New V8 Vantage tuning
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Will do...sorry I'm actually not sure of the tone of your post..not sure if that should read
Good luck...because you really hope I find a solution or good luck because you don't believe anything exists beyond Prodrive, or good luck because you're in love with Prodrive stuff..
Anyway simply I can't be done buying into a brand like Prodrives, next I'll be sticking a big rear wing on my car or puting race stickers up the side..
Good luck...because you really hope I find a solution or good luck because you don't believe anything exists beyond Prodrive, or good luck because you're in love with Prodrive stuff..
Anyway simply I can't be done buying into a brand like Prodrives, next I'll be sticking a big rear wing on my car or puting race stickers up the side..
p490kvp said:
Will do...sorry I'm actually not sure of the tone of your post..not sure if that should read
Good luck...because you really hope I find a solution or good luck because you don't believe anything exists beyond Prodrive, or good luck because you're in love with Prodrive stuff..
Anyway simply I can't be done buying into a brand like Prodrives, next I'll be sticking a big rear wing on my car or puting race stickers up the side..
Good luck...because you really hope I find a solution or good luck because you don't believe anything exists beyond Prodrive, or good luck because you're in love with Prodrive stuff..
Anyway simply I can't be done buying into a brand like Prodrives, next I'll be sticking a big rear wing on my car or puting race stickers up the side..
You do know that prodrive are responsible for Astons recent racing success, yes?
Prodrive/Aston/DBR9 and racing....The fact Aston Martin are represented in racing is because of Freddie Dor, his investment and the (at the time) already existing Ferrari 550 program.
Prodrive does have some very clever engineering but I guess - and this is my own view and others can hold their own opinion - I will not be shopping at Prodrive for my reasons, being:-
Firstly the whole Aston racing thing with Prodrive is nothing more than a commercial excercise - the sale of merchandise, aftermarket car bolt ons future Prodrive/Aston Martin special editions and the furthering of Prodrive and David Richards ambitions.
Now this in itself is no reason to snub Prodrive but it is when you know the further details and politics behind their racing. For instance it was quickly realised that the DBR9 was inferior to the Ferrari 550 and so they started to limit the performance of the 550's they had already prior agreements with back in 2005.
I'll give you an example - Spa 24hrs 2005 the Larbre 550's suddenly didn't have the engine power in the race they had in the race. Prodrive had issued new engine maps and the data logging was to show the problem. They just didn't want a 550 beating the
all new DBR9 which they were (and still are) desperate to sell. At Spa 2005 Prodrive had such a tyre wear issue that they had to use a different compound tyre across the front axle..
For me playing in this way is out of order, not sport and drives a coach and horses through the agreements between teams that existed at the start of the season.
Secondly the stuff available from Prodrive offered for sale for the road cars will be nothing special - you'll pay for the "Prodrive" brand because of the general perception that all things Prodrive are fantastic.
The Subaru offerings were (and still are) in the main nothing more than re-branded STi kit.
Prodrive does have some very clever engineering but I guess - and this is my own view and others can hold their own opinion - I will not be shopping at Prodrive for my reasons, being:-
Firstly the whole Aston racing thing with Prodrive is nothing more than a commercial excercise - the sale of merchandise, aftermarket car bolt ons future Prodrive/Aston Martin special editions and the furthering of Prodrive and David Richards ambitions.
Now this in itself is no reason to snub Prodrive but it is when you know the further details and politics behind their racing. For instance it was quickly realised that the DBR9 was inferior to the Ferrari 550 and so they started to limit the performance of the 550's they had already prior agreements with back in 2005.
I'll give you an example - Spa 24hrs 2005 the Larbre 550's suddenly didn't have the engine power in the race they had in the race. Prodrive had issued new engine maps and the data logging was to show the problem. They just didn't want a 550 beating the
all new DBR9 which they were (and still are) desperate to sell. At Spa 2005 Prodrive had such a tyre wear issue that they had to use a different compound tyre across the front axle..
