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Please Name Bamford Rose's V8 Vantage Pinnacle Project

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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 01:45 AM
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I found out yesterday the Vantage S prototype car was called Johnny 450 by the Engineering team at Gaydon.
Apparently the proposed intake manifold looked like Johnny 5 from the film Short Circuit
The car developed 450 BHP hence the Johnny 450
Here is an CAD drawing of the proposed intake manifold



Unfortunately the twin throttle intake never made it to production so the S never got 450 BHP
However this one will have 550BHP so it seems fitting to call it Johnny 550!
 
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 02:25 PM
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Johnny 550 it is! Bravo, great name now you have to make the numbers...

and No Lance Armstronging okay buddy!
 
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