Services at Aldon Automotive

Rolling Road Tuning

With a specialist, fully equipped 280 bhp 2 wheel drive Rolling Road, Aldon can cater for the tuning and setting up of most competition cars and fast road ‘hot hatches’, as well as classic cars, whether they are running on standard injection/ carburettors, performance carburettors or aftermarket fully programmable fuel injection systems.

Aldon has over 30 years experience in the re-jetting/ recalibration of Weber, S.U. and Dellorto carburettors and the modification and re-curving of Lucas and Bosch distributors causes no problem.

Over the last 10 years, with the introduction of aftermarket engine management and fuel injection systems, Aldon has expanded its specialist skills to cope with the increasing demand for this type of engine re-mapping and is now known to be one of the countries foremost specialists in supply, fitment and calibration of Alpha and other makes of engine management fuelling and ignition systems including DTA, Omex and Emerald. Hundreds of conversions have been completed, ranging from single cylinder static engines to V12 race engines.

Re-mapping of ‘Fast Road’ cars is also available. Similar to re-chipping, the unichip system can re-map your cars ECU and can be mapped to suit any modifications that have been fitted. Fitting of the unichip alone (without having any other modifications) can increase most cars performance by upto 10% in both ‘BHP’ and torque.

Aldon can also carry out the re-mapping of Volkswagen/ Audi group of cars including Seat and Skoda using the Revo Technic Software.

Performance Diesel upgrades can be undertaken using Dastek, Rapid & Tunit Power Boxes.

Fitting and setting up of all performance products inc. turbo dump valves, power boost valves and modified camshafts can all be carried out in our workshops.

Full power plots are also available on request.

Servicing

With a fully fitted workshop Aldon are an authorised fitment centre for all of the major performance exhausts, air filters, suspension, brake discs/ pads and camshaft suppliers.

Full and interim services can be carried out on all cars including Japanese imports. Fault diagnosis of modern fuel injected cars can be very time consuming if the correct analysis equipment is not used. That is why Aldon have invested some of the most advanced diagnostic equipment on the market. Many of the smaller local garages and manufactures main dealers bring there problem cars into the workshops.

The equipment used includes an‘ASNU’ injector cleaning and reconditioning machine, which spray tests, cleans and reconditions, if necessary, the cars injectors while off the car.

An in house machine shop can cater for more extensive work on the head or full engine, while modification and re-curving of Lucas and Bosch distributors can also be carried out by experienced engineers.

Fast road / Race / Road engines

Aldon has been building championship winning engines throughout its 30 years of business. They are specialists in Ford X/Flow, Ford OHC, Ford CVH, Ford Zetec, N/A Cosworth, Ford RS2000 16v, Rover 'A', 'B' and 'K'series and Vauxhall 2.0ltr 16v engines. Engines can be supplied with either standard fuel injection or carburettors, performance 'DCOE' carburettors, Alpha ignition or full Alpha engine management.

Aldon's customers compete in a range of motorsport disciplines, including rally, race, sprint and hill climb championships.

One of Aldon's claims to fame is that they supplied Eddie Jordan (Jordan Formula One team owner) with his Formula Ford engines during the late 1970's and early 1980's.

The Heenan/Froude dyno test cell is used for testing and development, power checking and the engine management re-mapping of customers engines up to 1000bhp. Data acquisition facilities are also available.

Aldon's machine shop specialises in porting and polishing of heads, refacing heads/ blocks, lead free conversions, inserting, piston pocketing, lightening, balancing and boring.