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NOVEMBER 2018
Sole agencies:
At well over R17 a litre from earlyNovember, petrol has never
beenmore expensive. But to my mindthat doesn’t mean we must
stopdriving or having fun with our cars,but we do need to make sure
they are as efficient as they canpossibly be. Sure, you don’t
expect a MustangSupercharged to sip fuel, but youcan still engineer
it to be as efficientas it can be for its power output and
intended usage.At the end of the day, you wantwhat comes out of
the exhaust tonot include a molecule of unburntfuel – whether it be
petrol or diesel!Efficiency as a concept goes handin hand with
performance tuningwhich is why we have always beenfans of the
Unichip ‘piggyback’system. A proudly South African product, it has
gone through multiple
versions, each one improving on itspredecessor and adding
functionally.With it you can have multiple“maps”, an anti-theft
function, andin the latest version qualified tunerswill be able to
take even morecontrol. With the fuel price where it is, making sure
every car in yourfamily or business fleet is as efficientas
possible is a must.
Rob Green
[email protected]
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CHOOSE A WINNER!An RGMotorsport-tunedVolkswagen Golf GTI
clinchedanother major track championshipwhen Keagan Masters won
theGTC2 category of the Sasol GlobalTouring Car series at Zwartkops
onSaturday October 20. He was thereigning champion, having
beentuned to victory by us in 2017 too!“We’re able to apply what we
learn on the track to ourconversions for roadgoing cars,
somotorsport remains an essentialpart of speeding up our
R&D,”Steve Green said. “If you want topush the limits the track
is theplace to do it and when it comesto turbocharged Golfs we’ve
beendominant for more than a decadein national championships, first
inBridgestone Product Cars and nowwith GTC2.”
DID YOU KNOW? We mentioned efficiency in ourintroduction, and
timely servicingand maintenance is an importantpart of that.
Delaying servicingwill cause a decrease in engineefficiency, not to
mentionincreased engine wear due topoor filtration of air and oil.
Now more than ever,controlling costs is critical sokeeping every
car in the fleetrunning at its optimum matters.Talk to Robert in
our servicedepartment about your car, orcars.
Dastek, inventors of the Unichip, are poised to launch their
latest product –the Uni X. While the letter may suggest it is the
10th version it isn’t – rather,it represents the culmination of
almost a quarter-century of research anddevelopment. We’ve used
their ‘piggyback’ Engine Management Computer for more than20 years
and have great faith in it. Rival products which have come onto
themarket since then have ultimately been, to a greater or lesser
extent, a copyof the basic idea.Our tuning boffins downstairs can’t
wait to get hold of it: it boasts doublethe processing speed of its
predecessor - the Uni-Q - and also operates acrossa wider voltage
range, which brings with it many possibilities – like beingable to
prevent a car from exceeding its idle speed (irrespective of what
thedriver does with the throttle pedal!). Even more information can
be fed into it (temperatures and pressures,specifically) than
before and it is designed to integrate seamlessly with thevery
latest and highly-sensitive vehicle electronics. This is also going
to makeit extremely useful as a vehicle and driver management tool,
also allowingfleet operators to more effectively control how the
vehicle is used.
X IS NEARLY HERE
A UNICORN IS ABOUT TO BE BORN
We’ve been pretty focussed on the Mustang for the last while,
but it isn’t theonly V8 which we supercharge! Back in the shop is a
Chrysler 300C SRT8, which belongs to our old friend Raghu
and to which we fitted a Whipple blower in 2014. The 6.4-litre
V8 is a monsteralready and has 480 kW and 800 Nm!But Raghu wants
more – along with the ability to get it to the tarmac. The
shopping
list for the project includes not only things like camshafts,
pistons and rods but also anuprated torque converter to handle
it.
That was then: Rob Green hands over the keys for the 300C
Supercharged to Raghu Chettyand this is now...big bore V8 has been
completely rebuilt!
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We're proud to do business with the following partners:
Stigworx, BMW Car Club, Regent Racing, Toyota Club SA, Subaru SA,
Unichip-Q,Vari brakes, Technizone, Novatune, Eibach suspension,
Roadworx, RMI, AA, Dent Express, A-Line Wheels, Drift Innovation,
VPS Midrand,Glutek, Indyoil, Ohlins, Sajco, Cazz Mania Signs and
Fox Suspension.
GIULIA GETTING THE TREATMENT
TOO HOT TO HANDLE?Without getting into a debateabout climate
change, it doesseem to be getting hotter – whichalso impacts what
is happeningunder the bonnet!Heat kills performance, andthat’s why
we offer a range ofproducts for owners of cars thatare called upon
to work hard onoccasion (whether performance ortow vehicles). We
can supplyanything from a custom Setrabengine oil cooler kit for
theMustang to water-meth injection,intercooler upgrades
forturbocharged cars and evenupgraded fan kits. Even for “ordinary”
cars it isimportant to have a coolingsystem working well – age,
wearon components like the waterpump and corrosion in the systemcan
take its toll on the coolingefficiency. Talk to our sales teamabout
your needs.
Research and Development matters and the entire point of it is
to do theR&D before something gets to market! You don’t want
your customer to beyour guinea pig.It takes time and we’ve been
working on the 375 kW/600 Nm Alfa Romeo Giulia
QV for a number of weeks, getting to understand it good and
proper before westart changing things. We’ve done some ‘before’
performance numbers and it isalready clear to us that getting the
best out of it will be influenced by how well itcan get off the
line by managing the various electronic system.The exhaust is done
- beautifully - and watch this space for more on the Alfa!
