[s-cars] Avantissimo light

Wed Feb 9 06:02:13 PST 2011

Nicely done baloney, nicely done.

When the shitbox dodge caravan crossed 4 lanes to make a left and found my
Maacovant in its way and the insurance company declared it dead--I had the
same evil thoughts you're having now. The only differences are, your car
will have a motor in which pistons did NOT kiss valves, you have a garage,
and "people" nearby. F'n go for it! Everyone told me--ther's better track
car platforms--true, but who cares. Do it anyway, and don't be shy about it.

-Gut it, everything behind the firewall(a door card is 20lb.!!!)
-Ditch the roof rack
-Take out the stupid sunroof
-Rear Diff
-Dare I say it--Drop the transmission-- replace with 6-speed
-3 inch exhaust, NO MUFFLERS, (run the wastegate exhaust separate--out just
behind front wheel)
-Track density engine/trans mounts
-coilovers
-BBK's
-RS2
-20lb seats
-rollcage
-Hoosiers
-FLAT BLACK PAINT, clear corners
-Earplugs

Make us proud!!!

-serge
03 S8

> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Since you called her by her name... it's Avantissimo _light_, right? So,
> before adding, you should remove! What about ditching everything behind the
> front seats to make it lighter - you have rear seats in the red one anyway,
> even in the M3; who needs 3 rear benches - welding the rear doors and making
> her the first Sehrleichtjagtavant (AFAIK), ala Aston Marin
> (http://www.astonmartins.com/virage/v8_long_chassis_shooting_brake_roos.htm)
> . Of course, this would make BBK, deep rumble 3" exhaust and large hp figure
> mandatory to keep up with the lineage, and rolled rear fenders with big
> meaty tires wouldn't hurt (memories of some black S-beast Avant of Northern
> Europe I can't find a link to). The wood roof bars are optional
> http://www.partaj.cz/clanky/aston-martin-dbs-shooting-brake-1970-48.html),
> not sure they would really fit on a Jagtavant. But, all black, with tinted
> windows, I'm sure it would fit your requirements of an urban assault
> marauder... in a exhilarating bad-ass way.
> 
> Beside, you would save around about 630K$ compared to its ancestor
> (http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/super-rare-650k-aston-martin-shooting
> -brake-up-for-auction-ar94638/picture371139.html). Second, but not least, it
> would make a lot of room to sleep off a decent number of beers at S-Fest ;
> 
> I would figure 5K for the Sehrleichtjagtavant conversion if the
> Zukommensehrleichtjagtavant paint is good enough that welding the rear doors
> does not require a full respray and your skills include enough creativity to
> make a nice looking trunk booth from the front doors back without hiring a
> interior designer. Considering how unique this all-black-bad-ass would be, I
> would even make without the RS2 conversion to fit in the budget. But it's
> just me and my crazy ideas.
> 
> 
> 
> Vincent - dreaming of what if I had as many 15K as projects - F
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of bill mahoney
> Sent: 7 February 2011 18:02
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Hap Maguire
> Subject: [s-cars] Avantissimo light
> 
> Hap, et.al.,
> Thanks for the great ideas and responses.
> I have yet to set my eyes upon this potential rat rod S-car, a concept
> pioneered by Vincent up north and Serge of Crooklyn fame.
> That said, Serge's Maaco Blue avant met an untimely demise in a Crooklyn
> intersection IIRC, and Vincent's Silver (some called it rusted) Bullet was
> simply overcome when more systems were not working than were.
> It will be interesting to see what rolls off the car carrier in a week or
> two.  Hard to say.  The PO didn't even know it had seat heaters and was
> using it as a, so called, Greenwich "Station Car."  Oh my!
> Bill~jnr on too many level's~M
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:01:29 -0800 (PST)
> From: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Avantissimo light
> To: Vincent <s.sikss at gmail.com>, bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>,
> s-car-list at audifans.com, Hap Maguire <captmagu at gmail.com>
> Message-ID: <907664.23928.qm at web39421.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> 
> That isn't a bad idea.  How light could a UrS4 be if you stripped out anything
> that didn't look like a street-legal track car?
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Vincent <s.sikss at gmail.com>
> To: bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com>; s-car-list at audifans.com; Hap Maguire
> <captmagu at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 5:56:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Avantissimo light
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Since you called her by her name... it's Avantissimo _light_, right? So,
> before adding, you should remove! What about ditching everything behind the
> front seats to make it lighter - you have rear seats in the red one anyway,
> even in the M3; who needs 3 rear benches - welding the rear doors and making
> her the first Sehrleichtjagtavant (AFAIK), ala Aston Marin
> (http://www.astonmartins.com/virage/v8_long_chassis_shooting_brake_roos.htm)
> . Of course, this would make BBK, deep rumble 3" exhaust and large hp figure
> mandatory to keep up with the lineage, and rolled rear fenders with big
> meaty tires wouldn't hurt (memories of some black S-beast Avant of Northern
> Europe I can't find a link to). The wood roof bars are optional
> http://www.partaj.cz/clanky/aston-martin-dbs-shooting-brake-1970-48.html),
> not sure they would really fit on a Jagtavant. But, all black, with tinted
> windows, I'm sure it would fit your requirements of an urban assault
> marauder... in a exhilarating bad-ass way.
> 
> Beside, you would save around about 630K$ compared to its ancestor
> (http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/super-rare-650k-aston-martin-shooting
> -brake-up-for-auction-ar94638/picture371139.html). Second, but not least, it
> would make a lot of room to sleep off a decent number of beers at S-Fest ;
> 
> I would figure 5K for the Sehrleichtjagtavant conversion if the
> Zukommensehrleichtjagtavant paint is good enough that welding the rear doors
> does not require a full respray and your skills include enough creativity to
> make a nice looking trunk booth from the front doors back without hiring a
> interior designer. Considering how unique this all-black-bad-ass would be, I
> would even make without the RS2 conversion to fit in the budget. But it's
> just me and my crazy ideas.
> 
> 
> 
> Vincent - dreaming of what if I had as many 15K as projects - F
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of bill mahoney
> Sent: 7 February 2011 18:02
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Hap Maguire
> Subject: [s-cars] Avantissimo light
> 
> Hap, et.al.,
> Thanks for the great ideas and responses.
> I have yet to set my eyes upon this potential rat rod S-car, a concept
> pioneered by Vincent up north and Serge of Crooklyn fame.
> That said, Serge's Maaco Blue avant met an untimely demise in a Crooklyn
> intersection IIRC, and Vincent's Silver (some called it rusted) Bullet was
> simply overcome when more systems were not working than were.
> It will be interesting to see what rolls off the car carrier in a week or
> two.  Hard to say.  The PO didn't even know it had seat heaters and was
> using it as a, so called, Greenwich "Station Car."  Oh my!
> Bill~jnr on too many level's~M
> _______________________________________________
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> http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information
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