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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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does anyone know of any, pref near dartford

my car is now on the road just needs a setup

i was going to take it to dartford tuning but called them today and he has just sold his rollers

someone suggested sanspeed in bexleyheath but ive been tols far too many bad stories about them
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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i personaly wont use sanspeed for my own reasons, best bet is engine advantages in essex mate

think theres a rr up near brands hatch but not 100%
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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head north of the water to grove garage in hornchurch. it's not that much further and i really can't praise the guys there enough. mark set my s2 up not long back and it was alot stronger than before. it'll deffo be worth the extra miles. he don't use rollers though, does it all live on the road. in my opinion it's the only way to setup cars cos it's real world conditions. not simulated
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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There are no decent places in Kent. Good thing that DT sold their rollers, they didn't know how to use them in the first place

And Sanspeed seem to think that an RST doesn't create a enough heat during a run and thus doesn't need a cooling fan


If I were you, take a nice drive around the M25 to Uxbridge and see Chris Todd at Torque of the Devil. He used to always work on my car when he was at Power Engineering. He is a top bloke. As for setting cars up on the road being better? The only people that say that are people that do not have Rolling Roads LOL.
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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In much the same way as those who dis the Veyron.
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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here we go the old whats better debate eh. well from personal experience i've had mine set up both on and off rollers and it felt much stronger when it was set up on the road. oh and as for the veyron, it's an incredible piece of engineering, just prefer the macca f1
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Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
There are no decent places in Kent. Good thing that DT sold their rollers, they didn't know how to use them in the first place

And Sanspeed seem to think that an RST doesn't create a enough heat during a run and thus doesn't need a cooling fan


If I were you, take a nice drive around the M25 to Uxbridge and see Chris Todd at Torque of the Devil. He used to always work on my car when he was at Power Engineering. He is a top bloke. As for setting cars up on the road being better? The only people that say that are people that do not have Rolling Roads LOL.
I agree with everything Tony has just said, plus i live in Dartford i should know
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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think ill be going over the water then :bigcry:

i used to use race power but keith and jim no longer work together, sold their rollers and have gone separate ways....... i dont know where keith is but ive been told that jim is now working on his own down borough green and has rollers there?? anyone know anymore???
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Another loss to the automotive industry
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Originally Posted by homer j
here we go the old whats better debate eh. well from personal experience i've had mine set up both on and off rollers and it felt much stronger when it was set up on the road.

If you had seen first hand the difference between being able to properly live map and tune a car on the road compared to the RR then you would know that the RR Dyno is a far better tool than using a section of the public road.

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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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Mine made 127 at Dartford Tuning

109 at PTS

155 @ powers, then 202 after a good proper setup with the bit's i got
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
Another loss to the automotive industry
take it you dont rate them either
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get it to Chris Todd at "Tq of the Devil" or Iian at "Power Engineering"

if you can make your mind up between the two flip a coin there right next to each other
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Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
There are no decent places in Kent. Good thing that DT sold their rollers, they didn't know how to use them in the first place

And Sanspeed seem to think that an RST doesn't create a enough heat during a run and thus doesn't need a cooling fan


If I were you, take a nice drive around the M25 to Uxbridge and see Chris Todd at Torque of the Devil. He used to always work on my car when he was at Power Engineering. He is a top bloke. As for setting cars up on the road being better? The only people that say that are people that do not have Rolling Roads LOL.
When did chriss todd come to uxbridge, i heard a little something about him starting up right opposite Powers Is this true??
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yes this is true, he works for Torque of the Devil its been open a couple of months now. good to see him back this way
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by dee00
When did chriss todd come to uxbridge, i heard a little something about him starting up right opposite Powers Is this true??
Which is in Uxbridge

I went and saw the new unit the other week, I was very impressed. Chris Todd is the only other guy apart from from APT I will trust to work on my car. He has all the tools and the knowledge to use them properly, and is a top bloke too

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Originally Posted by StuRST
Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
Another loss to the automotive industry
take it you dont rate them either

What makes you say that?
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I'll be banging on Mr Todd's door soon
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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Good man

Let me know when you go I might tag along
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Good old Kent,


You could use Gerry Frogget in Sandwich, or Bd's near sittingbourne.
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Originally Posted by BillyCabrio
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I'll be banging on Mr Todd's door soon
ill be there in about 2 week
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