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Snetterton 200 - MSV Trackday Championship / SuperCup / EnduroKA - 4th-5th July 2020(Post)
After the long wait for the start of the season due to the COVID-19 situation, the first round of the MSV Trackday Championship was at Snetterton, on the shorter 200 Circuit. On the same day we were ...
Spa-Francorchamps - ClubEnduro - 7th-9th July 2022(Post)After Round 2 of the 750MC Club Enduro Championship at Croft, we decided that the TT would not be going to Spa for the next round, as it is too far to go for it to be unreliable, and there is not rea ...
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 ...
Snetterton 300 - MSV Trackday Championship + Trackday Trophy - 2nd-3rd October 2021(Post)It seemed like an age since the last time we were out in the Golf for the MSV Trackday Championship race at Oulton Park, which you can read about HERE. We basically had the month of September to rest ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...