Virginia XK8/Aston lumper
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Hey, Nomad. Thanks for the support... To answer your questions, I used freight quote and the shipping was effortless. Freight quote already had all of the shops info and I got a quote and delivery schedule in 5 mins.. Cost me $450 and I picked up the crate at a distribution center vice delivery to the house. Don't remember how much extra driveway delivery would've cost... The Carkitinc people advertise now that they use a smaller crate. That's great because I swear they put the Ashmart pieces in a huge crate that was probably designed for a whole Lamborghini kit car. I had to strap this thing on top of the railings and it stuck out a lot. I wa nervous driving it through a bridge tunnel but made it ok. Is your xkr a coupe or convertible? .
Thanks for the reply it put my mind at ease about the shipping. i would love to see some photo updates with your progress. also, could you share a picture of how the front clip mounts to the frame. i want to weld in some supports for structural integrity in preparation for a 4.6 and would like to see how the front clip mounts.
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Sad to hear Nomad! You must be power hungry if you're saying the xkr power isn't enough! Lol I contemplated going the 4.6 ford route... Chevy was just cheaper and the deal on the 6spd I couldn't pass up. Maybe to your luck (or at least compensate for your bad luck), Carkitinc on eBay has an Ashmart kit listed for $2000! Does say local pickup only but I'm sure freight quote could do that for ya.
search for "ash-Mart" and you should find it easily...
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Nomad By Nature (11-16-2012)
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Sad to hear Nomad! You must be power hungry if you're saying the xkr power isn't enough! Lol I contemplated going the 4.6 ford route... Chevy was just cheaper and the deal on the 6spd I couldn't pass up. Maybe to your luck (or at least compensate for your bad luck), Carkitinc on eBay has an Ashmart kit listed for $2000! Does say local pickup only but I'm sure freight quote could do that for ya.
search for "ash-Mart" and you should find it easily...
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Would it be possible to sweet talk you into sharing a pic of where the front clip mounts to the frame still? i wanted to get some welding done over the weekend.
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If you do any searching around on this forum, you'll find you can easily get above 500 hp; even 600+. It won't be cheap, but it should be less than what you paid for the AM front clip.
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I don't have the front clip mounted yet, just fitted since I haven't cut te good out yet... I will take some pics though where it will be mounted from the underside and it'll make logical sense. Bummer on the engine being toast! And, what I'd give for the cool glass AM key! I saw the db7 key is just like our jag key... I've been photoshopping the rear windows to see how I can make them more AM like.. Pics up this evening. Stay tuned. R
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I don't have the front clip mounted yet, just fitted since I haven't cut te good out yet... I will take some pics though where it will be mounted from the underside and it'll make logical sense. Bummer on the engine being toast! And, what I'd give for the cool glass AM key! I saw the db7 key is just like our jag key... I've been photoshopping the rear windows to see how I can make them more AM like.. Pics up this evening. Stay tuned. R
As for the Emotion Control Unit ( key thingy ) its nothing more than plastic and acrylic. i could make a mold from the real key for the plastic parts, and there is a shop in town that could make the laser etched acrylic. probably cost me $45 to make a replica that you could stick the jag key fob guts into. but it wouldn't start the car like the real AM. although you could make a replica key slot and place a push button start at the bottom with a spring load to eject it. kind of like clicking a pen. I might try making a mold over the weekend to see if it can be done.
Still on the hunt for a 4.6 conversion kit or at least info on how to do it myself. funny thing is, the AM 6 speed is only a few millimeters off from bolting up to the 4.6 liter, and looking at the 5spd mustang tranny and the AM tranny, they dont look that different. but i dont even want to begin on the logistics of what it would take to pull that off. i'm putting the tranny up for sale on e-bay, local mechanic said it was in great shape.
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Ronni,
I'd be lost without you bud, those were exactly what i was looking for. time to get torching and welding, i harvested the lower front clip off the bumper of the wrecked AM and delivered it to the local fiberglass shop, they are going to fix it up for $250 without paint, then i am pulling a mold and making a glassed replica, i am going to trim off the ashmart kit lower valance and use the more open AM lower bumper. should only be about $300 in supplies to make the front bumper, also getting the headlight lenses and housing fixed so they are usable.
