Driving the world's fastest Aston Martin (2800bhp and street legal!)

Welcome to The Late Brake Show, where in this special episode Jonny drives the world's fastest Aston Martin on the road. With 2800bhp and street legal, this drag car is almost triple the power of an Aston Valkyrie. Mark Todd's monstrous '90s Virage features a 9.3-litre (568 cubic inch) Chevy-based V8 with 118mm single turbocharger, which is enough to clinch 6 second quarter mile passes at over 200mph. He's done this without slick tyres or wheelie bars.

Jonny finds an excuse to borrow Aston Martin's most powerful road car on sale today - the 715bhp twin turbo V12 DBS - and drives it to Cheshire to car swap with Mark. The cars share bonnet badges and a level of construction similarities (MoT'd and taxed for road use, carbonfibre propshaft, carbon bonnet and boot, turbo power, four wheels...) but are completely different weapons.

Tech Spec

Genuine Aluminium 1990s Aston Virage Body converted to Vantage
Hauser/Robinson built Tubular Chassis Certified SFI 25.1 legal to 6.0 seconds
Max Power 2800hp
Max torque 2400lbft (approx)
Weight 1280kg

Engine
All aluminium 568ci V8 with an aftermarket New Century block featuring 6 bolt mains
heads are EPD 14 deg spread port with PAC triple valve springs, titanium valves and titanium retainers
Crank is a 4.25” stroke forged Bryant
Rods are GRP billet Aluminium
Pistons are Diamond forged with total seal gapless rings
Camshaft is a Cam motions full roller custom to Mark's spec.
Roller Lifters are oversized Morrel
Pushrods are smith brothers double taper
Lifters are Jessel full roller
Dry Sump is a Dan Olsen pan with a Peterson R6 pump
And Peterson tank
Throttle body is a 102mm by Fast
Turbo is a single 118mm Made by precision rated at 2800hp
Charge cooler is a chiselled performance 3000hp
Gearbox is a mikes transmissions 2 speed power glide rated at 3000hp full roller bearing
Carbon prop shaft
Rear end is a 9.5” strange engineering with 40spline gun drilled drive shafts mounted in a heavily strengthened case.
Shocks are Penske double adjustable to rear and Strange engineering double adjustable struts to front
Ecu is a Fueltech FT600
Electric systems are via a Hardwire PDM25
Fuel is E85
Wheels are weld all round with bead locks to rear to stop wheels turning inside the tyres

Many thanks to the following for their drag racing footage:
https://www.quartermilehigh.com/
   / veedubracing  
   / mk1kieran  

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:30 new DBS
0:55 Welcome
1:50 Meeting Mark Todd
2:20 Meeting the 2800bhp ASTON!
3:00 2600bhp Pontiac GTO
3:43 Burnout
4:08 The build story
4:22 Al O'Connor drag legend
5:24 It once lived in the lounge...
5:32 Street Eliminator drag category
6:05 Parachutes on an Aston
6:47 2800bhp engine bay
8:30 Comparing to the 2020 DBS
8:50 DBS V12 engine
10:25 Out on the road
11:00 Leaving the house
11:43 Superleggera
13:10 DBS start up
13:25 Driving the DBS
14:20 0-62 in DBS in wet
15:20 900bhp without turbos
16:10 2800bhp in Friday traffic
18:53 Hard launch chat
20:25 6 sec car!
20:56 6 sec run
21:26 slow mo burnout
22:15 launch on strip
23:15 Heading to drag strip