Category: Performance

Why do I need upgraded brakes? A lot of the performance upgrades we talk about will do to your car make it faster. It’s easy to understand why you want those. Things that slow your car down, perhaps not so much. It’s just not as exciting as tuning for speed, or handling. It’s still very… Read More

The Michelin name is one that is immediately associated with the motoring industry. A bit like Ferrari, Mercedes and Ford; Michelin tyres instantly resonate with motorists around the world and that is in no small part down to the French brand’s reputation for high quality, reliable tyres As more and more people start to think… Read More

High quality coilovers are considered as good as it gets when it comes to fast-road suspension. While you can achieve impressive results with lowering springs on their own, or a combination of lowering springs and sports dampers, they are always going to be more limited in terms of what they will do. Springs and sports… Read More

The weight of a wheel really is important. Then again, this is probably not a surprise. We wouldn’t ask the question if it wasn’t. One of the more underappreciated benefits of alloy wheels is their potential for improving handling. This is probably quite far down most people’s lists of reasons for fitting them. Normally it’s… Read More

OZ Racing are one of the leading names when it comes to alloy wheels. Having made wheels for Formula One greats, motorcyclists, track day racers and tuners around the world; the company is steeped in history despite not even being 50 years old! Motorsport and tuning go hand-in-hand sometimes, with a lot of products developed… Read More

Clutches are one of those components that you probably don’t immediately think about when tuning a car, but which nevertheless perform an essential function in getting the power from your engine to the wheels. The role of the clutch is to connect your engine to your gearbox. When you don’t have your foot on the… Read More

So, we’ve already had a look at how to get more bhp out of your car but there is another way to get it going faster without ever touching the engine. We’re talking, of course, about improving its handling. Handling improvements might not be as glamorous as big power figures – and they won’t give… Read More

Whether you’re tuning a car or tyre-kicking for a new one, there’s one figure that petrolheads (or dieselheads?) always like to see more of: brake horsepower (BHP). Even though it’s hard to determine a car’s performance from a solitary figure on a piece of paper, along with 0-60, top speed and torque; people have a… Read More

One of the best bits of news for British motorists in the past couple of years has been the ever-increasing number of highly capable all-season tyres arriving on the market. While older all-season tyres often represented less than ideal compromises in grip and handling, many of the newest all-season tyres tend to do most things… Read More