Fastmagna



Tech Tips


Tech Tip: Teething TR

April 5th, 2008

BlackIce comes to the aid of TR owners, helping to solve a ‘known’ issue:
After mods to the induction system and exhaust system in my TR, I noticed that a few of the minor niggling habits of the engine and gearbox had gotten worse. These included:

Over rich mixture smell from exhaust
Rough idling
Stalling often especially when hot
Failed […]

[Read more →]



Tech Tip: Debadging

April 5th, 2008

This one’s nice and easy, but a few tips don’t hurt - might save you from tearing off a few layers of paint…
What You Need:

A scraper (plastic!!!) - if you have to use a knife, be very, very, careful (go buy something plastic!)
A tin of Prepsol/Prepwash - available from auto shops and good paint shops […]

[Read more →]



Tech Tip: Installing White-Faced Dials

April 5th, 2008

These are an excellent product and look fantastic - no wonder all the new Magna Sports models come with coloured dials!

Do yourself a favour and get a set. They are inexpensive and easy to fit (we did it in about an hour).
How to get them: Click here, send an email to Geof at Emtech - […]

[Read more →]



Tech Tip: Fitting a Pod Air Filter

April 5th, 2008

When this article was originally written, it described how to fit a generic pod air filter to your Magna/Diamante. Mark Thomas of RPW wrote in, saying that fitting a generic filter was not a very good idea:
The Magna air mass sensor registers the amount of air coming into the motor and tells the computer to […]

[Read more →]