There are plenty of waxes that promise to give your car a butter wet or mirror-like finish.

Most of them hail from America and some of them are really very good indeed. However, it’s good to be able to report on a UK car care brand offering such a product.

The wax in question is from Autobrite Direct and their brilliantly named Carbanuba banana-scented wet-look wax. The smell could well be nearly as a good as the wax!

It really does have an unbelievable banana scent that smells like a McDonald’s milkshake or a Bird’s Angel Delight. I like my car care products More >

So, you’ve been tinkering with your air-cooled VW Beetleaircooled-engine, but the Bosch 009 distributor is giving you all she’s got and it’s just not enough.

A Compu-Fire DIS-IX Distributorless Ignition System replaces the factory distributor’s innards with all-new electronics that triple the spark energy going to the plugs, leaving only the stock centrifugal advance system to handle timing functions.

To support that new high spark output, Compu-Fire includes a custom high-energy, 60,000-volt coil pack and low resistance silicone spark plug leads.

The DIS-IX Distributorless Ignitions fit all modified and high-performance Volkswagen Type 1 and 2 engines and include all necessary electronics, wiring, connectors, More >

If you are liking the idea of fitting Goodridge Brake Hoses to your car but are a bit scared of cutting and prepping them, then Merlin Motorsport can help.

At their (newly enlarged!) Castle Combe Circuit-based store they not only have a dedicated ‘Goodridge room’, but they stock everything that the Devon manufacturer produces. What’s more they have got all the proper machinery and equipment on-site to make bespoke brake and oil lines quickly and easily.

Click the link to find out more about Merlin Motorsport’s GOODRIDGE G-TECH WORKSHOP services.

More from www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk or 01249 782 101 ENDS.

Since the introduction of E5 and E10 ethanol content fuels, there has been a steady rise in cases of hot fuel handling issues. This has been especially evident in V8 engines such as the Rover 3.5-litre and 3.9-litre, where superior heat insulation under the carburettor is a necessity.

Webcon has an answer with a genuine Edelbrock heat insulator gasket to suit the Weber-Edelbrock Performer four-barrel carburettor.

The insulator is manufactured from an 8mm thick nitrile rubber composite and is available as part number 9266.

It is available from stock, priced at £44.08 inc VAT and comes with the required extended studs to take More >

Leading suspension specialists GAZ has added to its list of GAZ ’Gold Professional’ applications for the classic TVR range, including Chimera, Griffith, Cerbera, T350, Sagaris, Tuscan, Tamora and TVR S.

The range represents an improvement on the successful GAZ Gold range. The coil-overs feature an HE15 aircraft-quality, high-tensile, anodised aluminium body, which is fitted with anodised adjusters for long-life. All units are individually tested before leaving the factory and are covered by a two-year warranty.

Ride height is adjustable through 60mm of adjustment and GAZ ’Gold Professional’ units are bump and rebound adjustable whilst on the vehicle by means of an easily accessible adjuster knob.

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