Alfa Romeo 155 Q4 507HP

Original car 155 Q4 turbo 190HP 300Nm, 4WD, 100km 7.8S

Performance:

380 HP 403Nm on 108 race fuel

507HB 541Nm on 108 race fuel + NOS

202 m 7.01s at 172km/h

Lancia Delta HPE HF turbo 2L 16v , standard  power 190hp, FWD

tuning:

now 4WD ….

more info about our project soon!

Elegance and power

First we want to remind you that Aston Martin is one of the most famous British automotive manufacturers. Aston Martin is known as manufacturer that makes not only road-legal exclusive sport cars, but also real sport cars for professional racing. Finally Aston Martin is known as a favorite car manufacturer of such movie hero as James Bond, you can say that Aston Martin is a car for a real man. Aston Martin cars are charming because of their beauty, elegance and of course enormous power. Actually when you see Aston Martin passing through you doesn’t ask your self how powerful is the engine of this car, how much turbo chargers it has and how quick it accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h, you just thinking about the car with looks amazing, but not tired as many of today’s super cars.

DB9 – facts and technical data

At this moment Aston Martin makes one of the most popular super cars because they are suitable for everyday use with makes Aston Martin to be more attractive choice for those who are looking for car of such category, think about it because if you buy such a car like Ferrari Modena 360 it will be suitable only for weekends. Price tag on Aston Martin is about 140000 -150000 euro and it’s a price without any tax’s. So the price tag is not so attractive and every customer wants to know why the Aston Martin costs such sum of money, the answer is that every small production car or small production super car needs to be engineered like other cars with mass production, if you divide an expense of car engineering to 1000 cars or 10000 and more it will be obviously that when you make more same cars engineering costs less per one car. Also when we talk about Aston Martin we should notice that all Aston Martin cars are hand build so there is nothing strange with the price tag of this car.

Aston Martin DB9 is very innovative model. It has an aluminium space frame with makes this car to be lighter. Actually Aston Martin is not very light car if you’ll try to compare it with other similar cars you’ll see that Aston Martin DB9 with its weight of 1710 kg is not as lightweight as it could be. But there is other very important thing with makes me to believe that Aston Martin is very lightweight car – it’s an engine. For the car, even for the super car with has V12 engine such weight is enough normal. By the way we should notice that all Aston Martin DB9 weight is divided equally to both axles. Front and rear wheel axles have 50/50 percent weight distribution with makes car very stable and easy controllable on the road even when driving is very “sharp” at big speeds.

So the Aston Martin DB9 has a 12 cylinders engine with displacement of 6.0 liter. This engine is capable to produce 450 HP power output and reach 570 Nm of torque. With this engine Aston Martin DB9 accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in about 4.9 seconds and can reach the maximum speed with is about 300 km/h. It’s very important to ensure that your car is equipped with tires that where capable to ensure safe driving at such speeds as 300 km/h.

Aston Martin has sequential 6 speed gearbox with works like full automatic gearbox, but if you want you can shift gears up and down by your self with Touchtronic system controls mounted on the steering wheel. For those who want to feel enormous power output from Aston’s engine there are possibility to order six speed manual gearbox. With such manual gearbox, massive engine and classical rear wheel drive you can get so much driving fun and experience that your face will be with smile on it 24/7…

Of course Aston Martin DB9 is not just quick and powerful car with fine look. It has very nice interior design with very comfortable seats and ergonomic layout of all components. You can find there fine leather, wood polished aluminium and other expensive and exclusive materials.

It looks like Aston Martin is the best you can get at this moment in such category of super cars, but sorry guys there are something better then the Aston Martin DB9. You ask what can be better than Aston Martin DB9. Answer is very easy – Aston Martin DB9 Volante…

Aston Martin DB9 Volante – wind in your hair…

Most of drivers want to have a car with open roof. They even don’t matter what kind of type it will be: cabrio, targa or spyder version it only matters to feel freedom while driving. Aston Martin DB9 Volante is the same car as Aston Martin DB9 but it’s a cabrio version. Aston Martin DB9 price tag starts at about 140000 euro, but Aston Martin DB9 Volante has much bigger price that starts about from 170000 – 175000 euro. You can see that for 20000 euro extra money you can get the same Aston Martin DB9 but cabrio version, so is it worth to pay for it? I think that it worth this money, but for me actually the best choice is simply Aston Martin DB9 with manual gearbox.

Born to be a winner – Aston Martin DBR9

Aston Martin DBR9 is not road legal car and it will be produced in very small count only for professional racing teams. After very long brake Aston Martin is trying to return to the professional racing with this brand new model based on Aston Martin DB9 models platform. DBR9 is build for such races as Le Mans 24 hour races and others GT races like these. DBR9 is very light. Its weight is only 1100 kg. Engine generates 600 HP power output and capable to reach 700 Nm of torque. It has brakes made from carbon fiber like in Formula 1 cars. Sequential gearbox is mounted on the rear wheel axle to make better weight balance. We want to believe that Aston Martin DBR9 will show us very good results.

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Brand new Audi RS4

The name Audi needs no introduction. For most of us Audi sounds like a synonym of popular, reliable high quality cars. Anyway there are some rare versions of Audi cars like RS4 – the A4‘s strong twin-brother.
Basically RS4 is the most powerful version of A4. Some experts even claim that this version even can‘t be compared to it‘s predecessor (or even it‘s competitors) because of the endless list of technical innovations. This car should satisfy any capricious driver with it‘s elegance, solid looks and perfectly controlled power. And this is possible only with worldwide known Quattro system. It‘s not a secret that Quattro and Audi is a “duo” that is desired by anyone who likes precise control at any speed or traction. And this system is transferring tons of power to RS4‘s wheels.

