Amazing, I might be taking on a similar project on a slightly smaller scale, its addicting and impressive with what you did to your Vantage.

 

Thank you for your nice message!
If you have any questions, feel free.

I'll do a post with all the dynos (5 or 6) and the gains by processing stages, since the beginning of this project.

 

 

After 3,000 km, so good. The car uses no oil at all, the same level as when I pick her up.
The engine looks to free up even more as. A car "normal" in 4'000t / m and a race car beyond. This is truly the best of both worlds!

 

Awesome,

Thanks for the fantastic writeup! This has to be the best Aston Project car yet on 6spd so far. Great job documenting the entire process. I encourage all the Aston owners to follow the same procedures when documenting their projects as well

 

If ever I want pehaps to sell my rims with tires (still good).

20x9 +41mm
20x10 +48mm
Forgestar CF5
Gunmetal

PM if interested

 

My muffler is for sale to the highest bidder on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.fr/Silencieux-dechap...#ht_558wt_1328
The muffler is in UK

 

As you know, I make several tests to measure my car to know its performance perfectly. I am announcing the numbers are still tests that I myself and not numbers announced by the manufacturer or Mike.

For a scale reference, I took the number 52 of Evo, which compares several cars having made themselves the tests (0-100km / h, ...). I know that some figures are not the same in other magazines, but it has the advantage of having the lowest figures, so the best performance -> always motivating for my preparation.

Vehicles competing are:
The Mercedes SLS AMG, Porsche 997 Turbo S, Audi R8 V10, V12 and Vantage the Ferrari 599 Fiorano HGTE.

The goal is to see where my car and I had a lot of surprises. I would supplement the figures As my ......... measures precisely. The primary goal is to be as much, if not more powerful than the V12.


In green, the best result and in red the worse.

We note that my V8V BR is better than the V12 V 0-100 km / h, but less good when t / min. are low. Mike result is even better, as it got a 4.1, is very close to the R8 V10. But the o-100 km/h is very difficult for me, i have only a 4.4 sec. with the traction control.
By cons, what surprised me most is the force times t / min. high in the 120-140 km / h, whatever the gear engaged (3rd and 4th), the acceleration is even (much) better than a 997 Turbo S. When I saw the figure, I thought I was wrong speed, but after redo actions, these figures are confirmed.
So we can say that this preparation is made for t / min. high. I am studying (and MIke also) a change that would save low-end torque to fill this "hole" visible on the power curve of Mike.

 

The Vantage will go to Aston Martin next week for a new modification step.

 

Here is a update news for project Diablo Blanco.
After the car was return back to me from Bamford Rose the engine he feel to me he has much more power as the kilometers add up. In all this time the engine has not use one drop of oil, interesting that before Bamford Rose converted the engine he drank lots of oil.
So now the engine he must be producing full power I decide to go test on dyno power output. Bamford Rose told me with graph when I collected my car the power output was over the 475BHP they market to me. I arrived at dyno at 16:30 and departed much later, but sad to say impossible to have a curve complete. The rear wheel just spin on the dyno. Wow the dyno guys say, this has never happen before to them. What a powerful engine. We tried everything, tilt the car, a person in the trunk, then two, then three. We tried in the third, then fourth, then fifth to finish sixth. In short, the car slips and impossible to have a curve in these conditions. This is the first time that no solution has been found, even loading the trunk. Tires (19-inch) were ok for them and rolls, verified, were nickel ... In short, they gave me a credit note for no result. I don't need dyno test to tell me how powerful and fast the car is, it would just be nice to have a result but the Bamford Rose engine, he can't be tamed for power test on the rollers....

 

Haha great story, glad you are loving the car! Excellent job documenting your entire project from beginning to end!

Well Done!

 

first modification of the body (these are only original parts except air intakes in carbon coming from Stuart (RSC).
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Amazing work! Very well done.

 

The car looks great Vince, and oh what power it must have if it won't stay on the rollers!

BTW you are parked rather too close to the adjacent cars for my liking!

 

Hi Vince,
Your car is getting amazing by the day
Congrats for this project of yours which kept us waiting for each new development
Out of curiosity, where did you get the v12 hood. Astonmartin bits is showing one for 4.5k sterling...what sort of pricing did you manage to get ?
I'm also looking for the n400 rear diffuser you fitted....but it only comes with a pack...and as I already have the other elements from different sources...if you have good pan for the standalone rear diffuser, I'd really look forward for the tip