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Jockman said:
jellison said:
This was posted as a heads up for any Aston owners that might not be afraid to step out of the tightly constained box that having a "modern" Aston seem to put most of you in.
When you say knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVR. I presume you have stripped down many of these brands and rebuilt them - if so (yep you might know something), if you have just taken your car to a dealer for work it will be doubtful you really know much other than gather it off of the Interweb!!!!!
Mr Jellison, because Members may reject your idea does not mean that they deserve to be ridiculed as myopic.When you say knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVR. I presume you have stripped down many of these brands and rebuilt them - if so (yep you might know something), if you have just taken your car to a dealer for work it will be doubtful you really know much other than gather it off of the Interweb!!!!!
As for me personally, I do not include myself in the mechanically-minded group. My skills lie elsewhere. This is the primary reason that I have not questioned the mechanics behind your proposition.
C'mon Mr Jellison, 8 pages is not a long thread for you have checked on this before posting.
I like your new proposal, though - Cockman has a certain ring to it
I just happen to know Stuart through racing and have had access to a std AMV8 and the only UK Tweeked version of what RSC are now saying that have gotten sorted.
Yep Cockman does have a certain ring to it - best change it to that before I do
I figured you for being a non-hands on'er jellison said:
How do you guiys put up with a Volante driver having an opinion.
Having sat in a AMV8 being ragged (many times) AND the only SC AMV8 (the one EVO tested) I think more than qualifies here.
Oh and having raced against many of them. Just p
s off back to Spain.
Volante drivers opinion > Non-Aston drivers opinion.Having sat in a AMV8 being ragged (many times) AND the only SC AMV8 (the one EVO tested) I think more than qualifies here.
Oh and having raced against many of them. Just p
s off back to Spain.Wow you sat in one? Oh and also watched them racing. I see you're pretty much an expert. Sorry I didn't see your expertes shining through sooner
Oh by the way, the internet does work in Spain, so I could be there now for all you know.
jellison said:
This was posted as a heads up for any Aston owners that might not be afraid to step out of the tightly constained box that having a "modern" Aston seem to put most of you in.
When you say knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVR. I presume you have stripped down many of these brands and rebuilt them - if so (yep you might know something), if you have just taken your car to a dealer for work it will be doubtful you really know much other than gather it off of the Interweb!!!!!
Are you incapable of posting anything without being antagonistic? Do you live your life like that generally, and if so do you find yourself constantly in confrontation with people?When you say knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVR. I presume you have stripped down many of these brands and rebuilt them - if so (yep you might know something), if you have just taken your car to a dealer for work it will be doubtful you really know much other than gather it off of the Interweb!!!!!
The lack of desire to modify their cars has nothing to do with fear. It's a choice. It's quite evident that the people who have spent their money on these cars are happy enough with them the way they are not to feel the need to spend tens of thousands on something that is, as yet, unproven. This is not unique to Astons.
If you also have mates with Ferraris, Lambos and myriad other high end cars, you will find that the majority in these communities don't either. For similar reasons.
You may feel the need to modify your chosen vehicle. That's your prerogative. I'm not sure you've experienced anyone wading in unsolicited saying "What sort of mong drops thousands unnecessarily modifying their car" though, have you?
If straight line performance is all you crave, getting as much bhp out of an engine is obviously an option. But cars like these are about way more than numbers. For numbers I use my highly modified 7...
Only antagonistic to people that don't read what is in front of them.
I'll leave you Aston punters to it.
Maybe Suart will fill you in on the sorted RSC stuff very soon - but from most (but not all) comment it looks like these mods will be wasted on anyone in the UK.
Not huge power is not everthing to me, power to weight is right up there though. Aston seem to add just a as much weight as they do power. Power is very easy to add (now a days) but weight is harder to loose (easy to add though and lazy).
Tara.
I'll leave you Aston punters to it.
Maybe Suart will fill you in on the sorted RSC stuff very soon - but from most (but not all) comment it looks like these mods will be wasted on anyone in the UK.
Not huge power is not everthing to me, power to weight is right up there though. Aston seem to add just a as much weight as they do power. Power is very easy to add (now a days) but weight is harder to loose (easy to add though and lazy).
Tara.
I love this thread.
Jellison, I think you need to have a Coke and a smile as you are getting quite het up over this issue.
Personally, thanks for bringing this info to my attention and I will be intrigued to see how it pans out over the coming months/years.
The reason for this is I remember someone doing very similar work on the Audi S5 forums when a Supercharger was being developed prior to the RS5 being announced. I'm not technically minded, hence not wading in on the workability of such an upgrade, but I am at least interested to see what people are doing. I refer back to my first post near the top of the thread regarding innovation.
However, as I stated before, I don't have any intention of doing anything like this to my Aston (when I get it) even if the work is perfected, as for me an Aston Martin is a lifelong dream come true. I wish RSC all the best in doing this though and I hope they manage to factor all the stresses and strains into their work and produce something that really is workable on a daily basis for all those that seek to take up their services.
