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RCM Parallel Fuel Rail Kit. Fuel’s Gold!
Current TOTB and Time Attack Champions Roger Clark Motorsport have released yet another one of their own superb trophy winning tricks into the market place; their parallel fuel rail kit.
On the standard Subaru engine, fuel is delivered is a ‘series’ style circuit, feeding first one bank of cylinders before stretching around the block to deliver to the remaining two. In high performance applications, this somewhat simplistic design can see unequal pressures and delivery on either side of the engine, resulting in dire consequences for the ‘last’ cylinder in the sequence.
The RCM solution is a direct adaptation of the units designed and tested by the team on the hugely successful ‘Gobstopper’ race car. The fuel arrives from a central line, before being precisely split into two parallel feeds which then service each cylinder bank. The result is perfectly equal pressures feeding each injector.
The kit consists of two beautifully extruded rails, four dash 6 stainless steel ends, complete with ‘o’ ring, fitting brackets. In testing, the kit has been happy to keep up with the prodigious thirst of RCM’s own 890 bhp test cars, so whatever flat-four trickery you’re planning under the bonnet, it’s safe to say that this kit can cope.
Priced at £425 + VAT you’d be fuellish not to.. Fits all 2001 on engines, both 2.0 and 2.5 litre.
For more details on the team or the magic they can perform on any Subaru, please visit www.rogerclarkmotorsport.co.uk or call them on 01455 828610.
Thor Racing Laser Cut Stainless Instruments
Thor Racing Laser Cut Stainless Instruments. Cut A Dash!
For the one component that you spend most of your driving time looking at, your poor old gauges are usually at the back of the queue when it comes to improving aesthetics. Luckily, THOR Racing has stepped forward to banish dreary dashboards forever with their beautifully machined Stainless Steel Dash Kits.
Available for almost every car, each kit contains precision CNC’d gauge covers that allow all factory backlighting to shine through in its original positions, maintaining full legality and ergonomics. Better still, through the use of tailored filters, the backlighting colour can also be changed to any hue that you wish.
The gauges come as standard in an attractive brushed finished, but can be custom ordered in any paint code and lasered with practically any logo or message to create a truly individual dashboard. In addition to the main gauges, most auxiliary gauge and ‘tell-tale’ positions can also be catered for.
Fitment is relatively simple, requiring the removal of the dashboard binnacle and gauge pod and can usually be completed within 1 or 2 hours on most vehicles. Prices start at £80 + VAT for a three gauge brushed kit.
For more details on the vast THOR range of tuning parts please click to www.thor-racing.co.uk or call the team on 08452 60 57 60