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AUTOGLYM RAISES THE BAR FURTHER
Jan 26th
What do you do when you’ve created one of the world’s best-ever car waxes? Well, if you’re royal-warranted car-care maestro Autoglym, you continue to refine and develop it until you come up with something even better. Therefore, after literally years of non-stop development, Autoglym is unveiling its extraordinary new Ultra High Definition (UHD) Wax.
Clearly not one to rest on their collective laurels, Autoglym’s crack team of white-coated boffins have been working tirelessly in their clinical lab to create a product that’s even more effective than the one it replaces. The current favourite, HD Wax, was well-loved by professional detailers and More >
COSMETICS? NO, COMETICS!
Jan 26th
Burton Power has recently increased its range of Cometic Head Gaskets both in terms of available applications and the variety of thicknesses available. In some applications there are as many as eleven thickness options available.
Cometic is one of the most respected gasket brands in motorsport and have become the gasket of choice amongst engine builders at all levels of competition and street tuning.
Cometic’s MLS gaskets are made from three or more layers of stainless steel.
Cometic uses stainless steel for increased strength, corrosion resistance and its ability to rebound to shape. The outer layers of the gasket are embossed and coated on More >
TWO-IN-ONE FROM LASER TOOLS
Jan 26th
You can see the fastener but you know you can’t get a socket or driver bit onto it without dismantling half the engine! You need this new super-slim flexi-head ratchet from Laser Tools (part number 6744).
One end is a standard ¼in square drive and the other end is a ¼in bit driver; both are reversible and lockable. However, the big advantage is the flexi-head design – both heads swivel through a full 180º at the press of the button and lock into the required position.
The fully-polished ratchet handle is very slim and 300mm long for access to difficult areas, beautifully More >
HOLLEY’S SNIPER UPGRADE FOR TWO-BARREL CARBS
Jan 26th
The new Sniper 2300 EFI System from Holley, allows you to upgrade from a two-barrel carburettor at a price that won’t put an end to all the other projects on your to-do list.
Ideal for six cylinder and small block V8 engines, the system provides idiot-proof tuning that stops cold start and hesitation issues, and also improves throttle response.
The Sniper 2300 can support up to 350bhp with more information available from www.summitracing.com ENDS.
FORTY NOT OUT FOR SEALEY TOOLS
Jan 26th
Sealey is celebrating their fortieth year in business and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to create a special promotion.
It launches on February 1 and is valid until April 30, 2018. Inside, there’s some exclusive pricing on a selection of over two hundred of their most popular products and discounts up to 55 per cent.
This promotion features Sealey’s NEW Anniversary Edition products. The three- and four-tonne trolley jacks are available in three colours – yellow, orange and green. The ‘Rocket Lift’ feature brings the lifting arm into contact with the jacking point with minimal pumps and these models come More >
LONG SLEEVES IN WINTER!
Jan 26th
DEI’s Easy Loom™ Split Line Sleeving Master Kit contains everything you need in one convenient kit to add protective split-line sleeves to an entire vehicle and is ideal for wrapping wiring harnesses for an EFI conversion.
DEI’s Easy Loom Split Line Sleeve Master Kit protects exposed wires, hoses and cables from heat and the elements. This can be especially important for high performance turbocharged vehicles where swings in engine bay temperature are common.
The kit also provides the means to create and maintain a tidy engine bay, thus minimising the risk of damaged wiring as well as making fault finding easier.
Self-wrapping Easy More >
595 REASONS …TO LOVE THIS
Jan 18th
Great to see the marvellous 595S take its bow at last weekend’s Autosport International.
I’m LOVING this
We’ve been following the little car’s gestation period over the last couple of years and know full well the efforts, blood, sweat and tears that Bespoke Vehicle Developments’ boss Mark Hill and his partner Shelley have poured into the project.
If it looks familiar that’s because Mark acquired the rights to the 595 Barchetta designed by Professor Peter Stevens in the nineties and marketed for a time by the Dove Motor Company. Originally, it was based understandably enough on a cut-down Fiat 126 platform.
Although visually similar, More >
SUPERB NEW SECURITY MARKING AND VIN SERVICE
Jan 18th
Another aspect of Bespoke Vehicle Developments business is their VIN plate stamping and part marking operation. This superb service offers many benefits – not to mention security enhancements – to kitcar owners and manufacturers especially as BVD offers a mobile service too.
They can mark any service – plastic, aluminium, steel etc – with a permanent, indelible dot pen marker so this is potentially great news for trailers and other identification purposes. You can send tell Mark what you require or alternatively he offers a mobile service too.
He can also supply DVLA-approved stamped VIN plates from a selection of templates or More >
NEW QUATTRO SPORT REPLICA
Jan 18th
Making its debut at last week’s Autosport International was the latest offering from Steve ‘Sport’ Griffiths of Severn Classics, which is a replica of the Audi Sport Quattro Group B rally car.
The original is a rally legend that debuted in 1980 and driven in competition by top-line drivers such as Michèle Mouton, Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist.
Severn’s replica features a GRP body and uses the Pie Valley Minx chassis meaning a well-tested frame that brings various MGF components such as front wishbones, although Sport’s Quattro, known as Scutellata, has fabricated rear wishbones and either an Audi V6 engine or a More >
NO GRASS GROWING IN PARTS OF SUFFOLK!
Jan 18th
There really is a great deal of activity going on at AB Performance and Aries Motorsport these days and the companies have raced into 2018.
Although Andy Bates’ and Phil Edwards’ operations remain separate they work extremely closely together and even share the same – newly extended and refurbished – site in deepest Suffolk (Aries has just relocated from South Wales) and they have lots of developments coming on-stream this year, which we’ll bring you the EXCLUSIVE on in TKC Mag and here, of course.
Not content with building a new (second) workshop and developing new models like the Escala an as More >
