Not bad for a quick air filter upgrade, funny thing, I just upgraded my intake system on my DB9 as well, but without the Velocity/Red Pants Kit, I created my own based on my previous setup on my Viper ACR, I'm curious if my kit makes more power than yours, guess it's time to Dyno!!
The intake noise should be a little different, may not be noticable and burried among the engine and road noise. I think and I heard it many times, the tune is the most noticeable change, I'm waiting for my secondary de-cat and gt4 airbox delete kit fpor my 2013 v8 vantage. I bought equal length headers but I live in California, emmision tests seems to be questionable with primary cat deletes.. I'll be waiting for your decat updates
Yes, the early DB9's like mine are 450 bhp stock on an Engine Dyno (removed from the car, on a test rig). All the drivetrain losses add up and you get much less at the rear wheels. That's why I started with a baseline test to see how much actually makes it to the road. Typically only about 85% makes it to the wheels.
IMO, complete waste of time and money. if you think that air boxes on modern engines are superfluous and can prove it with a test like the one shown here, i guarantee you every car manufacturer and professional racing team in the world will be beating down your door to give you more money than you ever imagined.
@@VelocityAP there is MUCH, MUCH more on the professional racing team engines that demand whatever they may have done to an airbox. for example, the amount of air an engine needs is proportional to the amount it can use effeciently. anything else is either too little or too much and both will compromise performance. do a little research on engine tuning from a book written by an author who knows his stuff.
@@bladerunner6282 We are an engine tuner who has calibrated literally thousands of engines, and an OEM supplier to Aston Martin Racing. But we're always happy to learn so what books do you recommend?
You won't really see big improvements with bolt ons until you have the ecu tuned to take advantage of them.
it is a MAF system, it automatically compensates for the extra flow (up to a limit)
Not bad for a quick air filter upgrade, funny thing, I just upgraded my intake system on my DB9 as well, but without the Velocity/Red Pants Kit, I created my own based on my previous setup on my Viper ACR, I'm curious if my kit makes more power than yours, guess it's time to Dyno!!
The intake noise should be a little different, may not be noticable and burried among the engine and road noise. I think and I heard it many times, the tune is the most noticeable change, I'm waiting for my secondary de-cat and gt4 airbox delete kit fpor my 2013 v8 vantage. I bought equal length headers but I live in California, emmision tests seems to be questionable with primary cat deletes.. I'll be waiting for your decat updates
Lots of little fish make a meal. Keep up the good work.
I thought an Aston Martin DB9 had 450BHP?
Yes, the early DB9's like mine are 450 bhp stock on an Engine Dyno (removed from the car, on a test rig). All the drivetrain losses add up and you get much less at the rear wheels. That's why I started with a baseline test to see how much actually makes it to the road. Typically only about 85% makes it to the wheels.
IMO, complete waste of time and money. if you think that air boxes on modern engines are superfluous and can prove it with a test like the one shown here, i guarantee you every car manufacturer and professional racing team in the world will be beating down your door to give you more money than you ever imagined.
So, on the V8 Vantage GT4 cars, this *almost* identical setup is what Prodrive/AMR (professional racing team) uses.
@@VelocityAP there is MUCH, MUCH more on the professional racing team engines that demand whatever they may have done to an airbox.
for example, the amount of air an engine needs is proportional to the amount it can use effeciently. anything else is either too little or too much and both will compromise performance. do a little research on engine tuning from a book written by an author who knows his stuff.
@@bladerunner6282 We are an engine tuner who has calibrated literally thousands of engines, and an OEM supplier to Aston Martin Racing. But we're always happy to learn so what books do you recommend?
@@VelocityAP these days it's just best to google "best engine tuning books".
but, i suspect you knew that. :)
@@bladerunner6282 Books? What are those? Is that like a paper blog?