161 MPH

[rob clover]

A friend of mine has just done a track day with an Aston and on the mile straight got to 161 mph, still had two gears left.
Impressive

[bogie]

I think he might mean 1 gear left me thinks and few tracks in the UK with long enough straights for an Aston road car to do that ...which circuit?

[lady topaz]

rob clover said:

A friend of mine has just done a track day with an Aston and on the mile straight got to 161 mph, still had two gears left.
Impressive

An Aston what? V8, V12, which model?

If a Cygnet, then yep I'm impressed, otherwise, should try harder

Di.

[bananarob]

rob clover said:

A friend of mine has just done a track day with an Aston and on the mile straight got to 161 mph, still had two gears left.
Impressive

I'm assuming you mean at millbrook?
In which case That's been beaten many a time in both v12 and DBS too... Great fun though!

[krisdelta]

rob clover said:

A friend of mine has just done a track day with an Aston and on the mile straight got to 161 mph, still had two gears left.
Impressive

Hi Rob, how does one get on a track day like this?

[Knights of Aston]

I was down there not long ago, rolling start, up to 8mph, put it in 5th(!), foot hard down and at the 3/4 mile point (the braking point) I was doing 159mph!V12 Vanatge at its very best! It will hit 160mph in fifth on the limiter. Millbrook is well worth ago! Anyone thinking a, Aston's are slow or b, they can drive, will have their perceptions realigned after half a day there!!

[ROB AM READING]

Its was done in a V12 AT Millbrook , he booked it through a dealer.They were doing a promotion : Vehicle health clinic and had a couple of promo cars the GT4 Race car and the orange coloured carbon DBS.

They will be doing another one soon - so keep you posted if i hear anything.

[krisdelta]

Cheers !

[:J:]

krisdelta said:

Hi Rob, how does one get on a track day like this?

They run them all the time, it is the PDC course, you don't need to wait for a special event or anything like that, just get in touch and book it.......

Here is the blurb....

http://www.astonmartindrivingexperiences.com/eng/h...

Here is the FAQ.....

http://www.astonmartindrivingexperiences.com/eng/h...

[robgt]

Molly and I did the PDC last year. I was lucky enough to have a few goes at the straight mile. The V12V is just about to hit the rev limiter at 156 mph in fifth, I just cracked 166mph in sixth then you have the Oh my God moment as you hit the braking point, the turn at the end looks like a right angle. Very very addictive! To achieve 160 plus you need to flat it in fifth. The car is truly awesome.
To anyone considering going on the PDC, all I can say is DO IT !
Rob

[lady topaz]

As I posted after my PDC I achieved 168mph on the mile straight, but I do know others on here posted 170mph plus.

Exhilerating but I was gutted not to top 170, would have really been a 'Holy Grail' moment.

Di

[CraigVmax]

that aston day is great fun,

for more of the same come to the vmax forum for a look gents

[krisdelta]

:J: said:

krisdelta said:

Hi Rob, how does one get on a track day like this?

They run them all the time, it is the PDC course, you don't need to wait for a special event or anything like that, just get in touch and book it.......

Here is the blurb....

http://www.astonmartindrivingexperiences.com/eng/h...

Here is the FAQ.....

http://www.astonmartindrivingexperiences.com/eng/h...

Thank you!

[EpsomJames]

CraigVmax said:

that aston day is great fun,

for more of the same come to the vmax forum for a look gents

I guess you would be knocking on the door of 180mph at Brunters in a V12V.

Even my puny 4.3 V8V read 164mph on the speedo by the end of the runway.

[CraigVmax]

yup those V12's are very punchy, I jumped into one after my 996TT which is pushing over 500bhp and the V12 felt very quick indeed.

[MrOrange]

Realistically what would a V8V actually top-out at on a long-enough run? 190 indicated? I previously had a Cayman S that showed an indicated 186mph on a (very) long run so jumping from 320bhp to 400bhp with a longer body and (probably) slippery backend should add a few m's.

[CraigVmax]

Im sorry matey but either that Cayman was turbocharged without you knowing or the speedo was over reading by more than is usual.

My guess is that a V8V will get to about 175-180 true speed given enough room. I havent seen more than about 160 at Brunters.

Edited by CraigVmax on Thursday 20th October 15:55

[MrOrange]

CraigVmax said:

Im sorry matey but either that Cayman was turbocharged without you knowing or the speedo was over reading by more than is usual.

a V8V will get to about 170 true speed given enough room.

In which case the speedo over-reads, which is not surprising. I was trying to get an idea of what the "indicated" speed would read flat in a 400bhp V8V.

[CraigVmax]

I reckon about 185ish

[Neil1300R]

Depending on which review you read, its anywhere between 176 and 180MPH (for the 4.3)