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.
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Under bonnet temperatures are one of the biggest performance killers around.
Quite simply, you want your engine to be sucking in cold air as this carries more oxygen and will allow you to burn more fuel.
The exhaust system is one of the contributors to under bonnet temperatures. You can therefore lag the exhaust to help prevent this heat soak into the engine bay. Read More...
Ceramic exhaust coatings and exhaust wraps Read More...
Back in the good old days – the task of timing the ignition spark was performed by the distributor. The greater the RPM, the more the timing would advance.
This did a reasonable job but for the most effective power you would need to vary the timing to a greater degree than a fixed ratio advance curve. The electronic ignition system was borne. Read More...
Remapping the ECU – remaps benefits and issues Read More...
You’ve finished tuning up your engine but you find that at full throttle the engine splutters or stalls. When you get the car on a diagnostic you find that the knock sensor is kicking in to protect the engine.
Engine knock is a condition where the fuel inside the engine ignites prematurely and occurs within an engine running at high compression. (It can also be caused by other factors including low octane/poor quality fuel or hot spots within the engine.) Read More...
Benefits and drawbacks of engine water injection systems Read More...
In a performance engine you should never underestimate the need for adequate cooling.
All water cooled cars work on the principle of water being pumped around the engine and then to a radiator where it releases the heat.
Most water pumps are mechanical and run off the crank. Read More...
Electric water pumps Read More...Car Tuning
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