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Triumph car tuning tips and advice. We have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Triumph from small engined family cars to large engine hot hatches and executive cars. Following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common mistakes and actually achieve the car setup you desire. Please join the forum for model specific questions and answers and to meet other owners and see what modifications they have done.
TorqueCars started providing Triumph performance part reviews, car tweak suggestions and and car modification tips and pointers back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fast growing membership of all types of cars including many, Triumph owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly one of the friendliest. In 2007 we also organised our first full car show.
Our Triumph tuning and styling articles are continually updated so for the latest Triumph performance part,tweak suggestions and and modification advice, tips and pointers please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Triumph forums and swap performance part ideas with like minded Triumph owners in the performance part forums.
We would like to hear about your interesting Triumph projects, so drop into the forum, post up a new thread and pass on your tips, we love to see members car pictures and have an ever growing gallery. Scroll down the page to see our latest tuning articles for your Triumph.
Safety Mods "Play it safe." When one starts modifying a car, little thought is usually given to the safety of the […]
Brake upgrade kits. 4 to 6 piston and larger vented disc conversions.
Uprating brakes is an essential modification. "There's always time for a brake!" Brakes – part of going fast requires that […]
Alloy wheels and their impact on handling and performance.
Some rally style alloy wheels are lighter – (less weight = more speed) and also are designed to increase the cooling of the brake disks.
Some designs hold up better to being curbed than others and some break very easily when hitting a pothole or curb at speed.
Always go for the best quality alloy wheel that you can afford and read the reports and reviews. If you do go for a different overall size you must get the suspension and tracking realigned to avoid uneven wear under acceleration.
Power gains from a sports catalyst
Catalysts are a vital component in our modern tree hugging environmentally conscious society. First TorqueCars will look at what a catalyst does and how it works.
A catalyst is actually a term used to explain anything which accelerates or performs a chemical reaction. In a car the exhaust fumes are fed through a matrix of ceramic honeycomb lined with precious metals.
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