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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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Complete guide to the differences between Miller, Otto and Atkinson Cycle Engines and the pros and cons of each type of engine.
Converting a FWD to a RWD
We look at converting a front wheel drive car to rear wheel drive. Problems and shortcuts and suggestions for a FWD to RWD conversion project guide. For this reason, most high power cars and motorsport cars have a rear wheel drive setup. Even front engined street cars are converted with a mid mounted engine and rear wheel drive.
Cars are more fun to drive when the power is to the back wheels. It makes for lots of oversteer rather than the safer and more predictable understeer manufacturers build into FWD cars.
Sports ignition coils and performance coil packs
Lets look at the job of the coil in the spark system and see what it does.
Just as a power transformer converts mains 240 volts into a usable 9 volts for your charger or appliance a coil will increase the voltage.
A car battery/alternator will produce a paltry 12volts, certainly not enough to jump an air gap and create a spark.
An ignition coil raises the voltage in some installations between 20 and up to 40,000 volts and this allows the creation of a spark which can jump the air gap between the plugs.
Suspension setup and suspension settings and fine tuning.
Fine tuning your suspension setup for your driving style. “Thank you for reading our comprehensive suspension setting guide” Many people […]
