Vantage V12S performance upgrade

[Glendower]

I am considering the AM exhaust upgrade, so would appreciate any comments from any members with experience of either the Works upgrade, or any after market upgrades.

[Glendower]

Thanks....I'm actually considering a new manifold as it's more power I'm thinking about.....

[Glendower]

phil bird said:

Give Mike a call at Bamford Rose... They manufacture the best Aston after market exhausts in my opinion

Aye I used BR for my V8, Manifolds, exhaust lightened fly wheel etc ....found them completely unresponsive...not professional enough for me.

[Glendower]

M5MarkM said:

I've got the quicksilver on my DB9V and the full Larini system on my Vanquish S. I must say I prefer the Larini. For the Vanquish S I've got a secondary CAT deletion and the Larini race pipes followed by the sports centre section. I've not actually bothered putting the car on a rolloing road yet, not really sure I trust most of the rolling road data out there. In theory this does produce more power and more torque but in all honestly I can't feel the differance, 600bhp to say 630bhp wasn;t really noticeable as I was without the car for a few days and driving my DD BMW750. I COULD tell the differance in the sound and it's very good

Yeah I had the Larini exhaust on my Vantage V8, was defo louder but not sure faster. I then had Bamford rose manifold and Sports exhaust and the difference was noticeable......I am interested in more poke, so thanks for your post. Seems like not many V12's have "proven " performance, am happy enough with the sound of the V12S....

[Glendower]

Flugplatz said:

Seems like not many V12's have "proven " performance

?

Proven upgraded performance.....sports exhausts "claim" enhanced speed etc...but it's frankly mostly louder noise levels.

[Glendower]

M5MarkM said:

I've got the quicksilver on my DB9V and the full Larini system on my Vanquish S. I must say I prefer the Larini. For the Vanquish S I've got a secondary CAT deletion and the Larini race pipes followed by the sports centre section. I've not actually bothered putting the car on a rolloing road yet, not really sure I trust most of the rolling road data out there. In theory this does produce more power and more torque but in all honestly I can't feel the differance, 600bhp to say 630bhp wasn;t really noticeable as I was without the car for a few days and driving my DD BMW750. I COULD tell the differance in the sound and it's very good

Yeah I had the Larini exhaust on my Vantage V8, was defo louder but not sure faster. I then had Bamford rose manifold and Sports exhaust and the difference was noticeable......I am interested in more poke, so thanks for your post. Seems like not many V12's have "proven " performance, am happy enough with the sound of the V12S....

[Glendower]

AdamV12V said:

I can still say that for the relatively modest cost the Quicksilver straight through cat bypass pipes give a V12VS an epic sound upgrade!

Kermit has the QS bypass and the fuse removed all the time and now with 1300 miles on he is really starting to crack, pops and snarl like a beast. I've recently noticed that with AM Shift on the crackles and pops are even more enhanced!

Best £800 I've spent in a long time! I'm not knocking the AM official upgrade as I am sure it is amazing, but in terms of value for money...

So I presume this did NOT include replacing the manifold? I am calling QS tomorrow to see how many V12S customers they have installed their Manifold....