Rolling Roads near Bristol?

[chrischimaera]

I have a problem with hesitation at low revs and small throttle openings that my normal garage has been unable to sort out (4 litre Chimaera). Does anyone know of any good rolling roads in or around Bristol? There is one in Thornbury, called Interpro - does anyone have any experience of them?

[DIGGA]

There is one in Cheltenham that Mark Adams uses regularly, but I can't remember what it's called (it's near the B&Q which is on the road where most of the big car dealerships are).

May be worth calling Mark, his contact details can normally be found in the advice numbers in TVRCC Sprint mag, as this is just the sort of potentially complicated fault he specialises in curing.

[zippy500]

I wouldnt recommend interpro for your baby, lets just say they are used to souped up saxo's etc and not something like a Trev. It would probably end up worse. Could it be your your throttle cable is too slack. Can you explain what it feels like exactly. Where in Bris are you? Roughly. We dont want scallywags on the hunt for your motor.

[Gaffer]

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There is one in Cheltenham that Mark Adams uses regularly, but I can't remember what it's called (it's near the B&Q which is on the road where most of the big car dealerships are).

May be worth calling Mark, his contact details can normally be found in the advice numbers in TVRCC Sprint mag, as this is just the sort of potentially complicated fault he specialises in curing.

Its the Power Station.

www.powerstation.org.uk/

Claire

[chrischimaera]

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I wouldnt recommend interpro for your baby, lets just say they are used to souped up saxo's etc and not something like a Trev. It would probably end up worse. Could it be your your throttle cable is too slack. Can you explain what it feels like exactly. Where in Bris are you? Roughly. We dont want scallywags on the hunt for your motor.

At low revs & low throttle openings it "judders", with some transmission shunt. Nothing too serious, just a bit of a nuisance. Its worse with super unleaded and even worse with Shell Optimax which suggests to me (with fairly limited knowledge of such things) that it might be timing. There have been other threads on similar problems which have been cured by new HT leads,but this had no effecton my car.

I'm in north Bristol.

Thanks to Digga & Gaffer - I will give Power Station a go when I get a free day.

[zippy500]

Cool, I used to live in Stoke Gifford but now near stroud. fancy a meetup sometime

[DIGGA]

Don't think the Powerstation was the place I met Mark at.

The problem could be due to a number of factors:
1. Faulty/mismatched injectors
2. Fuel supply problems
3. Timing
etc. etc.

Unless you get someone with a good working knowledge of tuned Rover V8S (not just the boggo Range Rover lump), you might not get value for money, in terms of curing this and any other issues the engine may have.

For my money, I'd get in touch with Mark Adams, or another similarly experinced Rover V8 guy - perhaps JE racing Engines in Coventry for example - and let them figure it all out.

[MBS3]

It is called Mech Repairs, they are looking at my S3 with very similar problems at the moment, they come under engine tuning in the yellow pages !

[chrischimaera]

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It is called Mech Repairs, they are looking at my S3 with very similar problems at the moment, they come under engine tuning in the yellow pages !

Thanks. Can I be a nuisance and ask you to let me know if they solve your problem, before I book my car in. Either here or e-mail me direct through my profile. Many thanks.

[Brm Brm]

Recommend you check your timing before spending loads of dosh - had a similar problem on my SEAC recently and found the ignition was too far advanced. Re-set to +8 and its much better.

I would be interested in feedback on the rolling roads - I'm in Almondsbury and it would be good to have somewhere "local" to go for tuning!

[Hedgehog]

MARK ADAMS uses two rolling road facilities.

1. Mech Motor Sport, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. www.rollingroad.co.uk Tel: [phone]

2. Power Engineering, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
www.powerengineering.co.uk Tel: [phone]

Mark's contact details are: Tel: [phone] or
Mobile: [phone]