Quattro vs. physics…

No wonder that the RS4 driver feels like this car is on the rails – the Quattro system assures optimal power transfer to the wheels and this is the most efficient way to keep the every last drop of available grip.
The Quattro system is used by Audi over the last 25 years. The traditional system is used in many Audi cars, but the new RS4 has the special one. The main difference this system has is asymmetric-dynamic torque distribution between all four wheels and a locking Torsen trans-axle differential. With these features any driver could discover some new handling capabilities whatever he (or she) has driven before.
Of course, even this system has limits. This means that a rookie driver driving this monster on the limit (let‘s say on the icy road) should not forget that there are laws of physics. And even this astonishing car must go under these rules.
There are more things that make you smile. A car with Quattro is least prone to get stuck in snow or dirt like two-wheel driven cars do. Oh and you don‘t need these to feel what Quattro is – just try it on the gravel – the road type which Quattro was made for 25 years ago! Nothing could give you anything comparable to that confidence.

The RS4 (or any other S or RS model) could not exist without Quattro system. It‘s just too much power to propel a front wheel driven car. And Audi was never strong in rear wheel drive arena. Quattro is a clear and balanced decision. And probably it‘s the best one.

Audi RS4 engine

This Audi has 420HP (323kW) at 7800 rpm’s. It produces 430Nm of torque at 5500 rpm’s. 90% of the torques is available anywhere in 2250 – 7600 rpm range. This means that if you “step on the metal” at almost any revs you will feel that very same force pulling car away and pushing you back into the seat. The RS4 reaches 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds, but more interesting is that you can get 200 on a Speedo in 16.
S and RS series usually have turbo chargers, but this RS4 hasn‘t. It‘s a bit shocking for a real Audi-fan but the answer to the question “why?” is a direct fuel injection FSI system. This system has been around for a few years in some Audi models but it‘s something new for RS version. The benefits of FSI direct injection system are quicker throttle response, fuel economy and precise fuel injection at high rpm’s.
Redline is at 8250 rpm’s. This should satisfy any high-rpm fan. The sound this engine produces at that speed is something incredible. But there is no way any word in any language could describe it.

Audi RS4 brakes

It became a tradition that powerful Audis have serious brakes. Something has to stop monster like this assuring that the driver or passenger or anyone outside the car is safe. The first Audi to receive Porsche brake-system was RS2. It even had a blue line on it‘s badge with “Porsche” written on it. Even RS2‘s rivals like BMW M3 or Mercedes-Benz C32AMG had smaller brakes. The RS4 has (are you sitting?) 14,6 inch (365mm) diameter brakes at the front and 324mm rear ones. Amazing… isn’t? There aren‘t too many of us who has a car with wheels that big. The brake rotors are air-cooled cross-drilled so with size like this there is virtually no possibility to overheat them. Or brake fluid. Even at the most extreme braking action you can imagine. Similar brakes are used in well known DTM competition series by the very same Audi team.

]]> http://www.tuning.lt/fast-cars/forget-the-physics-audi-rs4/feed/ 0 http://www.tuning.lt/fast-cars/bentley-gt-breitling-for-bentley-gt/ http://www.tuning.lt/fast-cars/bentley-gt-breitling-for-bentley-gt/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:23:04 +0000 Tuning and Styling http://www.tuning.lt/?p=174 Toy for gentlemen

I guess it is not necessary to repeat you that Bentley well-known by their production. Bentley makes very impressive, expensive, solid and rare cars for those who can buy such a high-priced “toys”. And of course these toys are made only for real gentlemen.

So Bentley cars well-known, but we want to say that Bentley GT is something fresh and new at all production range of Bentley. If you will ask what’s new and different in Bentley GT comparing to other Bentley cars there will be a few answers. First and very important thing that is different in this Bentley car it is engine. Bentley GT has W12 engine, this engine has same construction as new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 engine actually they are not same but composition of cylinders is the same. W12 engine reminds two V6 engines combined into one block with 15 degree lean. This composition is used in Volkswagen VR engines, they look like inline engines but actually VR6 engine has 3 cylinders in one line and other 3 cylinders in other line with lean of 15 degree. Such engine composition makes it to be smaller and safes a lot of space. Smaller engine gave engineers more space in all car composition to combine power of 12 cylinder engine, four wheel drive and of course maximum safety without any loss of comfort.

So Bentley GT has engine that is capable to generate maximum of 552 HP power and reach maximum of 650 Nm torque. With this engine and four wheel drive Bentley GT accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h speed in about 4.7 seconds and can reach about 320 km/h maximal speed.

One of the biggest Bentley GT benefits is that it can carry four people even with two door (Coupe) body, there are not so many cars with Coupe body those who can reach such speeds like 320 km/h and carry four people. There are only a few competitors in this class, such as Mercedes-Benz CL 55/63/65 AMG, BMW M6 and a few Aston Martin and Ferrari cars.

At the end we should say that it’s very interesting car, because it not like other Bentley cars. Bentley GT has own style, own conception and philosophy just like a real “gentleman”. Price tag for this car is not very small, it reaches about 150000 euro without any taxes.

Another “toy” for real gentleman

But for those who likes Bentley cars there are some other interesting things like Breitling for Bentley watches. Breitling is like Bentley well-known by their production – exclusive watches. Due to occasion of Bentley GT production Breitling released Breitling for Bentley GT watch. You can find images of Breitling for Bentley GT watch in the bottom of the page and technical characteristics in this site: http://www.breitlingforbentley.com/

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