I'd be lost without you bud, those were exactly what i was looking for. time to get torching and welding, i harvested the lower front clip off the bumper of the wrecked AM and delivered it to the local fiberglass shop, they are going to fix it up for $250 without paint, then i am pulling a mold and making a glassed replica, i am going to trim off the ashmart kit lower valance and use the more open AM lower bumper. should only be about $300 in supplies to make the front bumper, also getting the headlight lenses and housing fixed so they are usable.
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Ronnie,
Did you have any issues with the car throwing codes due to the exhaust mods? I did something similar to my 2000 xk8, removed the middle resonators and center baffle, replaced that section with straight pipe. The CEL has been constatntly illuminated for various things. Two of the codes are P1646 & P1647 which are the upstream O2 sensors. My local Jag mech says because I deleted the cross pipe section there is not enough back pressure causing inaccurate readings. Just wondering ?
Keep the pics comming I am slowly working towards acquiring parts for the same project and need the inspiration.
Thanks,
Ron
Did you have any issues with the car throwing codes due to the exhaust mods? I did something similar to my 2000 xk8, removed the middle resonators and center baffle, replaced that section with straight pipe. The CEL has been constatntly illuminated for various things. Two of the codes are P1646 & P1647 which are the upstream O2 sensors. My local Jag mech says because I deleted the cross pipe section there is not enough back pressure causing inaccurate readings. Just wondering ?
Keep the pics comming I am slowly working towards acquiring parts for the same project and need the inspiration.
Thanks,
Ron
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Hey, Ron. Upstream means before the cat, right? I reluctantly admit to knowing some import tuner people(j/k) and some have luck with adding spark plug foulers to the sensors.. Personally, I haven't gotten a single CEL since my initial tuneup.. Maybe I will though since I only run the car intermittently in the garage.. Inspiration?? I probably discourage more people than inspire... :P
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Ronnie,
Did you have any issues with the car throwing codes due to the exhaust mods? I did something similar to my 2000 xk8, removed the middle resonators and center baffle, replaced that section with straight pipe. The CEL has been constatntly illuminated for various things. Two of the codes are P1646 & P1647 which are the upstream O2 sensors. My local Jag mech says because I deleted the cross pipe section there is not enough back pressure causing inaccurate readings. Just wondering ?
Keep the pics comming I am slowly working towards acquiring parts for the same project and need the inspiration.
Thanks,
Ron
Did you have any issues with the car throwing codes due to the exhaust mods? I did something similar to my 2000 xk8, removed the middle resonators and center baffle, replaced that section with straight pipe. The CEL has been constatntly illuminated for various things. Two of the codes are P1646 & P1647 which are the upstream O2 sensors. My local Jag mech says because I deleted the cross pipe section there is not enough back pressure causing inaccurate readings. Just wondering ?
Keep the pics comming I am slowly working towards acquiring parts for the same project and need the inspiration.
Thanks,
Ron
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They fit, Mina sold me the mufflers alone for around $350 and they tuck right in where the old ones did. They are polished stainless so they look nice under the car as well (you can see the mufflers from the side of the car low. The mufflers are set up for under axle so we had to do a bit of cutting and welding for the fit but they look good. In hind sight the resonators were overkill, now I think it is a bit too quiet. I'd started with the Mina rear muffler delete and that was OK, just wanted some more volume, then took out the center muffler and put in a Magnaflow x-Pipe muffler (which would drag as I left my driveway), it sounded like a Chevy, then took it out and put in the X-Pipe, and it got too loud at all speeds (though some folks, in their late teens, thought it sounded "cool"), then the stock mufflers went back on but they really looked like crap and it was still too loud at full throttle (kind of wake up god loud), that's when I went to the resonators and swapped the mufflers out. I should have tried without the resonators first as I think it is a bit too quiet, however at full throttle it is just about right, and wife loves it so figure I'll stop here.
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