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2008 News Review
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Alloy wheels
Alloy wheels and their impact on handling and performance
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Engine balancing
Engine balancing increases performance, allows higher engine speeds and reliability
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car mats
Tailored car mats look great but there are some things you need to look out for
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De-locking
Delocking a car improves the appearance of a car and becomes a theft deterrant
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Quarter mile calculator
Calculate your approximate best possible quarter miles time from BHP & weight
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MPG Calculator
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Aston Martin Tuning Tips and Modifications
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Aston Martin car tuning tips and advice. We have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Aston Martin from small engined family cars to large engine hot hatches and executive cars. Following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common mistakes and actually achieve the car setup 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 Aston Martin upgrades, car modifications and car styling Tips and advice back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fast growing membership of all types of Aston Martin owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly one of the friendliest. In 2007 we organised our first full car show in Kent. Our Aston Martin tuning and styling articles are continually updated so for the latest Aston Martin upgrades,modifications and styling advice, tips and pointers please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Aston Martin owners forum and swap upgrades ideas with like minded Aston Martin owners. If you have a Aston Martin project underway we would love to hear about it, the Gallery section in the forum already contains some interesting projects.
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Engine rebore
Reboring the engine will increase your displacement and the power of the engine. Not all engines can be rebored read our rebore article for the full details. Read article...
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- [ Chip Tuning ]
- [ Sports exhausts ]
- [ Diesel remaps ]
- [ Safety Mods ]
- [ Diesel Tuning ]
- [ Exhaust wraps ]
- [ Sport Catalysts ]
- [ Adding nitrous ]
- [ Quick shift kits ]
- [ Induction Kits ]
- [ Suspension settings ]
- [ intercoolers ]
- [ Porting and polishing ]
- [ Intake Valves ]
- [ Cryogenic Treatments ]
- [ Water Injection ]
- [ Camshafts ]
- [ Better spark ]
- [ Slip diffs ]
- [ Superchargers ]
- [ Engine balancing ]
- [ Turbos ]
- [ Improving braking ]
- [ Screamer pipes, BOV's ]
- [ Adding a Turbo ]
- [ Performance tyres ]
- [ Engine Swaps ]
- [ Valve Springs ]
- [ Turbo uprating ]
- [ Fuel and additives ]
- [ Electric Water pumps ]
- [ Performance clutches ]
- [ Engine Knock ]
- [ Flywheel lightening ]
- [ Strut braces ]
- [ remapped ECU ]
- [ Boost controllers ]
- [ Weight reduction ]
- [ Engine rebore ]
- [ Spoilers & Wings ]
- [ Particulate filters ]
- [ Intake vents ]
- [ Fuelling ]
- [ Roll cages ]
- [ Suspension ]
- [ Tuning for MPG ]
- [ Gearboxes ]
- [ Forced Induction ]
- [ Alloy wheels ]
- [ Engine mods ]
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