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By utilizing our Hunter HawkEye Alignment System, RRT can ensure that your vehicle drives straight down the road without excess noise or vibration or we can make minute adjustments to your race car to push your race car’s performance envelope to the next level. Our state of the art alignment system does not clamp onto […]

It is a well known problem that the rod bearings in the S65 and S85 BMW engines has a few issues. They tend to wear at an accelerated rate. This is caused by a few different things, but if you own one of these engines, you will likely have to replace the rod bearings at […]

WHY DO I NEED TO FLUSH MY BRAKE FLUID? Corrosion and contamination of the intricate and expensive ABS and DSC hardware is to be absolutely avoided. Another factor is the elevated operating temperatures encountered in the high-performance braking systems BMW’s and other manufactures use, which makes maintaining a high boiling point critical to safety. A […]

The S54 valve adjustment is one of the most crucial items on the service schedule to ensure that you ///M or ///M swapped car stays running right. Over time, the expansion and contraction from heat cycling and the friction of the metals rubbing together, create variances in the clearance of the valve to the camshaft. […]

(AKA CARBON CLEANING) Many of the newer cars on the road today are direct injection engines. Briefly, that means that the fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber as opposed to the more traditional location further up the intake runner. This is great for performance. But fuel is also a great cleaner, and by […]

This is a well known problem with the E46 chassis. In fact that was once a recall from BMW on the matter, but that has now expired. What happens is flexing of the rear subframe and body eventually crack and in extreme cases, pull out, the driver’s side rear mount or the passenger side front […]

The exhaust camshaft gears in S54 engine have two tabs that come off the front of the gear. Occasionally, these tabs break off. Any time the valve cover is off of a S54, the cam gears and the VANOS system should be inspected. We have found many gears with one tab broken off already. Although […]

The water pump and thermostat are two of the most crucial components of your engine. The pump’s purpose is to circulate coolant throughout the engine to draw heat away from the combustion chamber and send it to the radiator where it can cool down. Without this feature, the engine will overheat and fail. The thermostat […]

Purchasing a used vehicle can be risky. When excited buyers get emotionally caught up in the vehicle purchase, they often miss mechanical, cosmetic, and safety issues during visual inspections and test drives. These problems are compounded if the vehicle being purchased is located in another city and is purchased prior to being seen in person. […]

Many dealerships would like their customers to believe that they are the only ones that can diagnose today’s modern electronics. This just simply isn’t the case. Here at RRT, we utilize the latest in electronics diagnostics including an Autologic Diagnostics System, BMW ISTA, Porsche PWIS, Durametrics, SOLUS, VCDS and others. We have access to factory […]