Hi Joe,

Top thread, I like the directness.

Brand names you guy talk about are not familiar to me but here in the UK it's the same alternatives, tuning by bolting on/having others bolt it on or doing it yourself from scratch. The limited range of tuning parts and good machine shops interested in working the smaller one offs at a reasonable cost means few real home tuners. Pity when you consider that although the majority of Formula 1 teams are UK based the majority of the tuning is big bore exhausts K&N filters and perhaps a chip.

I doubt there are more than 50 3.2 MB motors in the UK that have been really tuned past a new exhaust, and chip.

Nothing wrong with "tuning" by reading up on "what to fit" and paying for the work - people should just remember that someone other than the big guys also needs to develop and innovate and as they read about the "best and latest developments" bear in mind that some of the "advise" from the big players is more sales pitch than substance.

Look forward to hearing where you go with your plans, hope you stick with the forum.

Malcolm