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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 ...
Smoke(Post)It’s hard to talk about diesel engines and diesel tuning without talking about smoke. Whether you are prepared to tolerate a little smoke for maximum performance or you like to stay under the radar w ...
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 ...
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 - 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Common Rail (CR) Tuning(Post)High Pressure Common Rail fuel systems are the key piece of technology at the heart of modern diesel engines. The advances in this area over the last 20 years have taken diesel cars from being slo ...
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 ...
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 ...
Let’s talk about VW’s 6 Speed Manual Gearboxes(Post)Many of us discuss what a true ‘drivers’ car should be, most say that 3 pedals and driver input via the gear shifter is an absolute must. Some say that the transmission doesn’t make ...
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