Supercharger going on...car back next week
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04-02-2010 | 04:37 PM
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I think he may have some basis in fact, either the V8 Vantages weigh more than claimed, or they are not putting out 380 hp. The only other thing I can think of is the gearing and not having a lot of torque under the curve to get the heavy cars moving. A modern manual car, should not have more than 20% drivetrain losses. But again the only way to find the truth is on an engine dyno.
The early Maserati QP's ran 5.3 to 60 and 13.7 @ 104 in the 1/4 mile with 394 hp and 333 lb ft in a car weighing 4400 lbs.....
So 14 hp and 31 lb ft make up for an almost 900 lb difference? 11.3 lb/ hp for the QP vs 9.1 lb/ hp for the V8 Vantage. Something is not adding up here, it can't just be the 5,000 rpm torque peak that is responsible.
The early Maserati QP's ran 5.3 to 60 and 13.7 @ 104 in the 1/4 mile with 394 hp and 333 lb ft in a car weighing 4400 lbs.....
So 14 hp and 31 lb ft make up for an almost 900 lb difference? 11.3 lb/ hp for the QP vs 9.1 lb/ hp for the V8 Vantage. Something is not adding up here, it can't just be the 5,000 rpm torque peak that is responsible.
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04-02-2010 | 06:34 PM
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They should be pretty close to one another - remember that the SS is not an automatic in the true sense of the word (no torque converter) but actually shares virtually all the same physical components as the manual. SS is basically an electronically operated manual.
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04-02-2010 | 06:41 PM
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I think he may have some basis in fact, either the V8 Vantages weigh more than claimed, or they are not putting out 380 hp. The only other thing I can think of is the gearing and not having a lot of torque under the curve to get the heavy cars moving. A modern manual car, should not have more than 20% drivetrain losses. But again the only way to find the truth is on an engine dyno.
The early Maserati QP's ran 5.3 to 60 and 13.7 @ 104 in the 1/4 mile with 394 hp and 333 lb ft in a car weighing 4400 lbs.....
So 14 hp and 31 lb ft make up for an almost 900 lb difference? 11.3 lb/ hp for the QP vs 9.1 lb/ hp for the V8 Vantage. Something is not adding up here, it can't just be the 5,000 rpm torque peak that is responsible.
The early Maserati QP's ran 5.3 to 60 and 13.7 @ 104 in the 1/4 mile with 394 hp and 333 lb ft in a car weighing 4400 lbs.....
So 14 hp and 31 lb ft make up for an almost 900 lb difference? 11.3 lb/ hp for the QP vs 9.1 lb/ hp for the V8 Vantage. Something is not adding up here, it can't just be the 5,000 rpm torque peak that is responsible.
Yes, obviously there's correction factors, it's not WHP etc. etc. but my impression is that the 4.3 is a touch underpowered (but not much.)
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04-02-2010 | 07:29 PM
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You are correct, I had the DB9 Sportshift in mind.
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04-02-2010 | 09:38 PM
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What the heck are you talking about ?!?!?!
DB9s are manual or automatic (with a torque converter). You are badly misinformed if you think the auto trans in a DB9 is anything other than a conventional auto trans.
DB9s are manual or automatic (with a torque converter). You are badly misinformed if you think the auto trans in a DB9 is anything other than a conventional auto trans.
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04-14-2010 | 03:52 PM
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Hi Tahoe M3, I'm in the midst of ordering a new set of wheels for my 09 Roadster. I saw that you went with 19X9 and 19X11's. Just wondering why you didn't go up to 20X9 and 20X11's instead ? Thanks,
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04-16-2010 | 02:00 PM
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in terms of performance, they don't add anything and likely hurt with added weight. There's a reason the race cars use 18s. And as for looks, I think the 20s look too big for the car whereas the 19s are just right. I wouldn't change anything on mine.
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04-18-2010 | 02:46 PM
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Here's one brief video...not very good quality that I put together a while back. I'm still working on getting some better videos made and edited. Should have more soon. As you can see traffic really limited what I could do here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU95uRe_ta0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU95uRe_ta0
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