuning so they can deny warranty - they will find them.

 

Non dealership typical scan tool leave the same fingerprint, so there is nothing they can prove. Besides this tune has been out for years (same engine FType, etc.) with no issues.

 

Still haven't heard from anyone regarding gas mileage and drivability with the tune.
Is there more torque, particularly in the low and mid range or just more top end power.

 

 

How was the pulley install? Any instructions? I got the tune without the pulley...

 

 

Thanks for the info. Is yours a 2018 model?

 

 

We've revised the drawings for the later model pulleys. Stock will be done in about 1.5 weeks so no need for ships in future.

 

Is there a way to know which one you have?

 

 

Here are some crappy pics of my late model pulley

 

As of today my 2017 35T Prestige has done 2000km, nearly all of them with the VAP tune, pulley and BMC airfilters, as it was tuned on day 1.... As surprising as the performance increase was right out of the gate, it has only gotten better as the engine breaks in. The Jag drank both fuel and coolant at an alarming "pace" in the first 1500km or so, but has settled down nicely on 18mpg in mostly city driving, and is very capable of hitting the 23mpg highway number on longer trips.

Throttle response in Dynamic mode, in Drive, let alone Sport, is quite fierce. It might actually take some getting used too...and I love it. After driving turbo cars all my life this throttle response is truly an eye opener. As I've mentioned before, as surprising as the top end performance is, the increase in midrange power delivery, is even more so.

The pops and bangs from the exhaust (part of the VAP tune) on overrun from 4k rpm and above, have only gotten louder and angrier over time, as has the exhaust note in general.
I also appreciate the VERY noticeable increase in supercharger induction noise resulting from the combo of BMC airfilters, overdriven supercharger due to the pulley, and the removal of both the engine cover and the sound deadening hood liner.

All in all the tune continues to amaze and is way beyond what I expected beforehand.

(Yes my baby looks a tiny bit different than a stock Prestige...20mm wheel adapters and some paintwork..)

 

Another happy customer LOL. The tune is amazing. The pulls you can do on the highway are ridiculous. Chris modified my tune for even more pops (about 2500RPMS), pops and crackles everywhere. Watch out for the po po though. I learned the hard way LOL (39 over).

 

By the way, 0-60s in the 4.5-4.6 range are easypeasy and require no special preparation or tricks, just a bit of brake torque to 2000rpm and off you go. I'll see if I can eek out a perfect 4.3-4.4 with video proof (Passport G-Timer)....

 

I am selling my F-Pace.
Besides removing the tune from the vehicle and putting the stock tune back on, is there anything I or VelocityAP need to do to the tuner in order for me to sell it?

-David

 

If you flash the car back stock, this would unlock your VTech unit. Take note of the Serial number of the device and your car VIN(send a pic of the Data Page on the VTech PC program, has all the info). You can then erase the VTech with the PC software and this will reset the device to the way it arrived new in box (providing your vehicle was flashed back stock, otherwise this won't work and still be locked to your vehicle VIN).

You would then need to send Stuart@Velocityap.com an email with that "data page" picture and let him know the new client that will be acquiring your VTech unit.

FYI, the new client would be required to pay for the tune, minus the price of the unit ($250usd)..the tune itself cannot be transferred over to another vehicle.

 

Perfect. Thanks!

 

@Tuning@VelocityAP,

Would my tuner work on all of the Jaguar models, or just the F-Pace (assuming of course a new tune was purchased)?

 

It'll work on any of the JLR models with the 3.0/5.0L, but "nothing" with flexray communication, those cars require a CMD unit to flash via OBD or can be bench flashed with most of all bench tuning tools.

Flexray came in "around" 17.5MY, so not all F-Pace's will work on this unit. To verify, the client can always send me an email with the ECU label picture and I can tell if it's flexray.