Hartwell Motor Services, Relocates

Our good friend and service partner Hartwell Motor Services have just finished up relocating their business, after 12 years and simply out growing the old premises, Andy the proprietor decided it was time to expand the building to the size of his customer base and ever growing list of services he offers.

On a trip out to get some fuel for one of the service vehicles he came across an old factory unit that was up for lease and with the new building two minutes up the road from his current business, it seemed like a no brainer, and some 3 months later he has completely transformed a 50+ year old factory into a modern day MOT test station, a testament to his vision and where he is looking to take his company, it’s most certainly a place you would be happy to take your pride and joy.

Moving to larger premises has enabled him to spread his wings, with 4-wheel alignment and tyres being added to the huge list of services he now offers, as well as adding the lucrative class 7 MOT along with Class 5 light testing to his credentials, so any vehicles from 3000kg up to 3500kg. i.e. Mercedes Sprinters, Ford Transits, Renault Master, can all be catered for, whilst still being extremely busy on his usual class 4 MOT work.

Tyres are also new addition to the company, with a full list of car and commercial tyres available on request, if they aren’t in stock, they can be delivered or dispatched the same day, call for pricing on the huge selection of brands they now offer. We wish Andy and his team all the best in his all new premises, it nice to see that hard work really does pay off.

www.hartwellmotorservices.co.uk

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Porsche 997 GT3R-TT

Huge congratulations to our good friend Todd and his team from Speed Concepts who took second place overall in this year’s one lap of America, in there awesome Porsche 997 GT3R TT.

We have been following Todd and his updates and been in regular contact over the year to find out how the upgrades were progressing from last year to this, and it seems with what they have installed in the way of updates did them proud, with a little bit of help along the way from the likes of BBI, Cobb Tuning, it’s been a real pleasure to follow the updates and track the build progress over the last few months.

Full spec of this beauty is as follows:

The car started life as a Porsche Turbo S, and now wears a full carbon fibre GT3R aero kit, including all the nice little extras like the flat underbody floor from front to rear.

The engine is running stock internals and putting down 600+ wheel HP on a 93 octane tune. This Turbo is running 30/82 turbos, meth injection, air-to-water intercoolers, Speed Concept headers, Dodson clutches and IPD Plenum and custom IPD/SC Y-Pipe. The power is put to the ground through 13” Forgeline wheels with 345/30R19 tyres at the business end, with 12” wheels wearing 325/30R19 up the front. The suspension features ERP and BBI components, 997 RSR uprights, Tarret front sway bar and SC rear sway bar, as you can see its full loaded and no stone has been left unturned in its search for reliable performance, whilst being completely road legal.

Our 997 carbon aero programme has really taken off over the last few months, after perfecting the fitment for road application, We are eagerly waiting for our South African Tuning partners to release their 700+ bhp GT3R track beast to the world, as well as a road build happening at Sleepers Speed Shop in California on a Porsche Turbo model, plus we will be assisting our good friends at Speedwells build their very own R 997 Porsche for the UK market over the next few months, watch this space as we launch these builds to the global market.

Email the VAD team for more details on the 997 Carbon Fibre Aero upgrades.

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BMW Z4 GT3 V8 Project update

Since our last blog post on our BMW Z4 GT3 V8 Project, its starting to move forward quite nicely, with the engine in and wiring being done, we have turned our attention to the exhaust system, with Craig putting his welding skill set to good use, this guy has some serious skills with a TIG welder in his hand, the welds are pure works of art, and the system looks absolutely brutal, full twin stainless set up, with one box in the centre, he mentioned a fruity sound last time we spoke, after seeing it up close and personal we now understand the meaning of fruity.

BMW Z4 GT3 V8

BMW Z4 GT3 V8

BMW Z4 GT3 V8

Another piece of the jigsaw landing this week was our 3 piece forged wheels from the AG factory, 10.5x19 and 13x19 AG F420 and the AGL23 both look amazing in the flesh, we think we choose extremely wisely with not only the designs, but the finish too.

Next on the long list of things to do, is the suspension and brake set up, we will report back as they hit our Z4.

Another little project we have kicked off this week, after a conversation with Steve Van Der Vorst from DLNG Designs , as we really want to run a set of his extremely cool motorsport themed race Turbo fans, we will discuss this in further detail in another blog, but Steve is as stoked to work on this project as we are having him on-board.

For any details on our Z4 V8 GT3 build, feel free to get in touch with us, we will be more than happy to assist, in any way we can.

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