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MARCH 2016
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February was a month for the bigguns: and as the year got properlyunderway suddenly the workshop washumming with the sound of high-endcars being tweaked as only we cantweak them...
So there’s a Merc ML63, a Porsche 911 Carrera S, five-cylinder Audi RS3 and aBMW M6 all under construction. When Iwalk down the stairs into the lowest levelof RGM and open the door it still gives mea thrill: custom-made stainless steel
exhausts being offered up in one corner,TIG-welding on the go in another, and inthe foreground special cars on dual postlifts. The hardware off which we make ourliving is spread (neatly!) around, and at aglance I can see giant brake discs andcalipers, and assorted boxes withperformance accessories. At a bench oneof the technical team is fabricating acustom part from aluminium, whileanother stands at the lathe, doing muchthe same.
Like most people I have good days andbad days, but I can honestly say – asRGMotorsport heads towards its 25thanniversary – that the bad days have beenfew and far between. That’s why the mostimportant thing to think about whenchoosing a career is whether you’re stillgoing to love it when there is more greythan black showing... and in my case Iknow I’ve made the right choice!
Rob Green
ODI, Tarlton, Dezzi, Gerotek and anumber of less formal venuesinbetween... our Golf7 R project carhas already got quite a reputation.Now it’s time for somethingcompletely different…Yep, our entry for the Jaguar SimolaHillclimb has been accepted, and we’reconfident that our tuning expertise plusthe driving ability of Jacques “TheStiglet” Joubert will see us up Knysna’sdaunting hill pretty darn quick. We’revery serious about achieving a successfuloutcome, and will be pulling out thestops to win our class.
It requires a very special kind of beastand not only must it be fast off the line,but it needs to be able to tackle someseriously fast bends – and have the righttorque in the right part of the rev-rangeto do it whilst heading upwards.Between now and the first weekend inMay we’ll be working closely with variouspartners – including suspension and dataanalysis – to get the best possiblecombination of attributes to make sureThe Stiglet can get it up fast…
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE...
PLAYING GOLF WITHBIGGER BALLS Our Golf7 R is no slouch – yet itremains a perfectly docile andenjoyable daily drive. Part of thesecret to our success is a veryspecial exhaust manifold, builtin-house by our Motorsportdepartment. Perfected afterworking tirelessly on ourdynamometer, we can now offerit as an ‘over the counter’fitment on Golf7 GTI and R, andalso the Audi S3. Ceramic coatingmakes it look pretty too, thoughit plays an important role inkeeping heat inside the headerand directing it away from thecombustion chamber and intothe turbo as quickly as possible.Ask our sales team about it!
Join us on a virtual tour ofRGMotorsport as we take youthrough the reception, ourService and Motorsportworkshops, the dynamometerrooms and our sparesdepartment (with an array ofcustom-made items unique toRGM conversions). Click https://vimeo.com/142866663to take the tour!
Fast factsDID YOU KNOW? The ROSE (Recycled Oil Saves theEnvironment) Foundationcollects about 2 000 litres ofused oil from us each month.
We don’t often see Porsches in ourworkshop and when we do it isalways a treat to work on them.Their engineering is fantastic andtheir build quality hard to fault.
One area where there’s room forimprovement though is in the exhaustsystem, which is relatively heavy andrestrictive. While there are importedsports systems (with pricing which is,frankly, absurd), we’ve built an RGM-Techniflow system for the owner of this Carrera S.
As you can see, the welding isextremely intricate, and the exhaust is
not only made up simply of a single pieceof pipe bent to shape, but a series ofaccurately cut, joined and then weldedsections of high-grade stainless steel. It isprocess which requires skill and patience.
