Those clever chaps at Prolong UK have put together a hat-trick of reasons for tuners and racers to try their product out: A superb new ‘Racers Pack’ of treatments worth well over £50 – for just £30.
The high performance surface modifying lubricants have been proven at the highest level, assisting Time Attack and ‘Ten Of The Best’ champions Roger Clark Motorsport in achieving their 2010 back-to-back victories. And if they can’t worry the product in their 890 BHP weapon, it’s fair to say that most won’t! Each pack contains and Engine Treatment, Transmission Treatment and Injector Cleaner. Engine and gearbox performance and longevity can be significantly improved with the application of Prolong, with friction and heat in particular being notably reduced. The injector cleaner helps to improve injector efficiency, resulting in a cleaner burn, better drive ability and often, improved MPG.
Although very few of us have the budget and talent to compete with RCM’s considerable track prowess, this is one small, but worthwhile step in the right direction!
For more information on this, or any Prolong product, please call them Prolong UK on 01628 828473 or click on www.prolong-uk.com
Although you could be forgiven for thinking that all of the tricks are on the outside, thanks to stunning levels of presentation and material choice, the R/T range houses its real tricks inside its clinically machined billet alloy and carbon steel bodies. Öhlins have exclusively developed its own, unique, dual flow valve (DFV) technology which replaces the parallel compression valve (PCV) found in other units. Although a PCV application is a good basic design, it only uses one shim stack to allow fluid movement as the damper compresses and extends. It is very hard to change the handling characteristics of a vehicle that is damped this way. Two shim stacks may be used, but then this can have a detrimental effect on both comfort and road-holding.
Other design highlights include graduated front camber adjustments and factory matched combined damping and rebound rates on one positive detent adjuster. Height adjustment is also achieved by winding the lower mounting face up or down, rather than the spring platform, leaving the all-important free length of the spring untouched, maintaining optimum characteristics throughout its travel
If ever a car was crying out for an exhaust upgrade, then this is it! Freed from the legislative nightmares that bound Vauxhall’s engineers, Scorpions designers have created a masterpiece in stainless steel that allows the V8 to bellow its intentions, freeing up several horsepower in the process. Although the tone is much nicer than the factory intended, noise levels have been kept on the right side of sensible, ensuring that the car can maintain its role as everyday transport, as well as keeping noise scrutineers happy on track days.
The system fits to the back of the factory catalyst, maintaining road and MOT legality and uses twin 2.5” pipes, running through a sports backbox to terminate in twin 76mm Daytona tailpipes. Like every Scorpion system, each one is hand fabricated here in the UK from Aerospace grade T304 stainless steel and comes with a comprehensive lifetime warranty. Each one is priced at £649.00. For the ultimate in aural and performance improvements, Scorpion also offer a full 100 cell sports cat system for huge gas flow improvements allied to full road legality. This additional part adds £795.00. Aussie brawn and British craftsmanship… surely the perfect combination!