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11-17-2008, 11:11 AM

RoatanMan

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Aston Martin - LS3

I was at Excelisor Motorsports in San Diego getting my car tuned and I saw this pull in... An 1987 Aston Martin with an LS3 coming in to get tuned... Lots of room in there...!

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11-17-2008, 11:21 AM

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Alot of owners of Jags did similiar back in the day also.

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11-17-2008, 01:24 PM

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Look at all that room behind the engine!

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11-17-2008, 01:55 PM

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Let me put it this way:
I love icecream, and I love Hot Dogs, but icecream ON a Hot Dog

Sorry, but for me that´s a loose-loose situation!

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11-17-2008, 02:09 PM

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Probably a lot lighter too..NOT TO MENTION LESS Expensive ..

Thanks for the photos

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11-17-2008, 02:24 PM

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POst more picturres of the Aston please.

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11-17-2008, 02:29 PM

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I guess weight distribution could be improved by moving the engine back by, what seems to be, about a foot. But then again, I have no idea what maybe the potential problems in doing so.

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11-17-2008, 02:40 PM

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That's a disgrace!

Peace, out.

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11-17-2008, 02:54 PM

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Well you get the looks of an Aston with the performance of a Vette. Hell, why not replace crap British engineering with good ol' American muscle!

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11-17-2008, 02:56 PM

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Well you get the looks of an Aston with the performance of a Vette. Hell, why not replace crap British engineering with good ol' American muscle!

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11-17-2008, 03:29 PM

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Hope his car club dosen't look under his hood!

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11-17-2008, 03:44 PM

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Interesting.

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11-17-2008, 05:04 PM

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I think it's more for the servicing aspect. Just about anyone can work on a Chevy vs. the AM . . . . and alot cheaper.

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11-17-2008, 05:12 PM

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Look at all that room behind the engine!

My first thought as well.

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11-17-2008, 05:14 PM

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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11,'18,'20-'21,'24

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11-17-2008, 05:22 PM

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Hope his car club dosen't look under his hood!

Why? Envy that his aston is the only one that continues to run without major engine troubles?

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11-17-2008, 05:25 PM

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Bond, James Bond!

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11-17-2008, 07:00 PM

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Wonder if he has a Corsa exhaust?

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11-17-2008, 07:14 PM

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Quote:

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Well you get the looks of an Aston with the performance of a Vette. Hell, why not replace crap British engineering with good ol' American muscle!

Well, I'm not sure I'd call British engineering "crap". There are a great many Brits over here doing a fine job engineering everything from aircraft to our own cars. Now, British product development might be a different matter.

To get to the point, it appears the Aston in question is an earlier model DBS or Vantage. In other words, not as collectible as a lot of other cars in today's silly auction world. I think what the owner has done makes perfect sense and may in fact have a beautiful car he can actually use.

IMO the last "collectible" Aston-Martin was the DB5 (The James Bond car, if you will). Everything since is little more IMO than an expensive Jaguar. And, as other posts have suggested, the small-block Chevy is a popular engine swap for those as well.