Aston martin V8 Vantage club sport type thing

[IainWhy]

B'stard Child said:

Nothing like as detailed as your thread - I didn't build it, Lotus did, I haven't modified it (it's high maintenance enough already) and I have a bit of a love hate relationship with it.

It's got a few mentions over the years and PH'rs have spotted it in other Readers Cars threads that I have done - fundamentally it story to tell - one that I'm happy to share but it got labeled a "replica" with some justification in some circles.

You can make your mind up by reading Happy Birthday Elsie - Clicky

Read and enjoyed! Replica my arse, its no more a replica than any other lotus carlton. Cool car and i for one would read more on your experiences with it!

[IainWhy]

TotalControl said:

Brilliant thread. Thoroughly enjoyed the read op.

Don1 said:

Another amazing thread where a skilled person goes off the beaten track and creates something magical. Love it.

Really glad you guys are enjoying it, but your definately all being too nice and giving me too much credit!

[DuncanM]

The oil debate is fascinating to me, for example, the Jag project 7/8 cars, with 500+bhp, supercharged V8 engines, run on 0w-20 oil. I'd love one or the other to be right, thick or thin, but that just doesn't seem the case.

[IainWhy]

DuncanM said:

The oil debate is fascinating to me, for example, the Jag project 7/8 cars, with 500+bhp, supercharged V8 engines, run on 0w-20 oil. I'd love one or the other to be right, thick or thin, but that just doesn't seem the case.

there is no silver bullet in my experience unless you use the car in only controlled conditions. i.e. a out and out race car will likely use mono grade, but at that point your into static warming and all manner or pratting about. the best bet really is to work with the manufacturer spec and then adjust it for your own use case and climate IMO

[Jhonno]

I believe one of the advantages of running a Ester Synthetic, is it more stable and doesn't loose shear strength like a Synthetic blend does, due to the fact it doesn't have fillers/additives in to cause a drop with temperature.

[IainWhy]

Jhonno said:

I believe one of the advantages of running a Ester Synthetic, is it more stable and doesn't loose shear strength like a Synthetic blend does, due to the fact it doesn't have fillers/additives in to cause a drop with temperature.

never ending wormhole dude, its more resistant to temperature shearing to some degree but your still affected by fuel dilution and contamination.

[Court_S]

Just caught up on the thread again and enjoyed the nerding out!

Sounds like a good trip and it’s good to see that issues like the gear cable appear to have been put to bed.

[TR-Spider]

Wow, I just discovered this superb thread - what a great source of information!

As a fellow V8V operator I appreciate the details on your thoughtful modifications and the humorous writing.



Thomas

[M4tt-H]

Amazing read! Thank you so much


...now wondering if I should try and write up the continuing saga of our modified 1959 splitscreen van