Recent content by Tacitus

Thanks Weber I will investigate. Half the fun of this forum is looking into all of this stuff and figuring out what can be done. I always find the anticipation is more fun than the actual execution - at least with cars, hifi, etc. The advice I am getting here is superb!

I have added some pictures of my car in the Gallery, if you want to check them out.

I think both a turbo and using NOS (I am assuming Nitro here) would redefine the word sensible on this car! Probably not a move I will make right now ;) Interestingly, when I was at Aston Martin one of the their more knowledgeable engineers told me that when they were first testing this car...

I am guessing the car is the Vanquish S from Die another Day. If the car comes with the tyres then, I would have it at the drop of a hat. You could then take the car to Sweden and do some winter racing. :lol: Seriously though, there are places in the world where you really need these...

I know I have imagined it! Paramount are offering a supercharger for the V8 vantage which takes it from circa 380bhp to a claimed 500bhp. It's costly though, and they don't offer much of a guarantee. But before I got this car, I was seriously tempted. However my imagination has been...

Thanks pgarner that is good to know, the traction is pretty good - Aston have put Pirrelli Corsa 19" race tyres on this car (which are not so good for the winter, below 7 degrees, I will have to replace them with winter tyres) and one thing this car definitely has is plenty of torque. I ask...

Thanks Waynne, I think what you say makes alot of sense - at the end of the day I still want to drive this car day to day and not be filling up with petrol every two minutes. Something you have also triggered with me is I need to find out from my contacts at Aston, what they did to bring the...

Thanks Master Auron, this sounds very interesting. I am really getting into this stuff and you guys seem very knowledgeable. If you get this head and cam work done by somebody good - does it impact the longevity of the engine (e.g. does it shorten its life) or does it actually improve the...

Thanks for the kind replies. I live up near Wigan. I bought this car because to me it has the balance of everything I want in a car - beauty, performance, a fantastic interior, and an image that is not pretentious or over the top. The one thing I find with people is that they truly love Aston...

Waynne thank you for a very helpful and knowledeable reply. Everything you say makes alot of sense to me in terms of what I have heard before. I am familiar with Paramount and what they do, and will eventually contact them. I was surprised that you thought a sports exhaust, plus remap would...

Hi guys, I am new to these forums, so apologies if I have put this in the wrong place. Also if my question has already been answered I would appreciate it if you could point me to the proper thread. I have just bought a V12 Vantage, which is my dream car - I have had to remortgage the house...

Re: Hello Thanks for the welcome. You are right it has plenty of performance, but when they were testing this car they had it producing 600bhp and have since reduced it down to 510bhp. So I am wondering what kind of tweaks I can do - that make sense - to eke a little bit more performance out of it.

Hi there - I am looking foward to participating in these forums, and learning from you guys! Interested in learning what types of mods I can safely do to my car, to improve performance.