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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.
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.
Suspension settings, lowering and stiffening
On the track your priority is fast cornering and suspension plays a large part in this. Track conditions are quite forgiving and you can make some compromises like using hard suspension and lowering the car for optimum aerodynamics and a low centre of gravity.
This works well because tracks are fairly flat and you do not have a carrier bag full of eggs in the car from your return trip to the supermarket.
Best Performance spark plugs, sports coils and HT leads
The best spark plugs & HT leads improve performance. "Lets spark up about engines" An efficient engine needs a good […]
Spoiler aerodymics rear spoiler design and construction
We look at how spoilers work? We also explain the difference between a spoiler and a wing. Spoilers are generally closer to the body of the car and help diffuse the air.
Wings are mounted much higher up and have an aerodynamic effect of creating downforce
