Posted by Iain Litchfield on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 in Dyno Tuning, Engine, GT-R, Nissan, Uncategorised
Race+ Intercooler Development for the Nissan GT-R When we first developed our Race Intercooler back in 2011, the goal was simple. Create a cooling system that could properly support high powered GT-R builds running around 1,000bhp, without compromise. At the time, that level of performance was pushing the limits of what most owners were aiming […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Saturday, March 15th, 2025 in Engine, GT-R, Nissan
Recently, we had a modified Nissan GT-R in our workshop suffering from a misfire. Our diagnostics pinpointed the issue to a specific cylinder, and upon removal, we found that the ceramic around the tip of the spark plug had failed. Fortunately, this engine avoided any damage, but we’ve seen cases where broken plug tips have […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 in Dyno Tuning, Engine, Fabrication, GR Yaris
The Toyota GR Yaris is brilliant but on track it over heats as our earlier Yaris blog highlighted. We have experienced this with our own cars and a number of customers have also struggled with their cars overheating on track. As a result of we began extensive testing on the road, dyno and on numerous […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Thursday, July 29th, 2021 in Chassis Setup, ECU Remap, Engine, GR Yaris, Suspension, Uncategorised
On Monday we took our Toyota GR Yaris to Silverstone for Tom from our Sales and Service Department to have some Driver training, and at the same time we could we could test some of the new upgrades. It proved a very productive day! Tom is often the point of contact for our GR Yaris […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Thursday, March 18th, 2021 in Chassis Setup, Dyno Tuning, Engine, Exhaust, McLaren
We are working on an increasing number of Mclarens for both servicing and upgrades. Now the prices are becoming more affordable and customers know we can look after them we are seeing a number of our good clients from BMW, GT-R and performance car owners in general moving into them as an exhilarating weekend car. We […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Monday, January 11th, 2021 in Chassis Setup, Dyno Tuning, ECU Remap, Engine, Exhaust, GR Yaris, Suspension
The Toyota GR Yaris gave the whole team a lift at the end of the year and we can’t think of a more anticipated car. From the very first reviews it was clear this was something special and having cut our teeth with Subarus and Evos we had couldn’t wait to receive our cars. We […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 in Engine, Exhaust, Fabrication, Porsche
Where once we used to develop an exhaust primarily for improving performance, we are now increasingly looking at ways of enhancing the character of the exhaust note. The latest 718 Porsche GTS & GT4 models are a prime example of a stunning engine that loses much of its character and excitement through its’ muted exhaust. […]
Posted by Iain Litchfield on Friday, March 1st, 2013 in Akrapovic, Alcon, Engine, Exhaust, GT-R, Nissan, Stage Upgrade, Suspension
In 2013, Rob Huff approached Litchfield with the desire to improve his own Nissan GTR. Rob found his way to Litchfield through recommendations from friends in motorsport. We are fortunate to have built a great reputation over the years within the motorsport community with a host of team bosses and top flight Formula 1, Touring […]
