I have a confession to make… I’ve never really been into drag racing, until recently I’d hadn’t actually seen drag racing in person until I went along to Santa Pod to lend a hand with the 1320 Mini crew. It doesn’t mean I’ve not watched a lot of drag racing
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R56 GP 2 Diffuser
With the track day season over for another year for all but the bravest (or possibly foolish) drivers I’ve started to think about jobs to be done before the spring comes. With the power upgrades now done I’m looking at making the car quicker through the corners. My plan was
Continue readingR53 Turbo Build – Part Three (Wiring, Wiring and More Wiring)
One of the major benefits of using a standalone ECU (aside from actually being able to tune the car properly and decent throttle response!) is that the standalone ECUs usually support additional inputs/outputs above and beyond those offered in the stock configuration. The ViPEC ECU uses an extension loom that
Continue readingE46 M3 Master Cylinder Swap
Please Note: this doesn’t work unless you have someone who can make a new rod to connect between the pedal and the master cylinder, the stock one isn’t long enough. I gave up and decided to concentrate on something else, maybe I’ll revisit some day… One of the areas of my car I’d
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