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Anglesey - Roadsports and ClubEnduro - 750MC - 12th - 13th May 2023(Post)
With Ryan back in the UK, we were off to Anglesey for Round 2 of both the RoadSports Series on Saturday, then the 750MC Club Enduro on Sunday. DannyDC2 was not with us this weekend, and neither was B ...
Brands Hatch GP - 18th August 2018 - Round 5 - MSV Trackday Championship(Post)After Round 3 and the MSV Extra Race at Silverstone back in June, we missed Round 4 at Oulton Park due to a clash of calendars (with the Goodwood Festival of Speed - a must for any petrol or di ...
CJAA / CBEA Tuning Guide(Post)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 guid ...
2.0 BiTDi Engines. What to know!(Post)The idea of a 2.0 BiTDI Transporter or Amarok sounds great, and with quoted figures from the factory round the 180bhp mark, it sounds like the perfect platform to start with, right...? Whe ...
PD Engine Hardware Tweaks(Post)In 1999, Volkswagen introduced what would become one of the most well known engine designs of modern times - the Pumpe Duse (PD) diesel engine. In a departure from many of its rivals, the PD used ...
Donington National - MSV Trackday Trophy & Championship - 11th April(Post)The first round of the 2021 Season of the MSV Trackday Championship and MSV Trackday Trophy was at our 'local' track, Donington Park, on the National Circuit configuration. For those not up to spee ...
Anglesey Coastal - ClubEnduro - 11th September 2022(Post)Round 6 of the 750MC Club Enduro Championship at Anglesey was the day after Round 4 of Turismo-X at Oulton Park. You can read about that by clicking the link below. Luckily we did not have any major ...
Tuning the BMW M57 Engine(Post)The M57 is a water-cooled and turbocharged inline six cylinder diesel engine with common-rail injection. It is based on its predecessor, the M51, which was a six-cylinder diesel engine with a Bosch V ...
Brands Hatch GP - ClubEnduro - 750MC - 19th May 2024(Post)Another day and another circuit! We had an almost perfect Saturday (just needed Ryan to keep P2!), so we were hoping for the same on Sunday. The guys stayed at Silverstone until around 8pm as we had ...
Diesels. The Basics(Post)Here at Darkside we specialise in diesel vehicles. From a customer point of view, Diesel engines are torquey, strong and respond well to tuning, while maintaining fuel economy that tuned petrol cars ...
How will BREXIT affect my orders from Darkside?(Post)As of 31st December 2020, the UK will be leaving the European Union, we would like to reassure all of our European customers that our ability to ship orders will not be affected. In the simplest of ...
750MC Birkett Relay - Silverstone GP - 29th October 2022(Post)With a hectic season of racing almost to a close, we were back at Silverstone for the 750 Motor Club Birkett 6 Hour Relay Race. The event takes place every year at the end of October on the GP Circu ...
