I replaced the complete exhaust on my XK, There is NO secondary Cats.

 

For anyone looking for a kit to enable them to switch their exhaust valves from open to close at will, this one is purpose made for the XKR:

http://tinyurl.com/yxh9azfx

£79 from eBay.


(Thanks to Clive Chedzey of Aston Martin specialists www.cccharger.co.uk for the info).

 

Stuart, will that improve the note of the XK as well or will I not notice a difference on the non supercharged motor?

 

scrap my last, I searched other posts and found that only the XKRs have the electronically controlled active exhaust so this pulling of fuse 19 would not apply to the XK with the normally aspirated 4.2L. (search is my friend, lol)

 

The kit arrived today, complete with very clear fitting instructions and literally all that you need to do the job, even including a fuse puller tool. It took literally 5 minutes to fit and works exactly as described. The neat remote control unit which comes with the kit is about half the size of the Jaguar key remote and I installed it (using 3M sticky tape) onto the central console next to the ashtray, where it looks just fine and is easy to access while driving.

For anyone who wants to do the 'fuse 19 mod', I highly recommend this kit!

 

Update on earlier post ^^^^^^

The photos below show the full kit supplied by KOVAA plus how I 'installed' the supplied remote control so that it is easy to reach and to operate while driving.

The kit itself:



View of the centre console with the remote in place (held down with a small square of 3M sticky tape):



And finally, a close up:



The device to the left of the KOVAA remote with the red wire leading from it is a very neat little gadget from Amazon which is basically an FM transmitter which connects to the Bluetooth of your phone. This allows me to run Android Auto on my phone which in turn gives me Waze for navigation, thousands of radio stations via Replaio, SMS message read out and voice reply, full telephone services - with all of the sound coming from the vehicle's own speakers. The device connects to the phone via Bluetooth (no wired need, but I use the USB port as you can see to take a charge feed to my phone which is mounted on the central dash vent) and then via FM to the vehicle radio. You 'tune' the radio to an unused frequency -- in my case 108.0 - and the device then transmits the phone audio to the FM 'station' you have stored on 108.0. Satellite instructions, internet radio,telephone calls, Spotify, Amazon Music etc etc are all then played via the in-car entertainment system. It is a great system and works seamlessly once set up - nothing to do - just get in the car, turn in the ignition and the hook-ups are automatic, assuming you left the radio on and tuned to 108.0. It's the next best thing to having a fully modern system in the car itself.

This is the link to the FM Transmitter gadget:

This is the link to the FM Transmitter gadget: