DB9 turned up to 11? Bamford Rose work starts tomorrow.
Discussion
Stuart Dickinson said:
Lewis, I would love to see this car run a standing mile once it is finished.
A mile or a quarter mile? heard of people doing quarters but yes, a car this heavy and an engine this big would really benefit from a full mile. A quarter is just about getting a good start...What is there at Santa Pod, just a quarter mile? Would love to do it, I wonder if the Vmax days measure a mile..?
yeti said:
Stuart Dickinson said:
Lewis, I would love to see this car run a standing mile once it is finished.
A mile or a quarter mile? heard of people doing quarters but yes, a car this heavy and an engine this big would really benefit from a full mile. A quarter is just about getting a good start...What is there at Santa Pod, just a quarter mile? Would love to do it, I wonder if the Vmax days measure a mile..?
1/4 mile times can be much more heavily influenced by gearing, or much more biased towards AWD setups. With the setup you'll have, you're absolutely right, it would only be getting into stride at the 1/4 mile mark. I would be really interested to see what kind of times it would run. There's not been enough Aston representation in these events!!! I know the standard for a stock Corvette ZR1 is usually around 172-173MPH. I think the DB9 is probably a little more slippery, with your mods I'd be betting you could crack the 180MPH mark, maybe 185? Would love to see it happen, hope you get the chance!!!
http://www.uklandspeedracingassociation.co.uk/
It looks like these guys do standing mile events, there was a bunch of stuff on a Hayabusa forum about doing standing miles at Elvington, but it looks like they are trying to organize an event in Suffolk?
Only bikes by the look of it, but maybe they would let you jump in there?
It looks like these guys do standing mile events, there was a bunch of stuff on a Hayabusa forum about doing standing miles at Elvington, but it looks like they are trying to organize an event in Suffolk?
Only bikes by the look of it, but maybe they would let you jump in there?
yeti said:
Stuart Dickinson said:
Lewis, I would love to see this car run a standing mile once it is finished.
A mile or a quarter mile? heard of people doing quarters but yes, a car this heavy and an engine this big would really benefit from a full mile. A quarter is just about getting a good start...What is there at Santa Pod, just a quarter mile? Would love to do it, I wonder if the Vmax days measure a mile..?
http://www.petrolheadnirvana.com/torque/showthread...
Edited by MollyGTi on Thursday 31st January 19:58
mikey k said:
yeti said:
Another first as well... I discussed with Mike as to whether I could have a bigger fuel tank fitted but it wasn't practical; anyone who has been on a run with me knows that I always run out of fuel as my tank is 20 litres smaller than everyones elses (Volante) 
So Mike is going to fit cylinder deactivation on numbers 1/4/6/10 which means at cruise speeds it will do about 30mpg! Because of the exotic valvetrain components the engine will not need the rich running that normal V12s need to cool the metal temperatures. I will be running a much leaner air:fuel ratio.
Good idea! So Mike is going to fit cylinder deactivation on numbers 1/4/6/10 which means at cruise speeds it will do about 30mpg! Because of the exotic valvetrain components the engine will not need the rich running that normal V12s need to cool the metal temperatures. I will be running a much leaner air:fuel ratio.dom9 said:
Lewis - do you mind sharing the cost of this conversion?
I noticed a post on SELOC where you suggested a significant amount (I won't repeat here in case you don't want it in an even more public domain).
It's being done in stages and Bamford Rose are looking after me very well - some of the costs will be taken by them for development of course but the cost is considerable as you would expect. I noticed a post on SELOC where you suggested a significant amount (I won't repeat here in case you don't want it in an even more public domain).
You pay for what you get, and this will be a work of automotive art and an engineering masterpiece.
Final costs... We'll see where we end up, as always.
yeti said:
Roof on or roof off? Needs the aero advantage of the roof, but will the roof survive at that speed 
I'd say try roof off to start with. You can always move to roof on if it doesn't succeed. Was yours one of the limited top speed models? I'm sure the roof could take it but you never know.I'm trying to find somewhere where I can top 200mph on my R1. The bike will do it but it's hard finding a straight long enough!
Tony V12V said:
Lewis....hate to mention this but that means you will have......12 cylinders minus 4 cylinders.....ie EIGHT CYLINDERS 
You're right. After all that work on the valve train, exhaust, cams, suspension, wheels and brakes etc., the only thing left that could possibly improve the car is to make it into a V8! Brilliant 
that's going to sting MichaelV8V said:
You're right. After all that work on the valve train, exhaust, cams, suspension, wheels and brakes etc., the only thing left that could possibly improve the car is to make it into a V8! Brilliant
Actually the way I look at it... the only way to make it perform like a performance-stunted economy box shopping car was to make it a V8 
Touche?
yeti said:
MichaelV8V said:
You're right. After all that work on the valve train, exhaust, cams, suspension, wheels and brakes etc., the only thing left that could possibly improve the car is to make it into a V8! Brilliant
Actually the way I look at it... the only way to make it perform like a performance-stunted economy box shopping car was to make it a V8 Touche?
Or you could have the best of both worlds and tell us you have an 8 cylinder DB9V shopping trolley AND a 12 cylinder DB9VBR mile muncher...which in cylinders per pound means you have 20 cylinders... I think
Regardless of cost, which whatever anyone says is still an issue, the other effect of the lack of fuel effeciency of Aston engines is of course the limited range
I wish there was an option on my car to enlarge the tank
I am hoping to go down the road of manifolds (the 'cheaper' version :-) ), cams, primary cat removal, secondary cat replacement to 200 cell.........I guess that's effectively more lance & armstrong......what effect if any do these changes have on fuel consumption ? I know it's a difficult one to answer conclusively because these conversions may change your driving style making it an unfair comparison
But say on a cruise and on a spiritied drive, have those who've had this work done noticed much difference in consumption ?
I wish there was an option on my car to enlarge the tank
I am hoping to go down the road of manifolds (the 'cheaper' version :-) ), cams, primary cat removal, secondary cat replacement to 200 cell.........I guess that's effectively more lance & armstrong......what effect if any do these changes have on fuel consumption ? I know it's a difficult one to answer conclusively because these conversions may change your driving style making it an unfair comparison
But say on a cruise and on a spiritied drive, have those who've had this work done noticed much difference in consumption ?
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