March 2012 Blog Posts (47)

Now i've been into cars since i was knee high to a grasshopper, and regulary got my hands dirty doing my own work etc, but slowly got a sidetracked away from it all and got other people to do it for me etc -until today...



See my sisters boyfriend has had a few problems with his alarm on his MK4 astra, and with a little digging we found out it was a common problem with the powersounder batteries failing.…

Here are the shots from the March Fueltopia / InCarNation monthly meet at Ace Cafe! …

 most of americans are not aware of what the world thinks of us; in the cold war era, most countries thought us as a bunch of cowboys, brash, independent and very sure of our selves; no with the beast from the east (china) becoming the dominate force in the world, there is another view, and it is one of any ugly american. granted, many people have made us out to be fat and lazy, no longer on the cutting edge or noteworthy for all that matters, any more. and for that reason, many of us here…

Really really late on this one I know, but I'm catching up ;) here are the shots from the February meet at Ace Cafe ;)…

Many moons ago at the age of 17 I started off into my world of motoring with a humble Vauxhall Nova, it wasn't fast it wasn't stylish and it most certainly wasn't cool but never the less it was my first car and I loved every mile.

I did the usual tinkering in a vein attempt to make it quicker and socially acceptable and in my eyes I had succeeded but perhaps not in the eyes of others but hey what did I care I was on the road and I was free.

After a couple of…

If you ever wanted to know what life on the road with Buttsy Butler is like then all you need to do is check out these video shorts by Zero Media!

Luke Wilson got invited along to join the Irish drifters as they went to smoke tyres, cause chaos and drink beer at the 2012 Essen…

Finally the engine in the trusty BMW 318is went to the big scrapyard in the sky... And all I got was this picture.

Bye bye BMW

On the way to Lydden Hill Raceway the temp guage shot into the red and the engine popped -…

Cosworth have just released their own forged pistons to work with Cosworth gaskets and rods for the  Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine, as also used by Lotus.



These forged pistons are designed and manufactured 100% in house at Cosworth.



They feature green Xylan skirts which is a Teflon based…

An extra 100hp at the flick of a switch!

The 2012 Camaro is finally going on sale in the UK in the late Spring, and it’s going to be the 426bhp 6.2 litre V8 version!

That means that anyone who brought a 2010 and later V6 Camaro in as a personal import is going to be at a serious power…

There has been much chat and speculation about the 'incident' at the ring last week with Liam Doran and his 650hp Nissan GTR - however Liam caught up with motoring website Car Throttle to set the record straight after a not so accurate web-piece by another well known website.

However, the builders of the car Litchfield have released the footage of Liam in his GTR before the accident - check out the video below and then say this guy can't drive as the mighty Nissan gets put…

so nearly 20 and at university i have now just finished my own website, will be posting about my life and also about my cars

Infact i have a new one so anyone interested in learning needs to go to my website, im also doing graphics so anyone on here can go to my website if i get a good response ill make a form and will start making FuelTopia logos for you profile picture...

I am trying to bring interest into my site so more the better....…

Balancing twin Webers or twin throttle bodies used to be a bit of a black art only known to a handful of engine building wizards.



However the truth is it’s not really that difficult if you have the right tools, and Webcon have just introduced a new Synchrometer to their range. This one is calibrated…

PRO Range of reuseable oil filters from Viper Performance are intended for competition and race cars although they can also be used on road cars and classics where original filter elements are becoming difficulty to source.



The filter is completely re-usable, The washable stainless steel filter…

Viper Performance recently launched a range of stainless steel braided hoses and end fittings. Now the company have released a range of assorted washers and O rings to help you fit their products.



The first three in this range are specially designed for use with Viper braided hose…

The leading German Porsche tuning house, Speed Art, have just released  their new SP91-R.



The SP91-R is based on the new Porsche 911/991 Carrera S. The photograph shows the initial version with CS-rear wing and modular 21” LSC-FORGED wheels although Speed Art also have wide arched version in the…

Bit of an update on the progress of the SuperPower Bantam set to race in the hugely popular Supercharged Outlaws class in 2012.

Yesterday we did a few of the smaller jobs that seemed to take ages!  but they all need doing.

First up I made a parachute lever and fitted this to the chassis, very important piece, made all the linkage too (not shown in photo) and tested, worked perfectly.…

Piper are amongst the first performance cam specialists to offer performance cams for the Ford Fiesta Mk 7 Sigma Ti-VCT engine.



The Piper Cams are available in both BP270 Fast Road or BP285 Ultimate Road profiles.



The cams will give a substantial improvement in power and torque when combined…

last night we dropped teaser on the progress of the Jaffa S14, but today the guys in the workshop have made great progress and have married up the rear arches and rear bumper.

Already with the panels just in its plain white finish, you can see how the car will take on its new form. Credit to the panels and…

BMW specialists, M-Style are now offering their own Wide Body Kit Conversion for all BMW X6 models (except X6M).





The kit consists of the front bumper spoiler add on, wide side skirts, rear bumper lower skirt & diffuser and a wide arch conversion kit.



As you would expect from M-Style…