Morgan Tuning Tips and Modifications
Maximise your Morgans driving pleasure
Morgan car tuning tips and advice, which takes into account the essential Morgan feel of your car. Without compromising what Morgan have built we have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Morgan from small classic models to the very latest and track day special editions. So by following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common pitfalls and 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 Morgan upgrade advice reviews, car modification and car tuning suggestions and help back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fast growing membership of all types of cars including, Morgan owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly one of the friendliest.
Our Morgan tuning articles and styling tips and features are constantly being updated and refined so to keep up to date with what is hot in the tuning world and for the most recent Morgan upgrade advice,modification and tuning advice, engine maintenance and tuning tips please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Morgan forums and swap upgrade advice ideas with like minded Morgan owners in the performance tuning and technical advice forums.
If you have a Morgan 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 Morgan.
Choice of fuel becomes more critical in a high compression or turbo engine.
"One of my Pet(rol) hates!"
Fuel: this is regulated by a pressurise valve at the engine end – generally more fuel means more power but you also need more air as well – certainly an induction kit on larger engines and preferably a turbo or supercharger.
If the mixture is too rich a catalyst would be destroyed as unburned fuel enters the catalyst and burns inside it melting the catalytic structure so there is a delicate balance to maintain. … Read More...
How to avoid engine knock and pinging
So what exactly is engine knock and how dangerous is it? What causes engine knock and how can it be avoided?
You may notice a knocking or rattling noise from your engine or a sudden loss of power under full throttle.
Immediately back off the throttle and only use low rpm engine speeds until you can get the engine investigated.
The chances are that you are suffering from a condition known as “engine knock”. Read More...
Particulate filters and FAP Performance gains.
The particulate filter is a stand alone unit. It is located upstream of the cat in the exhaust system and its purpose is to remove soot particles from the gas stream. The cat the proceeds to do its usual job of converting CO to CO2 and is in no way dependent or relied upon by the particulate filter.
In diesels the cats are two way devices and run in unregulated mode (ie. no O2 sensor like a petrol car). Read More...
What is an induction kit and what does it do.
As induction kits are probably one of the most popular modifications for car tuning projects we thought we should add a introductory article to explain what they are, what they do and the theory behind them.
An induction kit is quite simply an air filter. Most cars have air filters mounted in an air box. These filters are generally constructed of paper which filters out the particles from the air and prevents these from getting into the engine. The airboxes are designed to reduce the noise of the engine and have various vanes and angles cut to maximise this noise reduction. Read More...
Todays featured car tuning article
High performance valve springs
The valves are like the doorways into the engine and control the flow of the intake air and fuel and then after combustion they control the exit of the exhaust gases.
As you can guess the valve springs work incredibly hard, and as you increase the power of your engine the valve choice is vital.
TorqueCars will now take a look at the many considerations taken into account when selecting valve springs. Read More...
Car Tuning
Engine Swaps
Suspension
Remote Turbo Kits
Nos Nitrous
Engine Balancing
Boost Controllers
Engine Tuning
Car Styling
Car Mats
Gullwing Doors
Painting Calipers
Chrome Paint
Stretched Tyres
Styling Themes
Debadged Grills
Articles
Air Conditioning
Dashboard Cleaning
Spark Plugs
Driving Weather
Car Buying Tips
Heel Toe Gearchange
Storing Car