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Better to have difficulty at the MOT than going to brake in an emergency, locking the rear wheels, and pirouetting into whatever it was you were trying to avoid.
OEM.
My 172 had a list of suspension mods which was as long as your arm.
My 1.2, over Dartmoor, was far quicker and more confident. I actually had people ask me when I'd done the F4R conversion, because they couldn't believe that it would outhandle a 172 in dem twisties. Usually someone who'd...
Autosolos aren't really srs business to be honest, it's more about enjoying yourself and having a bit of friendly competition. If you're already getting your fix with trackdays then hey ho!
Don't know why I never replied to this.
In that case, it's probably a detuned D4. Which means that a remap will take you to what a D4 maps to i.e. 200+bhp.
I used to suffer from skittles.
Every time I drove my car, something broke. Frequently I'd try to go to work and just find a big pile of skittles outside the house. Sometimes a light would come on, so I'd try and diagnose it.. but it would have already gone off. Gearboxes, holes in exhausts...
They only exist to offset carbon emissions from the actual Astons. They can't say that though so IIRC they claimed that you could carry one on your yacht where it would take up less room, in case you wanted to make a run ashore and you didn't have someone drive your proper aston out to meet you.
Ok, so from the top the idle at 750-800rpm (and a bit rough!) is consistent with a factory mapped car. Most maps up the idle to 900ish rpm because of the roughness.
The incomplete parts are nothing to worry about, it's to do with performing an OBD emissions test and needs the engine hot etc...
It was in the TG magazine's group test as well.
Makes you wonder why they were bothering to put it out for people to group test with really, as it's not the sort of thing you'd do with a concept car.
Must have got really far down the line before the bean counters killed it.