Funk Motorsport Team Up with Monster Energy’s Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni
If you are a fan of Monster Energy and all the crazy stuff they get up to, it’s likely that you’ve heard of Steve Biagioni. Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni is a professional drift driver from Essex who is well known for his insane line up of machinery that he uses to compete in drift events and […]
Is ceramic coating an exhaust worth it?
Ceramic coating can be considered as space age technology which has been utilised in Formula 1 for years in an effort to reduce heat transfer around the exhaust and turbo systems. This has pushed away from traditional textiles based heat management, but could that be a process which is slowly being reversed? Ceramic coating is […]
Various Exhaust Insulation options
One of the most common causes of heat soak within your engine bay is, of course, your exhaust system. Here at Funk, we often get questions asking us how to overcome issues where the exhaust system runs close to sensitive components so we wanted to take a little time to talk through some of the […]
Drifting: 9 heat management areas to consider
As we know, unwanted heat can kill an engine’s reliability whilst also reducing a car’s performance. In reality, heat management in drifting is something that is often overlooked although vital to performance and reliability. The discipline of drifting is made up of high-intensity short burst runs, followed by shut down while waiting for results or […]
New Build? Don’t forget HEAT!
When rebuilding a car, this is the best time to consider heat management. You can plan all the heat protection you will need, especially in all of those hard to reach areas! There is nothing worse than completing your track car build or your classic car restoration and having a huge heat issue or even […]
Why insulate your exhaust system?
Exhaust systems and manifolds can be a work of art, but yet we see so many people taking the time to wrap them or cover them away. These intricate components can be one of the highest heat producers within the engine bay. But then why would you want to wrap it up and put a […]
Funk Motorsport sponsors Time Attack UK in 2020!
We are pleased to announce that Funk Motorsport has become a sponsor of the UK Time Attack Championship for the first time this season. Already established as a provider of market-leading heat management products to the motorsport industry, this new association sees us take a significant step to further our involvement in the world of […]
Industrial Heat Management
Whilst we specialise in race cars and fast road cars – Heat management is not only important for cars. Since Funk Motorsport has begun, we have been involved with industrial applications. Heat shielding, heat sleeving and lagging to help with environmental issues are all problems in which are regularly approached about. Funk Industries was launched! […]
Solving Touring Car heat issues with Team BMR
We all know that intake temperatures and managing heat is extremely important in protecting your engine. Under fierce competition, team BMR approached Funk Motorsport to manage the heat on their Subaru Levorgs to ensure optimum performance of their engine. Earlier this year, we were approached by BTCC race team BMR to solve some […]
Golden Reflection: The benefits of Gold Reflective Heat Tape.
We have been selling Gold Heat Tape for years, but why? What are the performance benefits of Gold heat wrap Despite Gold reflective bulkheads like you see in Formula 1 and NASA spacecraft looking cool, they have a very good reason why they are in this shade – and sadly no, Gold Heat Tape isn’t only […]