Lotus Elise having a bit of a birthday with the cooling system..
General service
Radiator and heater core replacement.
Remote thermostat and external oil cooler fitment.
Exhaust wrap
Some fun jobs for a fun car!!!!
Fitting an external oil cooler has meant removing the extractor heat shield so we’ve done a heat wrap to keep the engine bay temperatures down…
Some Christmas wrapping happening early
Front off for better access to heater matrix and the radiator, surprisingly easy to remove…
Heat exchanger oil cooler fitment squeezed up between the engine and the cockpit, FYI heat wrap requirement for exhaust..
Sandwich adaptor to run additional oil cooler pipes….
Nearly there, engine run and leak checked. just the pipe work to secure,,,
A view from up top, looking good…
Audi
New car and customer to us for the first time with their A3..
Mini in for service today, nice new LiquiMoly oil going into the engine, as well and getting our complimentary 6 month breakdown service included.
Exocets in NZ
A couple of nice examples I found online, had some interest in building one so thought I would post a couple of pictures up. English based kit now made in UK, US, Australia and here in NZ. MX5 running gearbut a major weight reduction so a fun little car and great concept. I see a few have been turbo charged or supercharged too, imagine that would be extreme fun
Orange on Black
Or
Black on Black
Rhino-Rack getting a trial run out with our customer today. Great pic, thanks for sending it in!!!
2010 Lotus Evora
Surprise visit from this customer today for an impromptu service, couldn’t say no., Little Lotus Elise parked two hoists down. Shame we couldn’t get a nice shot of them together but this was a flying visit..
Audi Q7 gets a remap.
4.2 Turbo Diesel
See Below comments from Peter at Bluefin/Superchips on the feedback and gains we get from a remap on the Q7.
116NM gain is impressive
Sample pic as we did our Q7 out of town
We do alot of Audi Q7 4.2V8s as they respond so well to being Superchipped. You will get alot better throttle response, low down and midrange torque and the car will pull all the way to the red line. Many owners report anything up to 10% saving on fuel as well, due to the fact there is less gear changing. And the annoying lag that they have at low revs also disappears. With the 4.2V8 Q7 the gains are as follows;
Audi Q7 4.2 V8 TDI (340PS)
6/2009 onwards
Engine type : Turbo-Diesel
Engine size : 4134 cm3
Cylinders : 8
Original bhp : 335 (252kW)
Original nm : 760
BHP increase : 45 (34kW)
NM gain : 116
Speed Limit Removal : Not Available
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You may have seen these running around wellington, we have 3 of these BMW’s as Courtesy Cars, available by appointment, or working in the city we can offer a drop off, or make use of the bus stop 3minutes walk away. For those short waiting jobs there’s a great coffee shop just over the road…
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