Renault engine tuners in the South

[DSilvaSport]

I'm looking for the nearest Renault engine tuner to Portsmouth. I know K-tec is in Verwood but don't believe they have a rolling road.

I need a race engine built for a Williams. Where do people get these engines built in the hampshire area?

regards

 

[SharkyUK]

K-Tec have a rolling road. But there are plenty of options if you are willing to travel a bit further.

 

[Fred@BTM]

They do have a rolling road! But an engine builder doesn't need a rolling road or engine dyno, the person mapping it does!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Swindon race engines?

 

[Dan@SJM]

They do have a rolling road! But an engine builder doesn't need a rolling road or engine dyno, the person mapping it does!

Atleast it would make good power there...

 

[DSilvaSport]

Sharky/Fred, do you rebuild your own engines? I'm really after a place that has worked with these engines before and that knows what they are talking about - maybe I don't need a 'race engine' but an engine I can go race with, if you get my drift.

I've purchased a cheap W2 to harvest some parts for my W1 and will use whats left of the car to go racing, with the addition of some other parts. The engine is rattly atm and I need an accurate diagnosis then a race oriented rebuild.

 

[JackJack]

Fred@btm in Birmingham or Dan@519 in Bedford would be my choice for building a race engine.

 

[DSilvaSport]

Atleast it would make good power there...

So thats kinda what I'm after, with reliability. have you used them Danlp6?

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Www.cliowilliams.co.uk

dedicated Williams owners club , should get some decent advise from the forum.
only tuners round this way are Ktec as far as I know.

 

[Dan@SJM]

So thats kinda what I'm after, with reliability. have you used them Danlp6?

No. However a car on my local rolling road that made 173, went on to make 187 at ktec with no changes...

 

[Lawro]

Try Josh and Mike at CookSport, great quality work. Not exactly local but not a million miles away!

 

[Daniel]

I'd be speaking to Sandy Brown Race Engines and / or Nick at Pure Motorsport.

Both down cornwall way.

 

[DSilvaSport]

Cornwall, Bristol, Bedford and Birmingham...or Verwood. I think I might need to accept that I have to travel!. Or attempt it myself.

Is it feasible to send the head off for some work, do the cams and/or TB myself etc then get it mapped locally? I've changed a couple of head gaskets in the past, nothing more. I've got funds to buy some equipment that may be needed.

 

[SharkyUK]

Sharky/Fred, do you rebuild your own engines? I'm really after a place that has worked with these engines before and that knows what they are talking about - maybe I don't need a 'race engine' but an engine I can go race with, if you get my drift.

I've purchased a cheap W2 to harvest some parts for my W1 and will use whats left of the car to go racing, with the addition of some other parts. The engine is rattly atm and I need an accurate diagnosis then a race oriented rebuild.

Mate - I don't do the rebuilds as I don't have the know-how or facilities but Fred (BTM) is currently building a rather nicely spec'd high-compression forged NA engine for me. Fred, Dan@519, names worth keeping in mind. Just be careful where you end up going though as choosing the wrong person/company for the job will cost you a small fortune.

 

[cliokid182]

No. However a car on my local rolling road that made 173, went on to make 187 at ktec with no changes...

Maybe your car wasnt warmed up propley when it made 173 on your local rolling road.

 

[Addicted]

Maybe your car wasnt warmed up propley when it made 173 on your local rolling road.

Yes, yes that must be it.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Maybe your car wasnt warmed up propley when it made 173 on your local rolling road.

My car was perfectly warm, made 200bhp.

The car in question was also up to temperature.

 

[Fred@BTM]

there won't be a 14bhp difference because of cold start

 

[Sir_Dave]

I'd be speaking to Sandy Brown Race Engines.

He's more of a race engine designer tbh, wouldnt classify him as just a builder lol.

For a Williams i'd be looking at their forum tbh, www.nearlyallrustedawaynow.com - probably far more info about them than on here

 

[Daniel]

He's more of a race engine designer tbh, wouldnt classify him as just a builder lol.

For a Williams i'd be looking at their forum tbh, www.nearlyallrustedawaynow.com - probably far more info about them than on here

The op wanted a race engine, no?

 

[cliokid182]

there won't be a 14bhp difference because of cold start

I thought there would be that easy ...... I dont know alot about these engine's tho

 

[Oz172cup]

www.enginetuner.co.uk (Alan Jeffries-Plymouth)
Rebuilds engine from new or refurbs old and has rolling road and mapping.

