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With literally 2 working days to get three cars ready after the Croft round of the 750MC Club Enduro Championship, and the cars not exactly behaving how we would like, it was some more late nights for the guys to get us ready. They really pulled together and got the cars sorted, including changing the gearbox on the 11 TT in an attempt to rid us of the curse that plagued Adam in the second half of the TT race at Croft, which you can read about below: All the details and dates for our raci …

After Round 1 of the 750MC Club Enduro Championship at Donington, we knew we had a lot of work to do to get the cars competitive for Round 2. Especially since the Golf engine expired, and the engine fitted for the Silverstone round of the Turismo-X Racing Championship was temporary. Round 2 is further North for us, at Croft. Having never raced here, and only doing the odd trackday, it was going to be interesting to see how we could adapt from the more sedate trackday etiquette to full rac …

The first round of the the 750MC Club Enduro Championship did not go exactly to plan, with the engine in the Golf giving up the ghost, and the lack of pace in the TT leading to 13 track limit infringements! You can read about it all by clicking the below image. All the details and dates for our racing exploits can be found on the Darkside Motorsport Page. So what we thought was a coolant pipe popping off at high temperature / pressure (temps were 135c and the pressure was over 50P …

Just over a month ago we made a one off entry to the Britcar Endurance Trophy race at Silverstone on the GP Circuit, which you are read about by clicking the below image. We did that to give us a bit more data on how the cars would perform in a race setting. Let's say it went pretty well! Next up was Round 1 of the 750MC Club Enduro Championship, which takes us to Donington. With the race being on Easter Monday, it only gives us 4 working days to get ready for Round 1 of the Turismo-X Rac …

After months of development we have decided to no longer pursue the 7000KG up-plating service due to lack of communication and assistance from the VSA. However, we can still offer a simple upgrade service to up plate the Amarok to 6400GTW. Using a normal hitch the towing capacity is increased to 3.5T from the stock 3.1T with this service. This is all possible on a Normal Licence - B + E (3500kg + Trailer). A 2020 V6 weighs roughly 2300kg with 1/2 Tank of fuel depending on specification, with a M …

We had an early start to the 2022 racing season, as we made a one off entry to the Britcar Endurance Trophy race at Silverstone on the GP Circuit. With it being in March, it gives us another month to fully prepare for the first rounds of both the Turismo-X Racing Championship and the 750MC Club Enduro Championship, which we are competing for the whole season. All the details and dates for those series can be found on the Darkside Motorsport Page. A layout of Silverstone is below. We get …

The CJAA & CBEA engines are both a 140ps 2.0 TDI found in the US & Canadian market. We get a lot of enquires for modifiying these so we thought we would put together a definiative tuning guide. The first step, as for most modern diesel is a custom remap. The CJAA & CBEA will make around +30 BHP with a custom tune, retaining all of the stock hardware. See the "Powergate Remote Tuning Section" below for more information about tuning. Emissions Control Removal: Before removing any o …

After a mixed bag at the Birkett, which you can read about HERE, we had a couple of weeks to regroup before the long journey to Brands Hatch for the MSV End of Season event, in which we would be competing in the Trackday Championship, SuperCup and Trackday Trophy on the Saturday, as well as qualifying for the EnduroKA, ready for the 500 minute race on Sunday, another busy weekend! I would be driving solo in the Golf for the TDC, with the Championship all but sealed up. For the SuperCup I …

With a a hectic season of racing almost to a close, we were back for the 750 Motor Club Birkett 6 Hour Relay Race after skipping it in 2020. The event takes place every year at the end of October on the Silverstone GP Circuit. You can read about our exploits in the race last time on 26th October 2019 HERE . Instead of a straight race or normal endurance format, the relay element is for the driver AND car. Basically, a car and driver goes out, does their stint (which can be anything from 1 lap …