For me playing in this way is out of order, not sport and drives a coach and horses through the agreements between teams that existed at the start of the season.
Secondly the stuff available from Prodrive offered for sale for the road cars will be nothing special - you'll pay for the "Prodrive" brand because of the general perception that all things Prodrive are fantastic.
The Subaru offerings were (and still are) in the main nothing more than re-branded STi kit.
p490kvp said:
Anyone know of any engine tuners that can do anything fairly quick and dirty to imporve the power/torque?
is it just me, or do the words "quick and dirty" and "85 thousand pound Aston Martin" just not sit happily together??? lol!
if you want more power very cheaply just take out your air filters, take off the catalysts and knock out the bricks with a hammer, then put the empty cans back in, then fill up with the best fuel you can afford (i.e. at least 99 ron) and BINGO + 15 bhp at least for nothing.
p490kvp said:
Prodrive/Aston/DBR9 and racing....The fact Aston Martin are represented in racing is because of Freddie Dor, his investment and the (at the time) already existing Ferrari 550 program.
Prodrive does have some very clever engineering but I guess - and this is my own view and others can hold their own opinion - I will not be shopping at Prodrive for my reasons, being:-
Firstly the whole Aston racing thing with Prodrive is nothing more than a commercial excercise - the sale of merchandise, aftermarket car bolt ons future Prodrive/Aston Martin special editions and the furthering of Prodrive and David Richards ambitions.
Now this in itself is no reason to snub Prodrive but it is when you know the further details and politics behind their racing. For instance it was quickly realised that the DBR9 was inferior to the Ferrari 550 and so they started to limit the performance of the 550's they had already prior agreements with back in 2005.
I'll give you an example - Spa 24hrs 2005 the Larbre 550's suddenly didn't have the engine power in the race they had in the race. Prodrive had issued new engine maps and the data logging was to show the problem. They just didn't want a 550 beating the
all new DBR9 which they were (and still are) desperate to sell. At Spa 2005 Prodrive had such a tyre wear issue that they had to use a different compound tyre across the front axle..
For me playing in this way is out of order, not sport and drives a coach and horses through the agreements between teams that existed at the start of the season.
Secondly the stuff available from Prodrive offered for sale for the road cars will be nothing special - you'll pay for the "Prodrive" brand because of the general perception that all things Prodrive are fantastic.
The Subaru offerings were (and still are) in the main nothing more than re-branded STi kit.
Prodrive does have some very clever engineering but I guess - and this is my own view and others can hold their own opinion - I will not be shopping at Prodrive for my reasons, being:-
Firstly the whole Aston racing thing with Prodrive is nothing more than a commercial excercise - the sale of merchandise, aftermarket car bolt ons future Prodrive/Aston Martin special editions and the furthering of Prodrive and David Richards ambitions.
Now this in itself is no reason to snub Prodrive but it is when you know the further details and politics behind their racing. For instance it was quickly realised that the DBR9 was inferior to the Ferrari 550 and so they started to limit the performance of the 550's they had already prior agreements with back in 2005.
I'll give you an example - Spa 24hrs 2005 the Larbre 550's suddenly didn't have the engine power in the race they had in the race. Prodrive had issued new engine maps and the data logging was to show the problem. They just didn't want a 550 beating the
all new DBR9 which they were (and still are) desperate to sell. At Spa 2005 Prodrive had such a tyre wear issue that they had to use a different compound tyre across the front axle..
For me playing in this way is out of order, not sport and drives a coach and horses through the agreements between teams that existed at the start of the season.
Secondly the stuff available from Prodrive offered for sale for the road cars will be nothing special - you'll pay for the "Prodrive" brand because of the general perception that all things Prodrive are fantastic.
The Subaru offerings were (and still are) in the main nothing more than re-branded STi kit.
Have to agree with that.
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