As iterated above, the Aston marque, along with many other prestige marques such as Lamborghini, Ferrari et al aren't usually bought by people who want to modify the performance of their vehicles. Of course, i'm not saying that it doesn't happen, it's just not a regular occurrence, at least in this country.
The appetite for this may be higher in other countries, such as the USA. If that is the case, then fair play to them and I hope RSC make it work.
Jellison, I think you need to have a Coke and a smile as you are getting quite het up over this issue.
Personally, thanks for bringing this info to my attention and I will be intrigued to see how it pans out over the coming months/years.
The reason for this is I remember someone doing very similar work on the Audi S5 forums when a Supercharger was being developed prior to the RS5 being announced. I'm not technically minded, hence not wading in on the workability of such an upgrade, but I am at least interested to see what people are doing. I refer back to my first post near the top of the thread regarding innovation.
However, as I stated before, I don't have any intention of doing anything like this to my Aston (when I get it) even if the work is perfected, as for me an Aston Martin is a lifelong dream come true. I wish RSC all the best in doing this though and I hope they manage to factor all the stresses and strains into their work and produce something that really is workable on a daily basis for all those that seek to take up their services.
As iterated above, the Aston marque, along with many other prestige marques such as Lamborghini, Ferrari et al aren't usually bought by people who want to modify the performance of their vehicles. Of course, i'm not saying that it doesn't happen, it's just not a regular occurrence, at least in this country.
The appetite for this may be higher in other countries, such as the USA. If that is the case, then fair play to them and I hope RSC make it work.
jellison said:
Yep Cockman does have a certain ring to it - best change it to that before I do I figured you for being a non-hands on'er
Good lad - that's the sort of banter you should be having. I figured you for being a non-hands on'er Can I be the 3rd person now to thank you for the thread - very entertaining.
It's also great to see people out there being creative. This idea may not have hit the nail on the head, but the next idea...you just never know
jellison said:
Jock - Or should that be Cock.
"The majority of people rejected Jellison's proposal. Many of these people were clever, mechanically minded people who have an in-depth knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVRs etc. They refused to back an untested idea. Just as they have with other untested ideas."
This was posted as a heads up for any Aston owners that might not be afraid to step out of the tightly constained box that having a "modern" Aston seem to put most of you in.
When you say knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVR. I presume you have stripped down many of these brands and rebuilt them - if so (yep you might know something), if you have just taken your car to a dealer for work it will be doubtful you really know much other than gather it off of the Interweb!!!!!
Good God man "strip down engines" and get our hands dirty !!! what ever next !! you are a funny man.....those sort of tasks are carried out by staff or people one hires"The majority of people rejected Jellison's proposal. Many of these people were clever, mechanically minded people who have an in-depth knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVRs etc. They refused to back an untested idea. Just as they have with other untested ideas."
This was posted as a heads up for any Aston owners that might not be afraid to step out of the tightly constained box that having a "modern" Aston seem to put most of you in.
When you say knowledge of AMs, Lotus, TVR. I presume you have stripped down many of these brands and rebuilt them - if so (yep you might know something), if you have just taken your car to a dealer for work it will be doubtful you really know much other than gather it off of the Interweb!!!!!
michael gould said:
Good God man "strip down engines" and get our hands dirty !!! what ever next !! you are a funny man.....those sort of tasks are carried out by staff or people one hires
Very good point Mr Gould and I am surprised we even had more than one page of 'discussion'.Jellison - We don't do manual labour, we have a man that can!
PistonHeads Admin....close it down, end of discussion! :-)
jellison said:
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Not huge power is not everthing to me, power to weight is right up there though. Aston seem to add just a as much weight as they do power. Power is very easy to add (now a days) but weight is harder to loose (easy to add though and lazy).
Then don't buy one then. Oh, you haven't.Not huge power is not everthing to me, power to weight is right up there though. Aston seem to add just a as much weight as they do power. Power is very easy to add (now a days) but weight is harder to loose (easy to add though and lazy).
I'm sure Stuart will be approaching you formally for helping his marketing along...
rmrmd1956 said:
Really rmrmd1956 said:
Mike, in followup of your excellent email, I did a run over 3K RPM in 3rd gear and you can see that I go rich on throttle-off and calc load is quite low (15-20%). I have adjusted the MAF voltages to simulate NA operation so I think there must be some other parameter that isn't allowing me to enter DFS? Do you remember the entry criterion?
Quinny said:
I really couldn't be arsed with this at any price........ I just want to get in the car and drive....... Why should the customer have to check on MAF voltages, fuel ratios, and all that crap, after spending an arm and a leg on a conversion???
It's all a mystery to me
Especially when you could just get in and drive whilst going as fast in a V12V. It's all a mystery to me
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