Bogg brothers

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just come back from Bogg Bros, brilliant guy there called steve, had a

real good chat about what i want to do with my car and hes suggested some good mods, so im gonna build the 2.0 engine and fit it and take it thro to there rollin road and hel set it up , cant bloody wait now.

 

some nice cars in there awaiting bike carb conversions, lovely red MK3 lazer and a few mk2 escys.

[antz]

dead nice guys!!!

 

i need to go over there when my new engien is ready. get them to set it up.

 

he set up my 1300 and it flies for what it is. and its all done by ear and knwoledge. no fancy computers

[Copey]

i want to take my capri to them to be all set up properly

[FlashCadillac]

They did my escy last moth. Spot on it was.

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what did they do and what did they charge?

[vibrating_Cake]

im tempted on boggs bro's too. sound like propepr guys

[caprinerd]

its all done by ear and knwoledge. no fancy computers

 

proper old skool then, like it should be

[antz]

They did my escy last moth. Spot on it was.

 

coulda popped round for a cuppa you spaz. im only 5 miles away from bogg brothers

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spaz , lol

[Conor]

My advice is don't. Old man Dave is as deaf as a post and wouldn't know a pinking motor if it had a big neon sign on saying "I'm rattling like a barsteward." And he insists on taking off the vacuum advance on the dizzy when you've told him specifically not to because you need some economy out of it as you do 300 miles a week. Steve is OK as long as its to do with bike carbs but don't dare complain that they're faulty.

 

 

How to tune Pintos/Kents the Dave Bogg way.

1) Wind on the advance straight away so its so far advanced, it's off the crank pulley timing marks. According to him, all Pintos can run at least 18 degrees.

2) Take out the main jets and run a drill bit through them. Sod the secondaries and air correctors.

3) Remove vaccum pipe, knock up a short one to block up the hole.

4) Bang it on rolling road and give it full welly, apparently completely oblivious to the massive amounts of pinking going on.

5) Smile and say "There you go. Be right now lad. Would you like to come look at my V6 MK1 Transit recovery truck?"

 

In the 80's, old man Dave was good at what he did. Now? Well I'm less than 10 miles from them and I go elsewhere.

 

The last time I went to Boggs, last year, was the last I'll ever do. Within a week I undid everything he had done because he'd basically wrecked the car. Upped my fuel economy from 26MPG to 37MPG and stopped the pinking. Seemed to go a bit quicker too.

 

In short, the only decent thing out of Boggs, apart from the road home, is the manifolds for the bike carbs.

[mk1super]

My advice is don't. Old man Dave is as deaf as a post and wouldn't know a pinking motor if it had a big neon sign on saying "I'm rattling like a barsteward." And he insists on taking off the vacuum advance on the dizzy when you've told him specifically not to because you need some economy out of it as you do 300 miles a week. Steve is OK as long as its to do with bike carbs but don't dare complain that they're faulty.

 

 

How to tune Pintos/Kents the Dave Bogg way.

1) Wind on the advance straight away so its so far advanced, it's off the crank pulley timing marks. According to him, all Pintos can run at least 18 degrees.

2) Take out the main jets and run a drill bit through them. Sod the secondaries and air correctors.

3) Remove vaccum pipe, knock up a short one to block up the hole.

4) Bang it on rolling road and give it full welly, apparently completely oblivious to the massive amounts of pinking going on.

5) Smile and say "There you go. Be right now lad. Would you like to come look at my V6 MK1 Transit recovery truck?"

 

In the 80's, old man Dave was good at what he did. Now? Well I'm less than 10 miles from them and I go elsewhere.

 

The last time I went to Boggs, last year, was the last I'll ever do. Within a week I undid everything he had done because he'd basically wrecked the car. Upped my fuel economy from 26MPG to 37MPG and stopped the pinking. Seemed to go a bit quicker too.

 

In short, the only decent thing out of Boggs, apart from the road home, is the manifolds for the bike carbs.

 

Another happy punter

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[antz]

ive had my escort there twice now.

 

first tiem it ran like shit and i wanted him to diagnose the problem. instantly he said YEP THERE IT IS and he was spot on.

 

then i took it back for a tune up and i admit it drinks more fuel but my god it goes for the little 1300 thats in it!

 

he does let you take the car out for a blast first to check it and see what you think....

 

i personally cant fault them and i will be taking my new engine to him for setting up.

 

thats just my opinion

[Conor]

he does let you take the car out for a blast first to check it and see what you think....

 

 

I did. And I told him it was pinking. Gave up in the end. Didn't really feel like arguing with him cos he's that kind of bloke - you can't really get narked with him.

 

Next time you're up at Scotch, Antz, ask Colin who has the white Capri what Boggie is like. He's had the same experience as me. Maybe he's OK with Kents but he has his own ideas on what to do to every Pinto that comes in and he refuses to change it for anyone.