Bruce, lots of threads and posts around here about if/how/when a tune affects the warranty. Put simply, yes it invalidates the warranty, whether it be the "without pulley" tune or the "with pulley tune", which is the main reason I waited until the warranty expired before I got the pulley installed.
That said it depends a lot on what your potential warranty claim is for (eg engine/drive train related or not) and your dealer. If the claim is engine and/or drive train related (eg a blown engine, even if you are sure it was not caused or contributed to in any way by the tune) then you are screwed, but if it's something completely unrelated (eg sound system) then you have a chance depending on how "hard ball" your dealer is.
Some dealers will notice the unavoidable code (non standard ECU calibration) that their SDD system will see and make a fuss about, others either won't notice or won't make a fuss.
You pays your money and you takes your chances!

 

Cheers, yes I did that in my s60R with no problems at all. I'll have to figure out what I'd rather - car with more blower noise or car with more warranty. But ultimately every time I've paid for a longer warranty on a car I've spent $3K plus and either have sold the car within a year or never claimed on it.



With the F Type I'd be completely happy if it had more supercharger whine so that might keep me in it longer and actually save a bucket on changing cars (this is how justification works). Extra power would be fine too but I'm happy enough with grunt as it is - I cant use it on the road with speed cameras everywhere, and I prefer to use Jag's cars on driver days - it is more the sound that drives me.


I have to say I'm leaning toward getting the tune and pulley. You got it all from VAP?

 

Bruce, it's in my sig!
Tune from VAP but pulley kit from Eurotoys.
The Eurotoys pulley is the exact same size as the VAP one but it's generally cheaper and was going on special at the time (15% off???) so that's why I bought it.
I would have liked to stay loyal to VAP but the Eurotoys deal was too tempting and the timing was just right.
The other difference is the Eurotoys pulley is anodized aluminium whereas the VAP one is steel (although I think VAP do an aluminium version as well).
Being aluminium it is a bit lighter and as a result spins up quicker (= slightly better acceleration), but the downside is it may have a lesser balancing effect than the steel pulley although I haven't had a single problem.
As I said before, yer pays yer money and yer takes yer chances!

 

 

What is this stainless intake you speak off, can you post up pictures when you get it please, also if it installed too?

 

Gibbo,
Puntoboy (Chris) has an XFR-S not an F-Type so whatever intake he is getting would not fit an F-Type.

 

 

 

 

I dont know whether this has already been posted here, but see this thread with a nice clip of the sound in it. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/f...2/#post1911489

 

 

Does anyone know the length of the Eventuri intake pipes? I have been thinking of fabbing and intake since the moment I purchased this car.

 

Anyone ever figure out about the Mina intake? If it is in production for the f type yet?

 

Still nothing on the Mina web site so little chance it is in production.

 

 

Thanks Bruce.
Please let us know if/how the blower and/or induction noise changes after you fit the BMC filters, as my filters are due for replacement in 7 months' time anyway and BMC is one option I was considering.

 

I'm telling you guys...the only way you're going to get that Hellcat sound is with open cone filters. In dynamic mode, my supercharger is so loud it turns heads and sounds like a police siren. If somebody can explain to me how to post a video clip here, I'll do it.

-Mina Gallery intake pipe
-Specter Cone Filters
-Remove engine cover
-Remove hood insulation

That's it.

 

The whine in that video is negligible compared with that coming from my MINI. No special filter element needed, just the sound baffle door in the airbox left open. Exchanging all of the plastic piping and baffles in the F-type with stainless or polished aluminum smooth piping would do the trick nicely.

 

Cheers, that is probably achieved by taking out the other filter (the one the fellow called a carbon blowback filter).


I've got the filters but it looks like a production and a half to get at the boxes so I'll have my local wheel guys do it next week. While it might not be as good as the sound from the Mini, it was pretty loud compared to stock and doesnt require the major surgery and no warranty risk.


What I find curious is that in Jag's promotional videos for the project 8 and F Pace SVR the cars have significant supercharger whine, but when you hear the cars being driven in other clips it doesnt sound as though it is present at all. My dream car would have the whine like the Project 8 purports to in this clip

 

Bruce, see post#131 in this thread, not really a big job to change the air filters.