SteveW
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I know we have Ten of the Best and Time Attack which is there to kinda sort this question out..
but looking at some of the stuff that America and NZ/Australia kick out.. plus Germany..
are we really any good ?
Cos people like Pac Performance Racing (rotary cars) kinda beat the hell out of Dragon..
random thread i know but its a good question i think.
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AK
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ZEN or RCM..... its all really marque specific though.... dont really know a tuner that doesnt specialise in one type of car.
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SteveW
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after seeing ZEN at the Time Attack at Brands..  was very impressive
i know we have that Kings of Europe event.. but it would be very good to have a world event.
held at a really good race circuit.. one that would cater for all sorts of car setups
So if any multi millionaires are reading this .. GET IT SORTED.. would be amazing 
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deano87
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For the consumer, Thorney is supposed to be pretty good.
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Mobby
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does the fact that things cost alot more in england have anything to do with it?
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SteveW
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well thats what i was thinking..
it either comes down to money.. or lack of knowledge and skill
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A1EX
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that maximillian(sp) fella who runs the gumball thing should set up an event like that would be pretty awesome
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
For the consumer, Thorney is supposed to be pretty good.
theres a lot of people that would disagree with that. Ive never used them personally, just going off what i have read
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Daimo B
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Cosworth....
Who else supplies so many tuned race engines all over the world.
(no-one said street tuners  ).
In terms of the best tuning companies, none of the "fast road" companies like courtenay, Norris designs, or anyone like that come close.
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sand-eel
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^^^ He said it
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ed
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Prodrive do quite well for themselves.
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Kurt
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Madmike and 20valver
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Nismo
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Dave A
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Hamish
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RC Developments 
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pow
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I hear PD-tuning are very up and coming 
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harrisp
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quote:
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I hear PD-tuning are very up and coming
I heard V-sport were better.
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av it
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should have named it VD tuning lol
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Corsa_Scotty
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Prodrive i would say personally
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
For the consumer, Thorney is supposed to be pretty good.
theres a lot of people that would disagree with that. Ive never used them personally, just going off what i have read
*shrugs* I like their branding more than anything 
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Robin
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Not only is it marque specific, it's hard to define "best".
Someone might be amazing at building engines but have absolutely terrible aftersales, some people will favour one tuner (for example Courtenay) while others would argue that another (Regal?) are better at doing the same thing.
IMO, there's no all round 'best' tuner, it's just who is the best in their field, if you're building a massive power Skyline for drag racing, you're not going to take it to Chorley Street Garage, of you're building a big power 1600 CVH Escort turbo, you wouldn't go to Zen.
As Daimo says though, Cosworth (if you can define them as a tuner) are probably THE best, although some of their products are of questionable quality these days, as the Passionford boys would no doubt tell you....
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bieransri
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what kind of rep has collins' got now a days?
[Edited on 20-11-2008 by bieransri]
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jr
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agree totally with robin
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Robin
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Sue/John? They sell Mongoose exhausts. Don't think they do anywhere near as much Cosworth stuff as they used to, but I might be wrong.
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bieransri
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sue/john, yes. workshop controller at my work used to work for him/her back in t'dayt doing alot on cosworths and cvh's. Wondered if they see as murch business still?
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dava.
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for up this way and going by some of the work they have done to my mates scoob and cossie - AVA
sure theres a few build threads on boths cars on passion ford
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