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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What is brake fade and what causes brake fade?
This phenomenon known as brake fade can be quite unexpected and lethal and I would hazard a guess that 1 in 4 cars are likely to experience brake fade to some degree. Brake fade manifests itself by a spongy feel on the pedal and little or no braking force. Do not confuse brake fade with bad brakes or a mechanical fault as it applies to brake systems in relatively good condition.
Twincharging an engineWe look at how to build a twincharger setup for your car and discuss the various twincharger configurations and their performance advantages with twin turbos, supercharger or one of each.
Twincharging provides a relatively low cost way to get the best from a supercharger and turbo providing large power gains through the whole RPM band.
Stage 3 tuneTrack day tuning and motorsport preparation, find out all you need to know about taking your car to the track in our stage 3 car tuning article. All you need to know about stage 3 modification and tuning options.
Chip Tuning – better engine management.The days of fiddling around in the engine bay with a spanner to make the car go faster are numbered.
Modern engine computers (ECU’s) take over many of the controls of all aspects of engine management from timing to fuelling and more.
This actually means you get better power, a cleaner burn and more reliable engine but it does not mean the end of tuning.