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 to buy it, and no I am not rich, or trying to be a poser. I am interested in the kind of performance modifications I could sensibly make with this car, if any? I know there is a question of "why in the world would you want to" here, but this car was originally tested at 600bhp and then lowered to 510 and I have to admit I would just like to see if I can sensibly make the car hit 0-60 in sub 4 seconds vs. the 4.1 claimed. I am looking for mods that would not ruin the car. One issue is that there is very little room under the bonnet, since they have shoe-horned the V12 into it, and it is a very tight fit. I am not saying I will automatically do these mods, but I will certainly investigate and do my homework on the them before deciding what to do.
So the kind of questions I have are:
1. What kind of performance improvement could I reasonably expect - if any?
2. What are the simple, straight forward mods I could do?
3. What are the more complex ones?
4. Does modifying these cars make any sense at all?
Thanks for your help and knowledge.
I have just bought a V12 Vantage, which is my dream car - I have had to remortgage the house to buy it, and no I am not rich, or trying to be a poser. I am interested in the kind of performance modifications I could sensibly make with this car, if any? I know there is a question of "why in the world would you want to" here, but this car was originally tested at 600bhp and then lowered to 510 and I have to admit I would just like to see if I can sensibly make the car hit 0-60 in sub 4 seconds vs. the 4.1 claimed. I am looking for mods that would not ruin the car. One issue is that there is very little room under the bonnet, since they have shoe-horned the V12 into it, and it is a very tight fit. I am not saying I will automatically do these mods, but I will certainly investigate and do my homework on the them before deciding what to do.
So the kind of questions I have are:
1. What kind of performance improvement could I reasonably expect - if any?
2. What are the simple, straight forward mods I could do?
3. What are the more complex ones?
4. Does modifying these cars make any sense at all?
Thanks for your help and knowledge.