Hey Guys,

I love modding cars and will never really leave anything stock for too long. One of the things I love about sports cars is the sound and the Vantage stock just did not do anything for me. I went to pull fuse 22 and discovered it had already been done I am coming out the 964 that has such a mechanical sound with solid lifters, combined with a 200cell CAT, G-Pipe, and no water in the heads. Easy problem to solve with new CATs and a muffler I located a couple of mufflers to try on eBay, a Quicksilver superSport and a VelocityAP Sport X-pipe. I then called Fabspeed to have them make me some CATs. I have used Fabspeed CATs on my 964 and 993 with an X-pipe and like that they use HJS cores.

The install was easy, just a little harder on Jack Stands. I had a buddy helping me so I did the back muffler while he pulled out the CATs.

Some tips for anyone else trying to DIY the job.

• Bolts on stock cats and headers are pressed in they dont need to be removed
• On an early car I only had to pull the bottom trim panel on the back bumper
• H-pipe is easy o move back off CATs if back muffler is out
• Little extra pipe on H-pipe that is movable to make CATs fit responds very well to PB_Blaster. It was fused together and PB_Blaster made it easy to move into alignment
• When install springs/bolts on back muffler attach one bolt and then use a C-clamp to pull the plate into place for second bolt.

The car really does wake up after getting the CATs on. I ended up trying the VelocityAP muffler first and the combo is very nice, so much so I am not even gonig to bother trying out the Quicksilver(its for sale for 975 shipped). The system has a great tone with no drone at all with some nice little pops and snap on overrun. My but-dyno feels the power increase and the motor spools up much quicker when you blip the gas to rev-match on downshifts. Totally happy with the improvement, this makes the Vantage feel more like I wanted, a bit more emotional to the senses.

One final thought, everyone should take the time to do a little work on their Aston Martins. Totally impress with the design and engineering of this car, it's like every part is a work of art.

Cheers
Daryl

 

Nice mod! Are those Forgelines?

 

Thanks Montana107,

Yes, they are Forgeline ga1r 9" front and 11" rear. Super nice wheels but always dirty with break dust, I need to get some R4-S pads

 

Nice looking and tastefully done. A little sound recording is always fun.

Regards

 

I need to get out and see if I can capture one with a good mic.

-d

 

Very nice! Congrats. I can really relate to what you said regarding build quality.. It really is such a pleasure working on these cars because of this.