My Hamann V8 Vantage
Apr 16, 2009 | 12:56 AM
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Couple of things. What are the widths and ratios of the wheels? I have heard nothing but good things about PARAMOUNT ecu tuning. Has anyone heard of problems with their ecu tuning? Oh by the way, the front of that tcar is outstanding. I love the bumper. If you're into the roof treatment, keep it. Don't let anyone else's taste change your mind.
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Apr 16, 2009 | 05:14 AM
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Couple of things. What are the widths and ratios of the wheels? I have heard nothing but good things about PARAMOUNT ecu tuning. Has anyone heard of problems with their ecu tuning? Oh by the way, the front of that tcar is outstanding. I love the bumper. If you're into the roof treatment, keep it. Don't let anyone else's taste change your mind.
Apr 16, 2009 | 08:39 AM
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Call ESX motorsports in California. They might send a tech over and install a supercharger for you. Once you are tuned you are ready to go! You do need a local Dyno/Rolling Road to do some of the tuning though. The performance gains are nothing short of phenomenal. 308RWHP to 519RWHP in my case.
Apr 16, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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Thnx jaymoney, i do not know the exact dimensions of the wheels, but when i ordered them through HRE, i asked for the same 20" M40 dimensions they had on this Vantage (which is diplayed in their galleries). I am going to ecu upgrade my car with the PARAMOUNT upgrade but am still looking for alternatives. Is your vantage ECU upgraded ?
Apr 16, 2009 | 09:12 AM
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Right now, I have a quicksilver exhuast and K&N filters. These are simple and do icrease HP(around 25 together). The weight reduction of the quicksilver is 40 lbs. My next step is to send my ECU to Paramount. They seem to be the leader and have a supercharger in the works. The ECU is rated at 35 HP in terms of a gain. I have been told by many that Aston left a good bit of performance in the ECU to protect the DB9. If you upgrade the ECU, add the exhuast, sports cats, filters and ECU, the car shuld dyno at about 445-450 HP.
Apr 17, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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My car is a roadster. This matters. With the top down I would put the ear note of my car with anything from Italy, and I can still hold a conversation and hear the radio. I have the medium version and no sports cats. The combination of sports cats and exhaust are great for sound and throttle. Since you have a coupe, I would get the middle version of the Quicksilver plus sports cats. From what I understand, Larini has great cats. You will have great sound form 0 RPM's all the way up and probably add about 30HP. I chose to skip the cats because they have a more profound affect on decibels as opposed to tone which is more important in my opinion. Also, I plan a supercharger in the summer and I understand that others (RMD) have had problems with engine lights because of the sports cats when adding a supercharger. If you are going this far, I would contact Paramount and get their power package including exhaust, cats K&N filters and ECU. If you look at the numbers you save money and will get you car over 440HP.
