DB9 turned up to 11? Bamford Rose work starts tomorrow.

[AMDBSNick]

jonby said:

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 ?

Not a question for Cockernee I'm afraid Jonby

[jonby]

AMDBSNick said:

Not a question for Cockernee I'm afraid Jonby

I walked into that :-)

[jonby]

For those asking about Vmax, I've done it a couple of times

Would be great to see your car there Yeti (and you I suppose :-).......)

Well run day and they have some vboxes there you could use for all types of measurements - they loan them to attendees FOC

Straight is well over 1 mile long

I'll be there at the next one, subject to dates fitting in

Last time, I found better acceleration & top speed figures hood down than hood up

Biggest problem with 7 speed shift was you had to go into top gear around 160ish IIRC and top gear was a big jump so took a while to rev up - no such problems with the 6 speed manual but of course my shift times won't be as fast as the paddle shift....

[yeti]

jonby said:

But say on a cruise and on a spiritied drive, have those who've had this work done noticed much difference in consumption ?

I think Rob reported an improvement - basically by opening the breathing up for the car, you're making it more efficient. The higher quality components also save a little bit of weight too, though prety much negligable against the total weight for the car.

It's also producing more power and toque lower down the rev range so you can short shift and make progress at the same rate as before with lower revs. The other side of that is that you will probably rag-it everywhere, chimney sweep style

[yeti]

No chance of completion before Geneva it seems; parts are 6-8 weeks ordering time, plus build and the all important testing and handover

Some things can't be rushed... This is one of them.

But I am getting ceramic coated manifolds and higher lift cams for Geneva to cheer me up and provide a few more beans

[yeti]

A few people have asked what this does to the insurance... my broker once told me 'your mods don't cost me money so I'm not bothered by them' but I had a further chat this morning as was talking to them anyway about something else.

20" wheels, bigger brakes, switchable suspension and the full BR exhaust system. He confirmed, nope, no difference to premium.

He did say give him a bell to discuss the new engine when it goes in, but can't see much (if any) of a difference insurance-wise betwen a 5.9 and a 6.5 But I will let people know.

So in summary, the modifications and improvements to the car should not cost you money. If your broker/insurer tries to rip you off, shift policies or tell them about this. I'm with ClassicLine as a broker and insured via Equity Red Star.

[Cockernee]

AMDBSNick said:

jonby said:

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 ?

Not a question for Cockernee I'm afraid Jonby

Improvement in MPG Just an improvement in performance is all I can vouch for Times between bank and safe house are vastly improved

Anyway I thought a cruise was something you did on a boat ???

Jonby, that spec is Lance and also an upping of the rev limit to 7,500RPM, so you will never want to cruise anywhere.

Edited by Cockernee on Thursday 7th February 14:08

[MaverickV12]

Yeti, I do apologise, I'm really late into this thread, how I missed such a thread I don't know, I also see that we are on page 22. So its obvioulsy attracted attention.

Any chance of a brief update ? Sorry to ask, its just me being lazy and not reading 22 pages of posts.