Caterham Tuning Tips and best mods
Maximise your Caterham’s driving pleasure
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If you are looking to build the ultimate Caterham then you’ve found the right place.
Our tuning tips and articles for the Caterham cover all the best mods and latest tuning methods to help you build a great modified Caterham.
With the help of our forum members, industry professionals and seasoned car modders we present a best practice guide to modding your Caterham.
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Tuning boxes
Tuning boxes are often slated because there are so many rip off devices around. We look at the truth about tuning boxes and help our readers identify the piggy back ecu’s that are worth having. What does a piggy back ECU do? How do they work and are they worth buying?
DMF vs solid flywheel conversionsWe look at the benefits and disadvantages of solid flywheel conversions from a DMF and help you decide which is right for you.
It is our considered opinion that unless a car is used extensively for competition or off road you should stick with a DMF. The additional torque caused by tuning an engine or heavy competition use can quickly destroy a DMF. The solution would be to fit a stronger, higher performance DMF but the aftermarket industry seems geared up to offer solid ones as the upgrade option.
How to add a turbo to a non turbo car.Adding a turbo or supercharger is a fairly complex modification so we’ll cover the basics of adding a turbo upgrade in this article. The idea of doubling your power with one “simple turbo upgrade” is certainly appealing, but what is involved in a turbo conversion project? What are the common problems when a car is turbocharged? How do you add a turbo safely to a car?
Benefits & advantages of Winter tyres & snow tyresWith the poor winter driving conditions hitting the UK in 2010 many drivers are looking at winter tyres. Other countries are prepared for the snow and poor weather and are used to the concept of winter tyres.
So what are winter tyres, what do they do and are they a good idea?