Everything Works in Harmony

Jan 15, 2020 | Articles

Everything works in Harmony Tuning a vehicle is not fitting white speedometer dials, wings, skirts or even different camshafts or exhausts! Tuning is simply adjusting the three things an engine works with to be at the best possible combinations for all conditions....

Free Flow Exhaust System

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles

Do Free Flow Exhaust Systems Really Work? In years gone by, engine tuners used to throw three words at you for extracting more performance from your engine. These were head, cam, and exhaust. Because an engine is basically an air pump, the idea is to get more air into...

Altitude Can Determine Your Car’s Attitude

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles

Altitude influence Does altitude influence engine performance at all? Let us think about this for a moment. An internal combustion engine’s power output depends on the amount of air that it can suck into its combustion chambers. The more air it can get, the more fuel...

Fuel Consumption Data

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles

Suspicious claims Claims about fuel consumption data can be the subject of many heated discussions. During such discussions, it is often difficult to determine fact from misinformation. You will stumble upon that car owner claiming that he can squeeze 16 km/l from his...

Flywheel Lightening – Will It Improve Your Car’s Performance

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles

The flywheel You may be aware of the fact that tuners and racing car drivers lighten their engine’s flywheels to improve performance. The question remains, is this an effective strategy and will it be worthwhile to lighten your car’s flywheel? To understand how this...

Power Requirements – How Much Is Enough?

Nov 11, 2019 | Articles

How much power do you really need? What do you think is the acceptable power requirement for the average South African car owner? Nothing less than too much, that will be just enough, is usually the answer. As South Africans, we are notorious for having a fondness for...