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If you are looking to build the ultimate Daimler then you’ve found the right place.
Our tuning tips and articles for the Daimler cover all the best mods and latest tuning methods to help you build a great modified Daimler.
With the help of our forum members, industry professionals and seasoned car modders we present a best practice guide to modding your Daimler.
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Reducing the compression ratio is required if you want to run a high boost supercharged engine. High compression NA (naturally aspirated) engines are quite efficient but when adding forced induction you want to lower the compression ratio.
The compression ratio has a dramatic effect on an engines performance and the problem of knock, (where the air fuel mix prematurely ignites) is controlled to a large degree by the compression ratio.
Guide to Essential Engine Cooling Mods
If your car is overheating through heavy track day use or you’ve carried out lots of modifications you’ll need to follow our engine cooling suggestions carefully.
We cover the most common solutions to an overheating engine from radiator and coolant upgrades to more serious measures.
A guide to supercharger kits: benefits vs disadvantages
Superchargers offer the promise of substantial power gains with very few drawbacks. So lets look at the growing popularity of supercharger kits and see what its all about.
A supercharger is quite simply an air compressor which helps push more air into an engine. These are driven by a belt from the engine effectively creating pull on the engine sapping up to 30% of the engines power.
Performance Spark Plugs
Find out about spark plug electrode designs, materials used and the effect these will have on your performance and hot vs cold spark plugs.
