Recommend a good Tune-up garage / Rolling Road??

Meatus · Post by **Meatus** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:58 am

Hello, I'm new here. I did a search for help on this but found nothing so I'm sorry if this is dealt with elsewhere but....
My Capri has a 3.5 Rover V8 with a 600cfm Holley carb on it and I'd like to get it tuned. Can anyone recommend a good Rolling road near Heathrow airport?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Tim.

JJMclure · Post by **JJMclure** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:13 am

I only know of middlesex tuning in harrow or red dot racing in watford. I've had no experience with either and don't know if they will look at a carb'd engine tho
Good luck!

CastleMGBV8 · Post by **CastleMGBV8** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:22 am

Tim,

The Holley 600 is really too big for a Rover 3.5 and as you are only just round the corner from Real Steel I would seek their advice.

if you put the car on a rolling road you could spend quite a bit of money and still not get it to run well.

An Edelbrock 500 or possibly a holly 390 might be a better choice, what spec is the engine, ie cam and heads?

Kevin.

Meatus · Post by **Meatus** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:55 pm

Thanks for the input JJ and Kevin. I've got the car booked in to Power Engineering in Uxbridge but I'll give Real Steel a ring tomorrow to get their opinion.
The car was an e-bay purchase so I only have the previous owner's word that the engine has a lightened flywheel and race cam. I know the Holley is un-necessarily big and will have to be replaced at some point (when I can afford it...).

BudgieV8 · Post by **BudgieV8** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:58 pm

You could also try Torque of the Devil in Uxbridge.
A lot of the OldSkoolFord people talk highly of them.
Certainly when I was talking to them about setting up my Capri Mk1 RV8 with Holley 390cfm they were very helpful.
http://www.torqueofthedevil.com/default.asp/p=87

(BTW: I never got there yet as it lunched its crank

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