By the time we were done and thePorsche had been through the hands ofthe dyno team (we also performed anelectronic control unit upgrade), theowner of this car had two things: a moremeaningful sound, and an extra 41 kW.It had also shed a few kilograms thanksmainly to us having replaced thestandard catalytic convertors withlightweight ‘race’ cats.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF GERMANWALKED IN THE OTHER DAY…
KING OF KINGS The jury is out as to what is theultimate hot hatch, and shoppingjust got a whole lot harder withthe arrival of the 2.0-litre, 224kWHonda Civic Type R and theimminent arrival of the 2.3-litreFord Focus RS, which musters 258 kW.But for sheer class and style we
reckon the new five-cylinder,2.5-litre Audi RS3 gets the nod,and with 270kW (along with465Nm) it is also the most potentfive-door hatch you can buy. But more is more, and with
some careful massaging by theRGMotorsport technical team,your RS3 gets bumped to 300kWand 500Nm, achieved with a bigbore downpipe from theturbocharger and enginemanagement upgrades. The combination really enables
the engine to breathe freely andachieve its full potential, and theend result is a true Uber-hatch…
Fast factsDID YOU KNOW? The startline of the Jaguar SimolaHillclimb is about 60 metresabove sealevel, and the finish –1.9 kilometres away – is 153 metres higher. Really fast cars take just over
40 seconds to get from one tothe other…
Our happy customers aren’t only theguys who have big ticket conversionscarried out in the Motorsportworkshop, and what our servicecustomers experience is just asimportant.
One of RGMotorsport’slongest-standing customers is SeanKempton who first walked through thedoor in the mid-1990s. A club racer andgeneral performance enthusiast, Seanthen owned a 733i, which Rob modifiedfor him. Today, Sean owns an M6 and awell-loved E36 M3 (which has had someperformance upgrades done to it years
back) and also brings his companyvehicles to us for servicing andmaintenance.
“The fact that I’ve been coming backfor well over 20 years tells a story initself,” says Sean, whose partner –Chantel – is also a dyed-in-the-woolpetrolhead with a passion for fast cars.“Sure, there are cheaper places for serviceand maintenance but it really is all abouttrust. That, along with theirthoroughness, is what I’ve alwaysappreciated as a customer. The service hasbeen of a consistently high level eversince I started coming here. They do morethan is asked, and at one stage I had fivevehicles being looked after by them.”
FEEL THE LOVE…
We're proud to do business with the following partners: Stigworx, BMW Car Club, Regent Racing, Toyota Club SA, MGSA, Subaru SA, Unichip-Q, Vari brakes,Technizone, Eibach suspension, Roadworx, RMI, AA, Dent Express, A-Line Wheels, Drift Innovation, VPS Midrand, Bandit Signs, Glutek, Indyoil, Ohlins and Sajco
MORE POWER,THANKS TO TORCO We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Torco is the Rolls-Royceof octane boosters. In fact, it isn’t merely an octane booster – it is race fuel in a highly-concentrated form. Buy it here:
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ATS JHB, Gauteng [email protected] 011 670 6400 30 Schoongezicht Rd, Bergbron
Engen Glazer Durban, KZN [email protected] 031 465 6706/ 220 South Coast Rd,Motors 082 415 9022 Rossburgh,
Van der Linde Randburg, Gauteng [email protected] 011 704 1063/ Cnr Precision & Developments 011 704 3642 Industrial Roads, Kya Sands
GWR Racing Alberton, Gauteng [email protected] 011 868 1949/ Cnr Evans & 083 279 0476 Van Der Bijl Streets, Alrode South
Moto-Netix Midrand, Gauteng 011 805 5200 510 Church Street, Halfway House, Midrand
Nathans Midrand, Gauteng 011 466 1017 13A Forsmann Close, Motorsport Kyalami Downs
GWM Carltonville Carltonville, 018 787 4877 Cnr Annan & Reinecke Gauteng Streets, Carltonville
Janjira Auto Cape Town, 021 637 6006 Cnr Dawid Rd & Noll Ave, Center Western Cape Athlone Industrial
Kosie Swanepoel Cape Town, [email protected] 021 949 4566 74 Willow Rd, Stikland, Motors Western Cape Bellville
Landy World George, [email protected] 044 874 7251/ 21 Foundry Rd, Eastern Cape 072 380 9870 George Industrial
Namib Swakopmund, [email protected] 00264 6440 1148 Units 1&2, Errol Industrial Namibia Park, Einstein Str
Performance Windhoek, Namibia Performancedynamics. 00264 6132 3887 12 Diehl SouthernDynamics [email protected] Industrial, Windhoek
Pick n Pay Express Benoni, Gauteng [email protected] 011 421 2421 85 Liverpool Rd, Benoni South
BP North Rand Boksburg, Gauteng 011 918 8211 Cnr North Rand and Kirschner Rds, Boksburg
HMD Performance Nelspruit, [email protected] 013 752 6130 7 Samora Machel Drive Mpumalanga
