RE: PH Heroes: Aston Martin V8 Vantage
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totally iconic...
would love one if i had a garage big enough!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/829829.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/459059.htm
would love one if i had a garage big enough!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/829829.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/459059.htm
article said:
To overcome this Aston was forced to create bigger valves and lower-lift camshafts, but then the engineers realised that these changes could be applied to the standard V8 to create even more power. Throw in 481DA carburettors and suddenly the company had a 5.3-litre V8 producing almost 380bhp, an incredible figure for the 1970s.
A lower lift cam will NOT give you more torque neither will it gives you more power.If this is true, there would be another reason for going lower on the lift, such as because they had to go ower on duration also for reasons of torque or some other constraint.
Mechanical fuel injection like the old Astons had is superior to carbs and I heard the reason they abandonned it was because they never paid Bosch the bills in time.
Been "lucky" enough to own 2 Vantages.
Believe me, dreaming about owning one is much better than owning one! Having said that, I still have a hankering!
I was told, but do not know if it is true that late injection cars (possibly only V8 and not Vantage) used two Ford Cosworth injection systems cobbled together somehow.
Perhaps someone knows.
Stuart
Believe me, dreaming about owning one is much better than owning one! Having said that, I still have a hankering!
I was told, but do not know if it is true that late injection cars (possibly only V8 and not Vantage) used two Ford Cosworth injection systems cobbled together somehow.
Perhaps someone knows.
Stuart
I have to say that, whilst that is a great car the Aston that always does it for me is the 600 bhp brute that is this:
http://www.bramleyweb.co.uk/details/Aston%20Martin...
http://www.bramleyweb.co.uk/details/Aston%20Martin...
Oli S said:
That made me go cross eyed with pleasure!
matt uk said:
I see this car as an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Like a heavyweight boxer in a perfectly cut Savile Row suit.
Charming, but with more than a hint of menace.
Didn't someone else said the exact same words in a magazine.Like a heavyweight boxer in a perfectly cut Savile Row suit.
Charming, but with more than a hint of menace.
These cars are becoming more attractive as time goes on, like the XJS.
Whitney-Paine said:
I was told, but do not know if it is true that late injection cars (possibly only V8 and not Vantage) used two Ford Cosworth injection systems cobbled together somehow.
Perhaps someone knows.
Stuart
The only thing I can think of which that would be is the Vantage (twin screw) which has a development of the Ford DDC IV ignition system. Presumably your friend assumed they would use two of them together with different timming- not implausable and not impossible, as the vantage can run with only one of cylinders, as a sort of 275bhp half-vantagePerhaps someone knows.
Stuart
he V8 also had Bosch and Weber-marelli fuel injection systems
pistonlager said:
matt uk said:
I see this car as an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Like a heavyweight boxer in a perfectly cut Savile Row suit.
Charming, but with more than a hint of menace.
Didn't someone else said the exact same words in a magazine.Like a heavyweight boxer in a perfectly cut Savile Row suit.
Charming, but with more than a hint of menace.
These cars are becoming more attractive as time goes on, like the XJS.
matt uk said:
pistonlager said:
matt uk said:
I see this car as an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Like a heavyweight boxer in a perfectly cut Savile Row suit.
Charming, but with more than a hint of menace.
Didn't someone else said the exact same words in a magazine.Like a heavyweight boxer in a perfectly cut Savile Row suit.
Charming, but with more than a hint of menace.
These cars are becoming more attractive as time goes on, like the XJS.
6th Gear said:
190E Matt said:
Anyone else think this is a proper mans car? As in the sort of man who go down their local to have real ale with twigs and mud in it.
Perfectly said Matt Edited by 6th Gear on Wednesday 21st January 12:30
Such a dream car. Want one. Is top of my lottery car list.
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