faz10

do they still exist my brother wants me to get the number and i cant find it in the performance ford mag or didnt see it on here?

is that the name they go by or are they not around anymore..?? oh and is there somewhere in the forum that has a list of all the specialist rs turbo tuners and there contact details?? like a little holy black book?? lol

wayneclayden

01952 588005
They also call themselves MTS now...

rsjp

mts now ,still run by that wanker i suppose ,change of name dosent mean any better service does it

wayneclayden

Fastmaul

Can someone also inform them that "Simply the best" is the advert slogan for Ford's biggest competitor (Chevrolet)
Ok, well...over here at least.

faz10

thanks cheers
so are they not very good in your eyes?

aduz

avoid severn valley at all costs mate

faz10

is there any reason why u say that mate?

peteh

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Stealth Bomber

Every time Severn Valley gets mentioned on here, it's a good thread!

Alloy

What does MTS stand for then?

Stealth Bomber

Muppets Tossers and Swindlers.


Perhaps

Alloy

Richie.

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Got head gasket from them once and asked me if i wanted new head bolts as they didn't usually change them !!!!!!!!!!!

faz10

so it seems like most people agree to stay away from them at all costs...???

Alloy

Well, no doubt they have built some great car's over the year's, but I have heard load's of bad stories about them, that would be enough for me to steer clear.

dojj

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last time i remember that name was way back when they were the fastest fwd or something

whats gone wrong from then to now?

a bit of gossip is always good for a quite afternoon in the office

mind you, PTS had the same sort of rep and more than a efw people warned me off of power engineering (though i have never had anything other than top service from them and also because they are 10 minutes down the road from me )
alan jeffries also get the big from me ebcause he sorted out 2 new turbos when the oil pipe let go after only 40 miles


anyone want to start a wall of shame then?
worst tuner and resons why?

i've never had any tuner give me duff service so it's also nice to see if i'm in the minority here

aduz

i once took my rs turbo there ages ago when they were considered a rs expert..i drove 100 miles to get there and when i did they hadnt got any of the parts needed for the job and didnt even ring me to let me know

once they had done the work my car ran like a bag of shite and were about as helpful as a chocolate teapot...

like i said its ur choice but i wouldnt let em work on any car of mine

Alloy

I know of a guy who had a car built by them, he said they were spot on at the start although the work being done was very expensive. He ended up driving a couple of hundred miles to leave the car off, they give him a rough guess as to how long it would take to be complete, they also told him they had everything they needed in stock to build the car up and give him a list of the upgraded part's that would be used. When he phoned them back at the time they said it would take they hadn't even started yet because they had to wait on "special" piston's coming from America ( what happened to "we have everything in stock" ) which would apparently take 6 - 8 week's for arrival. After that he waited it out a bit and phoned back a few week's later and they still hadn't finished anything yet! Once the car was eventually completed he went to collect it, they had the car sitting out on the forecort with all staff flanking the car - kind of like an unveiling in a sense. He had the car a couple of week's when the driveshaft's snapped in half, on inspection he realised it was still using the stock driveshaft's ( the car had an approx 5 fold increase in power ). He immediately got on the phone to them as on his spec list that they give him it said that heavy duty shaft's were included in the price, when he confronted them they tried to charge him a packet for new heavy duty shaft's!

As I said, they have built some great car's, but their reputation is very poor for ripping people off, they also have too many "special" and "secret" part's on their car's and claim some bullshit power figure's - the yellow Ka for example is meant to be 550bhp ( 600bhp including nitrous ) but the car run's a stock RS turbo exhaust manifold ( 300bhp maximum flow rating if I remember right ) and a T35 turbo ( RS500 T4's have a tough time getting 550bhp let alone a T35 ).

jbrayley

Didnt they also work on Tiff's Esprit on Fifth Gear? The one that kept breaking down in the attempt to reach 200mph?

rsjp

spot on there

rog

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Yes they did, you might be onto something there!

rsjp

as with most of there promises on a job m.t.s could stand for

MAYBE TOMORROW SUCKER

stuart collins

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Madeley testing station 01952 580558 theyve always bein ok with me but i have heard bad stories

Alloy

Why did they just change their name out of the blue? Trying to kick the bad rep?

stuart collins

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They dont do many rs turbo/cossies any more just servicing and mots think thats why

Gav Diamond

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I remember when they servised my RsTurbo.
It was good that they only changed 3 plugs and the car was soo slow to what it was before it went in.

Also my mate had the cam seals done there on his saff, again we were pleased when the cam pulleys fell off on the way home.

Waste of time, avoid at all costs.

Alloy

It just show's you then that they went from "tuning" ( rather untuning ) Ford's to MoT servicing. Something has obviously happened for them to have a fall like that.

Do you live near them stuart collins?

dojj

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tut tut
what have you started here?

Mint FRST

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Thought it was Thames Valley Motorsport that did the lotus. I may be wrong but if they did the workshop looked alot different to when I had my FRST set up there about 5 years ago.

Had my motor set up by Darren there (Like I said 5 years) ago and the service was spot on that day.

Stayed and watched whilst they did all the work and I was impressed anyway.

Alloy

Is Darren the guy that look's like Scott Carson the Liverpool goalie?

Mint FRST

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A little I spose.

MikeR

Years back when i was looking at a new engine for my rst they quoted me huge prices but promised big figures in my naivity i was seriously considering them, not now though


mike

stuart collins

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yeah they are just down the road . They also lost there engine builder[/quote]

oriont

yeh there engine guy was what made them really, but he got so fed up in the end he said no more.
thanks
dave

stuart collins

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Rons good at building engines he just got sick of them puttin them in wrong and fuckin it up

Billabong

It was Thames Valley Motorsport that did the Lotus on 5th gear....

Mint FRST

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I knew that workshop on the programme didnt look familiar.

Question is who's better SVM or TVM

Well that my opinion after seeing the Lotus performance

GT2

How come they do a Lotus???

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oriont

Ron jones is good and has helped me out a few times over the years, but he got shafted by SVM
thanks
dave