Thanks all.

So.. this tuning caper. When I was a lad, we could mostly only afford bikes. Tuning consisted of things like opening and polishing ports, fitting 'high lift' cams, etc. Or it might be messing with the compression ratio by fitting different pistons, or fitting different/bigger carbs, or the infamous Wal Phillips Fuel Injector. We did all our repairs ourselves and I continued to do all of my own car repairs up until my second Punto. I swapped engines, on the drive, in January.... , and other stoopid tricks. Till I decided I'd seen it all and opted for the lazy man's option of buying cars that don't need fixing too often and paying somebody else when they do. I still do basic stuff on the wifes Punto , like changing pads/discs etc, but not much more.
These days it is very rare to see anybody doing real car work on their drive etc.

So, when you young whippersnappers talk about tuning.... What exactly is it? Do you just get 'bolt on' bits and if so, what? Do you do the work yourselves or do you go to tuning specialists? I've seen styling mods like fancy light clusters etc, but otherwise I'm clueless as to what is available.

Col