7.0 Litre Aston V8
Discussion
Right, who let Yeti loose on this - http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3810479.htm
A serious amount of want going on at the moment!
A serious amount of want going on at the moment!
burntout said:
Stunning.... Stunning...
This era Vantage is one my favourate and one day I will have one!!!
Is the 7.0 Litre model here a one off or was this a special edition???
back in the late 80s Aston asked a specialist RS Williams to develop a 6.3 litre engine from them. Aston then decided to take this mod "in-house", aso RS Williams developed it further into the 7 litre conversion:This era Vantage is one my favourate and one day I will have one!!!
Is the 7.0 Litre model here a one off or was this a special edition???
http://www.rswilliams.co.uk/conversions/7-litre-v8...
7 litre? no thanks. Dont like the mod, myself. to get the 5.4 litre engine increased in size you have to
a) bore out the block - this will get you to the 6.3 litre size
b) bore out the bottom and fit new crank -- this will get you from 6.3 to 7
neither can be undone and there are no new parts available.
my xpack is 5.7litre after boring out the existing liners by 130 tho (from memory).
i've driven a few 7 litre astons. Most sounded wrong, rather truck-like sound. And they dont rev well. My 5.7 has lightened rods too,and is perfectly happy to well over 7k revs -- the soft rev limiter is 7k if i remember right.
some like the 7 for its bags of torque. Horses for courses.
a) bore out the block - this will get you to the 6.3 litre size
b) bore out the bottom and fit new crank -- this will get you from 6.3 to 7
neither can be undone and there are no new parts available.
my xpack is 5.7litre after boring out the existing liners by 130 tho (from memory).
i've driven a few 7 litre astons. Most sounded wrong, rather truck-like sound. And they dont rev well. My 5.7 has lightened rods too,and is perfectly happy to well over 7k revs -- the soft rev limiter is 7k if i remember right.
some like the 7 for its bags of torque. Horses for courses.
jhoneyball said:
7 litre? no thanks. Dont like the mod, myself. to get the 5.4 litre engine increased in size you have to
a) bore out the block - this will get you to the 6.3 litre size
b) bore out the bottom and fit new crank -- this will get you from 6.3 to 7
neither can be undone and there are no new parts available.
my xpack is 5.7litre after boring out the existing liners by 130 tho (from memory).
i've driven a few 7 litre astons. Most sounded wrong, rather truck-like sound. And they dont rev well. My 5.7 has lightened rods too,and is perfectly happy to well over 7k revs -- the soft rev limiter is 7k if i remember right.
some like the 7 for its bags of torque. Horses for courses.
Regardless, it's a lovely car. a) bore out the block - this will get you to the 6.3 litre size
b) bore out the bottom and fit new crank -- this will get you from 6.3 to 7
neither can be undone and there are no new parts available.
my xpack is 5.7litre after boring out the existing liners by 130 tho (from memory).
i've driven a few 7 litre astons. Most sounded wrong, rather truck-like sound. And they dont rev well. My 5.7 has lightened rods too,and is perfectly happy to well over 7k revs -- the soft rev limiter is 7k if i remember right.
some like the 7 for its bags of torque. Horses for courses.
Molly GT said:
Had to trawl back through last year's Le Mans photos to see if this was the car that was staying at the same site as us ...
Close but just 7.0 V.
The car in your picture, 7.0 V, is one of the 22 original 'Prince of Wales' Volantes and one of only two PoW cars to be fitted with a 'flip-up' tail as per standard Vantage Volante. It was later converted to automatic transmission and had its engine uprated to 7 litres. Quite a rare and special car.Close but just 7.0 V.
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