rolling roads in scotland

rolling roads in scotland

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thevet

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1,805 posts

240 months

Thursday 3rd November 2005
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Does anybody know where there is a rolling road able to help set up the intake on a 500+hp carburetted car? preferably close to Glasgow.

Digital

420 posts

239 months

Thursday 3rd November 2005
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Can't vouch for them personally, but AVA Turbos in Renfrew might be your closest one. Was impressed with Star Performance when I visited them for a rolling road day once before, but they're based in Glenrothes.

vipers

33,117 posts

235 months

Thursday 3rd November 2005
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Probably no help at all, but back in the 70;s my uncle was stationed in Stirling at an Army base and they had one, just wondered if its still an Army base or now a civvy place, just a thought

tvrolet

4,404 posts

289 months

Friday 4th November 2005
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If you've no luck in the Glasgow area, there's Dastek in Dalgety Bay, Fife. I know they've had 500BHP carburettor'd cars (like Dave Fiddes' Ultima....and we won't talk about my Tuscan there ).

WB

thevet

Original Poster:

1,805 posts

240 months

Friday 4th November 2005
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Thanks for the info, will post a verdict when it's done.

mojocvh

16,837 posts

269 months

Friday 4th November 2005
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233 posts

246 months

Friday 4th November 2005
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Ace |Performance near Lanark

Derek, the owner knows his stuff and is a real nice bloke.

Ronnie

deadslow

8,292 posts

230 months

Friday 4th November 2005
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Dastek, Fife, are reckonned to be about the best. Worth the trip. Contactable via website.

VetteG

3,236 posts

251 months

Monday 7th November 2005
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Anyone got the web link for Dastek?

tvrolet

4,404 posts

289 months

Monday 7th November 2005
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VetteG said:
Anyone got the web link for Dastek?

you're not going to believe this, but perhaps if you try www.dastek.co.uk you might find something?

Bit of a toughie to work out I know, but dastek.co.uk is indeed Dastek's web site.....


edited, as I just noticed on the 'about' page www.dastek.co.uk/about.htm there's a pic of an Ultima on the rollers...which I have to guess is Dave Fiddes's car when he/we were there with the Lotus folks. I wonder if he knows they've got a pic of his car with the plate photoshopped? Fame at last eh?

>> Edited by tvrolet on Monday 7th November 14:12

Kiltie

7,504 posts

253 months

Monday 7th November 2005
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tvrolet said:
you're not going to believe this, but perhaps if you try www.dastek.co.uk you might find something?

Bit of a toughie to work out I know, but dastek.co.uk is indeed Dastek's web site.....
Cheeky!

davefiddes

846 posts

267 months

Monday 7th November 2005
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tvrolet said:
I wonder if he knows they've got a pic of his car with the plate photoshopped? Fame at last eh?


Heh Heh. I saw that a while ago. Was going to use it to see if I could get a cut price deal on tuning my EFI setup... Have to make sure that it doesn't go to my head!

VetteG

3,236 posts

251 months

Tuesday 8th November 2005
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Funnily enough, before I asked that question, I did a Google search on Dastek and got loads of rolling roads as far south as Cornwall, but nothing in Fife. Hence the question.

saberskunk

3 posts

228 months

Wednesday 16th November 2005
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I've had my car on the rollers at Dastek and they were top notch.

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madfiddler

40 posts

287 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2005
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Dastek in Fife (again). Been there a couple of times myself, and we're using them to record some vehicles soon too.

vixpy1

42,676 posts

271 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2005
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Yes, there is Daskek.

Don't know of a Dyno Dynamics in Scotland yet, although one is in the pipeline.