Jaaaaaagggg XFR
Discussion
So I used to have an Audi S4 avant in B8 form and I had it mapped and changed the exhaust and pulley etc and it was a rocket ship... it sounded amazing but I have had a serious pining for a V8 for quite a while so took the plunge when I had the opportunity... it’s fair to say I am absolutely in love with it after 2 days!
It returned 31mpg on the way home on the motorway which I was VERY impressed with! It has so many toys that I haven’t yet worked them all out and it sounds awesome, if possibly a little on the quiet side.
The car is also a much bigger car than I thought that it was, the wheels are 20’s but don’t look especially massive.
I will get some better pictures over the weekend I would imagine!
It returned 31mpg on the way home on the motorway which I was VERY impressed with! It has so many toys that I haven’t yet worked them all out and it sounds awesome, if possibly a little on the quiet side.
The car is also a much bigger car than I thought that it was, the wheels are 20’s but don’t look especially massive.
I will get some better pictures over the weekend I would imagine!
Edited by Carlos24 on Friday 1st February 21:32
Yeah I’m not sure why that picture has posted upside down it is certainly not that way on my phone. Performance wise the XFR is more brawny that the S4 but it’s difficult to tell currently which is quicker as the S4 just gripped and went and the Jag doesn’t grip till your rolling at a much higher speed... rolling from 50 or so the Jag feels quicker, it’s supposed to do 50-70 in 1.9 seconds and I can’t imagine 70-90 would be much slower! I don’t have any major plans for this one, I may look at some minor exhaust mods to give a bit more noise at some point but at the minute it’s just perfect really!
Thanks for the info I will keep an eye out for that, I think that may be the only mod I carry out to be fair... it’s hardly wanting for power (I may get used to that I guess) but it could be a little louder and these seem a good compromise! Do you know if there was any drone at all? The car is so luxurious and quiet on a run and I would like to keep it that way apart from when I want it to be loud!
Yeah I have had exhausts on all my cars for quite a few years I just don’t want to spoil the jag with too much noise at motorway speeds for example... I’m sure they would be fine though I had a non resonated Milltek on my Audi and that droned slightly but settled out under a steady throttle.
I got a couple of pics of the interior of the car tonight for anyone that’s interested, I just keep falling a bit more in love with it every time I get in it!
Oh and a little snip of the standard exhaust noise
https://youtu.be/PXtKZwt9Wj8
Yeah mine is also on the Dunlop sport Maxx tyres and they seem ok... I will be getting it on some PS4S when these wear out I think.
As you say the mid range is nuts! It pulls real hard right to the red line but you can’t get there too often haha...
I have just been trying to modify my existing phone mount which used to be on my vents so that I can use it in the Jag for Waze when on long journeys.
Also the car does sound awesome it’s just a little on the quiet side in the car so I think some backboxes from spires may be on the menu at some point!
As you say the mid range is nuts! It pulls real hard right to the red line but you can’t get there too often haha...
I have just been trying to modify my existing phone mount which used to be on my vents so that I can use it in the Jag for Waze when on long journeys.
Also the car does sound awesome it’s just a little on the quiet side in the car so I think some backboxes from spires may be on the menu at some point!
Took the car out for its first proper run on some decent country 'A' roads and wow... I have never been in anything like it for pure overtaking ability, With the car in dynamic mode and the gearbox in sport or on the paddles the thing just fly's! The torque is the main thing it just surges and the engine takes on a much harder note as you wind it on, Its a real dual personality car as when you are getting after it in this manner the car feels much more wieldy and grippy and agile but then when you are just crusing around at less that mach 2 the car is quiet and comfortable.
Another thing that I hav noticed is how smooth the ZF 8 speed is but also how quick to respond it is, Having come from an S-tronic gearbox that was remapped the shift speed going up the box doesn't seem all that much slower if at all really and the gearbox is more intelligent than the s-tronic was meaning that theres less of a pause whilst the correct gear is selected for overtaking etc. The only time that the box is noticeably slower than the dual clutch is on downshifts, the s-tronic used to downshift quicker but also more abruptly than the ZF seems to.. So where the ZF is a bit softer/slower on the downshift it also unsettles the car a lot less as it seems to finesse the change a little more.
Anyway I will stop rambling now but just wanted to get this info down! haha
Another thing that I hav noticed is how smooth the ZF 8 speed is but also how quick to respond it is, Having come from an S-tronic gearbox that was remapped the shift speed going up the box doesn't seem all that much slower if at all really and the gearbox is more intelligent than the s-tronic was meaning that theres less of a pause whilst the correct gear is selected for overtaking etc. The only time that the box is noticeably slower than the dual clutch is on downshifts, the s-tronic used to downshift quicker but also more abruptly than the ZF seems to.. So where the ZF is a bit softer/slower on the downshift it also unsettles the car a lot less as it seems to finesse the change a little more.
Anyway I will stop rambling now but just wanted to get this info down! haha
Just had the spires stage 2 exhaust fitted this afternoon, so far it’s terrible for fuel economy but quite excellent for my ears!
I will have to give it a couple of hundred miles to bed in before seeing what it’s really like but it already sounds like it has unleashed the potential of the engine vocally.
Anyway here’s a short clip, I will get a better one at some point soon and a comparison video.
https://youtu.be/GBnQKrrqnAc
Cheers!
I will have to give it a couple of hundred miles to bed in before seeing what it’s really like but it already sounds like it has unleashed the potential of the engine vocally.
Anyway here’s a short clip, I will get a better one at some point soon and a comparison video.
https://youtu.be/GBnQKrrqnAc
Cheers!
Haha I have watched that video a couple of times and it was one of the deciding factors on getting the spires exhaust so thanks for that! I can’t wait for some summer weather, the Dunlop’s have improved a great deal with the weather getting a bit warmer they seemed very temperature dependant, more so than other tyres I have had.
I am also glad it’s warm so I can always have my window open to listen to the exhaust now!
Another thing worth adding is that the battery in the car was run quite far down I noticed a few days after getting the car(it wasn’t doing the heartbeat on the start button and the vents didn’t open every time I turned the car on) I got in touch with the supplying garage and they said get a new one and bill them so I have done that and fitted the new one and all is good as gold now!
Just another pic to show the exhaust.
I am also glad it’s warm so I can always have my window open to listen to the exhaust now!
Another thing worth adding is that the battery in the car was run quite far down I noticed a few days after getting the car(it wasn’t doing the heartbeat on the start button and the vents didn’t open every time I turned the car on) I got in touch with the supplying garage and they said get a new one and bill them so I have done that and fitted the new one and all is good as gold now!
Just another pic to show the exhaust.
Well a little further update, the exhaust is bedding in nicely and sounding better as it does. I had a chance to press on a bit today for the first time since having it done and my conclusion is that it sounds like a fully lit nascar or something now with a wide open throttle but it can still pootle quietly when required which I was keen not to lose.
All in all I am very happy with the spires system, I will try and get the GoPro out soon and get it stuck on the back for some better video of the car moving.
All in all I am very happy with the spires system, I will try and get the GoPro out soon and get it stuck on the back for some better video of the car moving.
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