Enhancements....

[JohnG1]

If you had a base car of an 06 plate 4.3 V8 and a budget of £10,000 to spend on the car what would you do with the money? Don't want anything too bonkers! Thoughts please!

[AMD1]

...carry on saving until I had enough money to buy a 4.7

Edited by AMD1 on Thursday 21st January 17:08

[carlgb]

have a look here it should give you a few ideas http://www.derbymotorservices.com/aston_martin_v8_...

[Murph7355]

Tubi exhaust, iPod connectivity.

Trouser the other 8k or so and spend it on tyres, fuel, insurance. Etc

[Jay_Davis]

Upgrade the engine with one of these:

http://gizmodo.com/5450267/free-nasa-space-shuttle...

Your funds should cover the shipping and handling cost and I'd love to see the 0-60 time on it.

[bogie]

exhaust
sports cats
AM airbox/manifold/remap kit
Nitron adj shocks and full geo setup (I want my own setup on the car, not one that comes out of a box)
AM front splitter/rear diffuser

/not that ive thought about it much

[michael gould]

thats easy !!! sell the V8V and put the proceeds and the 10k into a DB9

[JohnG1]

Is the AM sportpack power enhancement worthwhile? I looked at it a while back and while the black inlet manifold does look quite cool, 20bhp on top of 380bhp seemed a bit like a mouse raping an elephant.

I should explain a bit more about my motivation. I love the whole Aston Martin experience, the sound, handling, looks and the whole feel of driving it. But sometimes I want more brutal performance. I remember driving a 997 turbo and when the turbo is blowing and you floor it in 2nd or 3rd it's mental bonkers acceleration.

I could of course go and buy a 997 turbo but the problem is that it's a Porsche.

So I wonder if there's anything that can be done within a reasonable budget to make a 4.3 V8V have more grunt that's not going to be squandered. I would expect that any non-Aston Martin enhancements would not be reflected in the residual value and I'm not keen on pouring money away. Hence the statement - "save for a 4.7" does make sense. Is there a sportspack for the 4.7?

[JohnG1]

michael gould said:

thats easy !!! sell the V8V and put the proceeds and the 10k into a DB9

not biting :-)

[sdseng]

Performance Upgrade Options:

1. Prodrive Upgrade to approx 425bhp - £4495
2. Paramount Performance Upgrade to approx 435bhp - £4840 + vat
3. Derby Motors Services upgrades similar costs and performance to the above

Check out the above websites for Vantage V8 Enhancements

My V8 has had the AM 20bhp upgrade - £2025 + K&N Airfilters fitted - £240, next is the Super cats for around £1600 in May - Just under £4k in total.

[whoami]

sdseng said:

Performance Upgrade Options:

Paramount Performance Upgrade to approx 435bhp - £4840 + vat

You think??

[sdseng]

According the their website - see below copy from webpage

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Performance Package
Price: £4,840.00 + VAT
Click 'Enquire' or call us direct on [phone]

Performance ECU remap, Racing performance catalytic converters, performance vantage exhaust system, road holding and lowering kit

Please call for full details and options

60bhp increase in power

Supplied and fitted £4840 + vat

[whoami]

sdseng said:

According the their website - see below copy from webpage

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Performance Package
Price: £4,840.00 + VAT
Click 'Enquire' or call us direct on [phone]

Performance ECU remap, Racing performance catalytic converters, performance vantage exhaust system, road holding and lowering kit

Please call for full details and options

60bhp increase in power

Supplied and fitted £4840 + vat

Ah, so it's on their website?



It's not going to happen.

[sdseng]

Perhaps Paramount Performance can take up your challenge and prove what they are advertising?

[whoami]

Good idea.

However, this topic has been raised on here a number of times and I'm not sure I ever saw anyone proving it.

In fact, there was a thread on AMOC which, from memory, went some way to demonstrating that this sort of BHP claim is usually fantasy island stuff.

Happy to be proven wrong.

[JohnG1]

[quote=whoami
Ah, so it's on their website?



It's not going to happen.
[/quote]

I'm not an engineer or anything like but do you dispute all of the claims made (prodrive included) or just the Paramount performance claim?

From your tone I guess you know something I don't about this topic?? Care to share the knowledge?

[bogie]

I dont think the EVO review of their other product helped ...didnt sound very professional to me ...pinch and salt sprung to mind

getting 40bhp with a remap on a turbodiesel is one thing, but an aspirated V8 ...mmm...Im sure if it was so easy AM would have just done that themselves ...

[sadlerj]

AMD1 said:

...carry on saving until I had enough money to buy a 4.7

dont you mean

...carry on saving until you can afford a 6.0...

[JohnG1]

sadlerj said:

AMD1 said:

...carry on saving until I had enough money to buy a 4.7

dont you mean

...carry on saving until you can afford a 6.0...

I've set up a few test drives of a V12 but with the weather recently the dealers have cancelled, so not been able to make up my mind on that option.

I really wanted a V12 when I thought it would have 600bhp and a dry sump but with a stock DBS engine I am a bit more 'try it and see'.

For £110k for a pretty much new V12 I'd have to see a lot of bang to make up for the bucks, hence wondering if there was a middle path.

I was thinking about:
AM power upgrade
alcantara steering wheel
sports pack suspension
carbon fibre/kevlar seats from V12 (I have heard "no" and "maybe" about whether these can be retro-fitted to a V8)
if/when the clutch goes getting the DMS clutch that Rick & Stuart Dickinson have been discussing on another thread.

[Stuart Dickinson]

JohnG1 said:

sadlerj said:

AMD1 said:

...carry on saving until I had enough money to buy a 4.7

dont you mean

...carry on saving until you can afford a 6.0...

I've set up a few test drives of a V12 but with the weather recently the dealers have cancelled, so not been able to make up my mind on that option.

I really wanted a V12 when I thought it would have 600bhp and a dry sump but with a stock DBS engine I am a bit more 'try it and see'.

For £110k for a pretty much new V12 I'd have to see a lot of bang to make up for the bucks, hence wondering if there was a middle path.

I was thinking about:
AM power upgrade
alcantara steering wheel
sports pack suspension
carbon fibre/kevlar seats from V12 (I have heard "no" and "maybe" about whether these can be retro-fitted to a V8)
if/when the clutch goes getting the <B>DMS clutch</B> that Rick & Stuart Dickinson have been discussing on another thread.

It's actually an RSC (Racing Sport Concepts) product. We're very happy to have Rick as one of our partners/retailers.