 

[Chip-mk1]

What ECU are you planning on using on it?

As the standard one is horrible with a "race" cam in it, and the number of people prepared to map it at all is very small.



What use are you putting it to, cause to me a race engine is forged pistons and no longer really suitable for daily use as they just dont last anywhere near as long doing cold starts as a standard engine.

 

[Sir_Dave]

The op wanted a race engine, no?

There are race engines (off the shelf parts built up), & there are RACE engines (bespoke parts, designed & made, then built up) though, Sandy is the latter.

From reading a couple of the chaps posts, i dont think he wants to drop £10k on an engine, he also mentioned k-tec, which suggests Sandy wouldnt be the right person.

 

[Chip-mk1]

There are race engines (off the shelf parts built up), & there are RACE engines (bespoke parts, designed & made, then built up) though.

From reading a couple of the chaps posts, i dont think he wants to drop £10k on an engine, he also mentioned k-tec, which suggests Sandy wouldnt be the right person.

TBH even the guys on here who are racing with their clios dont have anything like what I would consider a race engine, as they are racing in series intended for more mild cars in the first place (although getting less so every year!)

As a bare minimum I'd expect solid lifters and big rpm for example before I considered it a race engine, I have previously included solid lifters in road/trackday engine builds for example!

 

[Daniel]

There are race engines (off the shelf parts built up), & there are RACE engines (bespoke parts, designed & made, then built up) though, Sandy is the latter.

From reading a couple of the chaps posts, i dont think he wants to drop £10k on an engine, he also mentioned k-tec, which suggests Sandy wouldnt be the right person.

You are assuming.

The op asked for someone to build him a race engine. I recommended someone who is good at building proven race engines.

If the op had asked for someone to fit a set of cams and itb's, then I'd have suggested a whole load of other people.

I can only go by the information provided David!!

 

[Sir_Dave]

You are assuming.

I'm really after a place that has worked with these engines before and that knows what they are talking about - maybe I don't need a 'race engine' but an engine I can go race with, if you get my drift.

:rasp:

 

[Daniel]

Oh. :-(

 

[Chip-mk1]

Daniel belongs to sir_dave now.

 

[Lidds]

Tim Radley. Race developments in Gloucester. Tuning god!

 

[BoatNonce]

www.enginetuner.co.uk (Alan Jeffries-Plymouth)
Rebuilds engine from new or refurbs old and has rolling road and mapping.

No.

 

[Tony Hunter]

TBH even the guys on here who are racing with their clios dont have anything like what I would consider a race engine, as they are racing in series intended for more mild cars in the first place (although getting less so every year!)

As a bare minimum I'd expect solid lifters and big rpm for example before I considered it a race engine, I have previously included solid lifters in road/trackday engine builds for example!

You are right, I wouldn't consider mine to be a full race spec engine at all.

 

[Westyfield2]

I don't know if he's done Renault's before, but I'd highly recommend Frank Anderson of Anderson Racing Engines in Timsbury (Bath) for his work on Zetecs.

 

[Dan@SJM]

I don't know if he's done Renault's before, but I'd highly recommend Frank Anderson of Anderson Racing Engines in Timsbury (Bath) for his work on Zetecs.

There's businesses in timsbury??!? I was seeing a girl from there a few months back, other than the village shop there's nothing lol

 

[Tony Hunter]

There's businesses in timsbury??!? I was seeing a girl from there a few months back, other than the village shop there's nothing lol

It is the village shop.

 

[lemonnobby]

There's businesses in timsbury??!? I was seeing a girl from there a few months back, other than the village shop there's nothing lol

thats where josh cook lives

 

[Dan@SJM]

It is the village shop.

FLOL, just off to get some bread and milk, oh and a new engine.

 

[Lawro]

I don't know if he's done Renault's before, but I'd highly recommend Frank Anderson of Anderson Racing Engines in Timsbury (Bath) for his work on Zetecs.

A member on here works there.

 

[Westyfield2]

There's businesses in timsbury??!? I was seeing a girl from there a few months back, other than the village shop there's nothing lol

Yep Timsbury, Frank's on an industrial estate there. Top bloke, and his workshop's pretty cool .

 

[Chip-mk1]

Anderson does good engines.