Land Rover Tuning Tips and Modifications
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Land Rover car tuning tips and advice. We have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Land Rover from the classic off road models to the latest trendy Evoke and other related models. Following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common mistakes and actually achieve the car set up you desire. Please join the forum for model specific questions and answers and to meet other owners and see what modifications they have done.
TorqueCars started providing Land Rover modification advice, car modification and car tuning reviews and help back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fastgrowing membership of all types of cars including many,Land Rover owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly among the friendliest. In 2007 we also organised our first full car show.
Our Land Rover comprehensive modification articles on tuning and styling are kept upto date so for the very latest Land Rover modification,modification and tuning advice,tips and pointers please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Land Rover forums and swap modification ideas with like minded Land Rover owners in the modification forums.
If you have a Land Rover project underway we would love to hear about it, the Gallery section in the forum contains some interesting projects. Scroll down the page to see our latest tuning articles for your Land Rover.
Our members frequently talk about their latest mods and power figures. Many of our members have remapped their diesel engines and boast of more power, better economy and unchanged reliability.
But do the claims live up to reality? What sort of power figures can you get from a diesel remap? Diesels have really come so far in a very short time. Read More...
Remaps for diesel engines Read More...
Some rally style alloy wheels are lighter – (less weight = more speed) and also are designed to increase the cooling of the brake disks.
Some designs hold up better to being curbed than others and some break very easily when hitting a pothole or curb at speed.
Always go for the best quality alloy wheel that you can afford and read the reports and reviews. If you do go for a different overall size you must get the suspension and tracking realigned to avoid uneven wear under acceleration. Read More...
Alloy wheels and their impact on handling and performance. Read More...
Uprating brakes is an essential modification.
"There's always time for a brake!"
Brakes – part of going fast requires that one is able to stop as fast.
The brake works with a friction pad, which is pressed against a Disc – the friction converts the momentum of the car into heat which is then dissipated over the brake disc slowing up the car.
Heat is a big problem with heavy braking and a racecar must be prepped to cope with the high heat demands placed on the braking system.… Read More...
Brake upgrade kits. 4 to 6 piston and larger vented disc conversions. Read More...
Both work on the same principle they blow air into the engine under pressure. Both have a turbine which spins up depending on the engine speed and the higher the revs the greater the volume of air is forced into the engine. But there are some major differences between the two and which is best for your project? Read More...
Comparison of Turbo’s and superchargers Read More...Car Tuning
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