Something went wrong, ordered a Mustang, yet ended up in a British hotrod, I blame OcUK!

Gibbo said:
It is the stoplock professional one that Halfords sell, think they are £50 and Thatcham approved. I am sure a professional thief would have it off within a minute or so, but its an additional minute and probably means them making noise and it deters any would be joyrider.
Easy to remove and fit with key and when driving I just throw it on passenger floor.

You can't stop someone stealing your car but you can make it harder, as such my car is behind locked folding gates which only fold one way and if I pull the car right upto to them, they'd need start car, back up, go open gates and then drive off. Whilst also removing steering lock, getting passed alarm, trackers etc. As such you just have to hope it is too much hassle for them or they see one down the road without the security and take that instead.

Also if your car has keyless entry make sure the keys are stored in the special pouches that reduce signal range and are kept in tin boxes, microwave etc. at night to block the signal. If they want it they can break in to get the keys, get passed the dog, then figure out how to open gates, get lock off etc. all whilst I am calling cops and well the cop station is 2 minutes drive from my house so quite handy to deter them as well. :)
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Thanks mate for the info
 
Gibbo said:
Now my question, stock the car runs Pirelli Pzero PZ4 265/35/20 and 305/30/20 99Y tyres front and year.
My issue is on the rear the PS4S is a 103Y rated tyre, this is to do with loading, now my understanding of tyres is this relates to the tyre wall strength to handle the weight on that axle, I am sure the better compound of the Michelin will result in no adverse effects and even if so the car currently runs 37psi all round cold, so in theory to compensate I could maybe run 37psi front and 35psi rear. I am sure I need to have zero worries and the tyres will probably be in another league anyway, I shall also ask Michelin if they do a 99Y load rated tyre in that size.
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The load rating is a minimum legal requirement but a higher number is fine.
 
Gibbo said:
Now my question, stock the car runs Pirelli Pzero PZ4 265/35/20 and 305/30/20 99Y tyres front and year.
My issue is on the rear the PS4S is a 103Y rated tyre, this is to do with loading, now my understanding of tyres is this relates to the tyre wall strength to handle the weight on that axle, I am sure the better compound of the Michelin will result in no adverse effects and even if so the car currently runs 37psi all round cold, so in theory to compensate I could maybe run 37psi front and 35psi rear. I am sure I need to have zero worries and the tyres will probably be in another league anyway, I shall also ask Michelin if they do a 99Y load rated tyre in that size.
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99 load rated tyres just means each tyre can take up to 775kg load.

A 103 rated tyre can take 875kg load, (an increase in load number by 1, increases load capacity by 25kg) so basically the side wall construction is a more solid structure able to take higher load without distortion.

You may find the ride harder on a higher rated tyre than the correct rated tyre, although as you say you could compensate by dropping tyre pressures slightly, but then you will get a larger contact patch, and greater rolling resistance, although with that brutes power you will never notice the extra rolling resistance ;):p

As long as you never go to a lower rated tyre you will be legal and safe.
 
Entai said:
99 load rated tyres just means each tyre can take up to 775kg load.

A 103 rated tyre can take 875kg load, (an increase in load number by 1, increases load capacity by 25kg) so basically the side wall construction is a more solid structure able to take higher load without distortion.

You may find the ride harder on a higher rated tyre than the correct rated tyre, although as you say you could compensate by dropping tyre pressures slightly, but then you will get a larger contact patch, and greater rolling resistance, although with that brutes power you will never notice the extra rolling resistance ;):p

As long as you never go to a lower rated tyre you will be legal and safe.
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Cool, will run 37psi all round as per car manual, if it feels a bit harsh on rear or over steers will just take 1-2psi out but probably be fine. :)
 
Found this video which demonstrates the glorious soundtrack very nicely:



All I can say when you fly past people on dual carriage ways it certainly wakes them up. :D
 
JediFragger said:
Tbh m8 I doubt their's another car like yours within a mile :D
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They are extremely rare, to my knowledge JLR have sold less than 200 SVR's in total since launch and the majority of those are in rather boring colours.

Very few exist in the ultra/electric blue and ones with carbon roof and carbon pack I think is probably less than 10 total, so it is super rare, which is why I like it.

Tried the track DSC today in an open area with it being really wet, it gets very sideways and can let go quite quick, be interesting to see what improvement the Michelins give, but it has a RWD bias which I like.

Be interesting to know what the split is or if it is 100% RWD until otherwise needed or if it is a constant 80% rear, 20% front and moves more to front as it needs too? Though to me it feels 90-100% rear until it senses the need to move power forwards.
 
Gibbo said:
Be interesting to know what the split is or if it is 100% RWD until otherwise needed or if it is a constant 80% rear, 20% front and moves more to front as it needs too? Though to me it feels 90-100% rear until it senses the need to move power forwards.
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The AWD system features Intelligent Driveline Dynamics (IDD), a control system designed and developed in-house to exploit the maximum benefits of AWD without any compromise to Jaguar dynamics DNA. IDD is networked to the powertrain, rear differential and centre coupling and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) system to provide optimum torque distribution.

Operating on the torque-on-demand principle, the AWD system sends 100 per cent of the engine's torque to the rear wheels under normal driving conditions. This maintains the F-TYPE's rear-wheel drive handling characteristics and also reduces parasitic losses in the drivetrain.
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http://media.jaguar.com/news/2014/1...-drive-and-manual-transmission-options-debuts

So 100% until needed, not sure what the max ratio is though.
 
Gibbo said:
That makes sense as is how it feels, I think it can move upto 50% forward.
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The fact that you feel as though it's 100% rear is impressive, means they've really stuck to the point and feel of the car.

Is there an option to disable the torque-on-demand so you can play silly-buggers on a track? Maybe as a part of traction options?
 
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Jonnycoupe said:
From memory it can push 37% to front axle.



Pro went in as standard with MY18. Totally different headunit unfortunately. f type doesn’t get the 10” screen.

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Have you got Spotify app for it?
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On my phone spotify is on the incontrol apps but not tried playing with those yet.
 
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