Bristol Tuning Tips and Modifications

Maximise your Bristols driving pleasure

Thank you so much for visiting TorqueCars, we love Bristol’s and see quite a few interesting projects.

If you are looking to build the ultimate Bristol then you’ve found the right place.

Our tuning tips and articles for the Bristol cover all the best mods and latest tuning methods to help you build a great modified Bristol.

With the help of our forum members, industry professionals and seasoned car modders we present a best practice guide to modding your Bristol.

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Anti lag systems

We look at Anti lag systems in cars and how these keep the turbo spinning ready to provide boost from low RPM speeds. When you lift off the throttle the engine power cuts and the turbo starts to spool down.

From this low spool state there is a delay while the turbo spins up again before it can provide any useful boost. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ALS and look at alternative options.

Cryogenic engine treatments

When putting more power through an engine you need to ensure that every part will perform at its optimum.

One of the motorsports favourite techniques to improve the durability of an engine is a process know as cryogenic treatments.

As you can guess from the use of the word Cryo – it involves the cooling and heating of the engine block to temper the metal changing its structure.

Limited slip diffs, which LSD is best for handling.

Slip diffs "Time for something DIFFrent" Every car has a slip diff but with a few tweaks you can totally […]

High performance sports exhausts systems.

TorqueCars will review sports exhausts and exhuast design as they are very popular modifications, but sadly many mistakes are made.

The job of the exhaust is to break up the sound pulse from the engine, muffling the sound and allowing the exhaust gases to escape efficiently.

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