That annoying tick-tock noise you keep hearing on your engine may be a faulty head gasket. As your engine heats up, weak head gaskets shear between the heads and block, causing metal-on-metal clatter. High compression and forced-induction engines are especially tough on head gaskets, breaking down the sealant and leaving you vulnerable to leaks.

Vulcan Cut Ring Head Gaskets solve that problem. The pliable, perforated metal-core composite bodies don’t require sealant, yet eliminate coolant and oil leaks. The stainless-steel fire rings grip and bite the cylinder head for the closest fit and happily, there’s no machining required.

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Dutch sportscar legend, Joop Donkervoort, has commemorated his 70thbirthday this week with his eponymous Donkervoort Automobielen announcing the new JD70 supercar.

Powered by an optimised version of the crushingly strong Audi Sport 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbocharged motor, the JD70 will weigh less than 700kg and will be suitable for both road and track.

Performance figures for the JD70, which will start from €163, 636.36, will be released closer to its planned spring, 2020 reveal. Only seventy JD70s will be built – one for each year of Joop’s life (so far!).

Donkervoort tasked his team to develop the innovative JD70 at their Lelystad headquarters and More >

Leading car care brand, Meguiar’s, has introduced an exciting new product to its impressive line of premium products, Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner. This professional-strength cleaner is formulated specifically for stain removal, performing general cleaning and freshening the entire interior with odour eliminating technology.

This specialised formula is a fast-acting foam that quickly penetrates and dissolves stains from the bottom up for deep down cleaning. An effective blend of cleaners and surface-active agents remove the toughest of stains and help to restore a like-new appearance on automotive carpet and upholstery without leaving behind any unwanted residue.

Meguiar’s® Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner also implements More >

On an A-Series engine the primary gear thrust washers are made in varying sizes to take up any play.

The standard gap size should be between 3-6 thou, but Mini Spares offers various shims (DAM6486-7-8-9-90-92) as alternatives which step up in two thou increments (which is the recommended tolerance).

Now Mini Spares has introduced a new thrust washer for the 1275cc crankshaft – part number DAM6492 – which is wider in width, to counteract wear. DAM6492 is 122-124in thick making it the thickest shim available in this range.

Retail price £29.40 inc VAT.

For more details contact Mini Spares on 01707 607 700 or More >

General Motors introduced the High-Energy Ignition (HEI) ignition system in 1975. A huge advance on the traditional points-type distributor, the HEI distributor eliminated the wear issues and poor high-energy capacity of breaker points to produce higher levels of spark energy at a constant output over a wider RPM range.

45 years on, is an HEI system still a good choice? A modern system like a Davis Unified Ignition (DUI) HEI distributor can be a viable alternative to a Capacitive Discharge ignition:

One of the biggest benefits of running a DUI is that Performance Distributors gives every distributor a custom advance curve based More >