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Str8Six Racing Hits New High with Finishing Touches

Jason Clegg and his TVR Racing Tuscan has had a return visit to RS Fabrications. The original exhaust work was completed on the Racing TVR at the RS Fabrications Banbury workshop with a pair of  side mounted GT3 Silencers, visit the previous entry on the RS website :- Str8 Six TVR Racing Tuscan taking shape [...]

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RS Aston Martin V8 Vantage Exhaust System, Stage I.

Alan is back in the workshop at RS Fabrications for major surgery! Having had all the RS Fab/Bamford Rose ‘Speed Secrets’ he’s a little bit noisy, and Mrs V would prefer a quiet life! With performance comes noise, big noise! and at RS we want to contain this with a custom exhaust system. Having picked up the BHP and [...]

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Aston Martin V8 Vantage Development Continues

Exhaust manifold development continues with Bamford Rose on the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. A recent installation on a Vantage S at the Bamford Rose workshop, took power figures from 422 bhp to a respectable 455 bhp, but that is only half the story. The installation transforms the driveability of the Aston, improving the torque and the overall [...]

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Droop Snoot Vauxhall Firenza 3.0 24 Valve V6 Sump

Vauxhall Firenza nutcase, Terry Price,  is on a project that will get shot of the original 2.3 slant 4 in his Droop Snoot and be replaced with a 3.0 litre 24 valve v6, fresh out of an Omega. Terry is also the proud owner of a CanAm V8 Firenza made for the South African Can [...]

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Ultima Audi RS6 Power, Getting Closer!!

Steve Smee’s Ulitima moves another step forward. Steve, frustrated with progress, is looking forward to getting the old “Snuff” back up and running with the new RS6 Engine. With the flywheel trigger complications recently, progress has been slow, but we expect to get the vehicle down to MRC Tuning by the end of this upcoming week. [...]

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Audi RS6 Sportwagon V10 in for Big Brake Conversion

An Audi RS6 Sportwagon with a Lamborghini V10 engine  [kicking out 760 BHP  courtesy of MRC Tuning] sitting upfront, needs something to slow it down! John contacted RS Fabrications to install bigger Dia Rear Disc’s and large 4 pot rear Calipers to his Estate Car. Johns RS6 had been into RS Fabrications, prior to the MRC Tuning work, [...]

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Ultima Audi RS6 GTR Engine Installation Project

Work on Steve Smee’s RS6 Ultima GTR continues. Steve is itching to get his hands back on his RS6 twin turbo Ultima GTR, as progress continues at a slow pace due to the complexity of the installation. “Everything from the cockpit back has had to be modified” said Russell “and the brunt has been the chassis modifications required to fit [...]

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MRC Tuning/Ultima Audi RS6 Engine Installation Update

Steve Smee was down at RS Fabrications to check the progress on his Ultima/Audi RS6 conversion, currently taking shape at the Banbury workshop. “It was good to meet with Russell & Shane again and see the progress on my Ultima” stated Steve, “these things take time to come together, and |I can’t wait to get it [...]

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MRC Tuning/Ultima GTR in for Transplant

RS Fabrications, in association with MRC Tuning, are performing a transplant on a Ultiima GTR. The Ultima, originally running a Chevrolet V8 with Porsche gearbox [mounted upside down], is having an Audi RS6 V8 twin turbo installed. “after the engine and gearbox were removed, we set the donor RS6 engine on the surface table and started [...]

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