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Velocity AP website’s troubled “dyno” results: This shows a stunning lack of basic mechanical understanding, IMO. To make matters worse, the Velocity AP before and after dyno runs crossed at vastly different RPMs, one way above and the other way below 5252. Two of the small-shop flash tunes, VelocityAP and Vivid Racing, offer obviously invalid before and after dynos on their websites, where the TQ/HP lines criss-cross no where near 5252 RPM. In fact, none could offer a me credible before/after F-Type dyno result. The other companies offering flash tunes seemed like one-man shows with turnkey websites, and none offer monetary assurances.
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With that hefty sum, comes pro-installation of a smaller/faster Supercharger pulley, making their claim of 616 peak bhp and 597 lb-ft a little harder to decipher when it comes to the effect of the software alone. A company like Hennessy is big enough to absorb a loss from a warranty claim, but their price tag of $10,000 negates a big chunk of that coverage up front. One flash tuner, Hennessy, stands behind their work with a 3 year engine warranty of their own, but even John makes it clear in his Youtube video that it is still essentially a fully backed experimental tune that they have only done to a few F-Types. The results aren’t pretty, the ECU generally needs to be removed and sent back to Jaguar galactic headquarters for reprogramming at owner expense. There are too many accounts of dealers “bricking the car” when official updates try to meld with flash tunes. Add to that, the reality that modern Jags permanently flip a bit when the firmware is flashed by unauthorized non-dealers, voiding your Jag warranty.
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That’s the reason for this review combined with a DIY guide to install this tune.īecause of the overall technical immaturity of the few F-Type tunes available, I quickly ruled out a flash tune because none have enough of a user base to justify the risk. I could not find any genuinely useful information on any Jag forum, or the greater internet for that matter, about tuning the F-Type.
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I will update as more information flows in…Ĭoming from the BMW tuning world, with tens of thousands of active adopters posting loads of end-user information daily, I found it much more difficult to find, judge, and select a Jag tune for my F-Type. Since I could find very little about this F-Type tune on any other website or forum, here it goes, an unbiased user review of RaceChip GTS Black for Jaguar F-Type V8S. I have no affiliation with any vendor mentioned below, including RaceChip.
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