XYZ Racing Drag Racing Coilovers — Aston Martin RAPIDE S 2013-2026

The Rapide S carries its 5.9-litre naturally aspirated V12 ahead of the cabin and sends drive rearward through a transaxle, so the AS01 chassis already sits closer to a 50:50 split than most super-saloons. For standing-start work that rearward bias is an asset to exploit, not fight, and it is exactly what the XYZ Racing Drag Racing coilover is built around.

This is a coilover tuned for one job: getting a heavy rear-drive GT off the line cleanly and keeping it planted all the way to the trap. It governs how the Rapide S throws weight onto the driven axle the instant you load the throttle, so the rear tyres bite instead of spinning away the first sixty feet.

What this coilover does for your 2013-2026 Aston Martin Rapide S

On a car pushing two tonnes, launch traction is the whole event, and this coilover is set to load the rear contact patch hard the moment the V12 hits the tyres. You get less wheelspin off the line, a shorter window of wasted revs before the car actually moves, and sixty-foot times that repeat run to run. Because the kit controls weight migration front to rear during that initial surge, it drives greater compression into the rear tyres for grip when it counts, then settles the body so the Rapide S tracks straight as speed builds toward the trap. The result is a Rapide S that lays its naturally aspirated torque down rather than lighting up the rears.

About the Drag Racing coilover

The Drag Racing coilover is a focused 0-400 metre tool, not a fast-road or circuit setup. XYZ Racing built it for the standing quarter and similar sprints, with damping and ride-height calibration aimed squarely at the launch and the run that follows. The central idea is managing instantaneous weight transfer: as the driven wheels load up under hard acceleration, the suspension shifts mass toward them and forces the driven tyres into greater compression, multiplying available grip at the exact point the car is fighting inertia. That cuts the dead time where a wheel spins without moving the car forward. The platform is offered across front-, rear- and four-wheel-drive applications; here the relevant case is rear drive, with the same calibration logic that steadies the chassis at high speed once the car is hooked up and pulling.

Fitment for the Aston Martin Rapide S (2013-2026)

This kit is matched to the Aston Martin Rapide S, chassis code AS01, covering the 2013 to 2026 model years. It is a direct application for the rear-drive V12 four-door, so the specification suits the car’s standing-start use case rather than being a universal fitment.

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