It’s been a Ford-filled week here at Speedshop44, with some real icons rolling through our doors. We’ve had a trio of Ford’s best-selling models come in for a refresh and mapping - the Cortina, Mustang, and Escort Mk2.

Some of the OEM ECUs used in the early Lotus models (especially the Elise) have developed a bit of a reputation as they are approaching an age where the ECU starts becoming more problematic, making this a must-have replacement on the Lotus cars.

Speedshop44 and P&K Thornton Restorations hosted their first joint event on Saturday 5th of April. This event was an open day event to celebrate the opening of Speedshop44 and a local TVR meet-up hosted in the new social space at our workshops. Barista coffee was served, and we had a wide variety of classic cars on show including a TVR Chimaera and Tuscan.

It’s the start of a new beginning for this 1981 Pre-Production Audi Quattro which has arrived at our workshops for a full concours standard restoration.

We have recently had a Ford Escort RS Cosworth come into the Speedshop44 workshops for servicing and modifications to return the rally car to its original specifications. These rally cars are highly sought-after by collectors, especially the original big turbo models produced between 1992 to 1994 and models that have the original factory specifications.

Book your rolling road session with us at Speedshop44! Mapping, power runs, ECU installation, digi dash!

To help us tune the car, at Speedshop44 we use particular meters. In order to check voltage ranges, we attach an oscilloscope to the engine electrics and a lambda sensor to the exhaust that has a display that can be read from the driver’s seat.