The Aston Martin V8 has shown itself to be adaptable to a bewildering range of options, with some versions having been developed from the standard 5.3 litre V8, through capacity increases to as high as 7 litre and with a variety of fuelling options ranging from up rated carburettors to single and double superchargers and to power and torque figures of 600bhp and 500ftlbs of torque.

These are massive increases from the standard engine, which develops around 320 bhp and produces around 250 to 260 ft lbs of torque. Our policy at the Aston Workshop is to offer options that we feel confident that we can do from within our own resources and capabilities. We therefore limit what we offer to a maximum size of 6.3 litre with a minor increase in stroke and limited increase in the bore size. The engine configuration is geared to maximising usable torque, rather than power and target figures would be around 450bhp and 380 to 400ft lbs of torque.

If even more power and torque is desired, however, than we would source already developed upgrade kits from other specialists and the potential range of these are large.

Complimentary Transmission, Suspension, Brake upgrades for the Ultimate engine are as follows:

As with the fast road engine enhancements plus:

• 6 pot racing and ventilated front brakes and callipers
• Full flow engine oil cooler (as opposed to the bypass oil cooler system fitted as standard)