Kent Auto Developments - KAD

05/09/2026

One of our Billet crankshafts fresh out of the super finisher.

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25/08/2026

Brands Hatch Mini Festival — what a weekend!

Another excellent weekend of racing for the KAD-powered team in the Mini 7 Racing Club, with some seriously impressive results:
🏆 17 podiums
🏆 4 class wins
⚡ 2 fastest laps
🥇 1 pole position

KAD’s Ross Billison was once again the man to beat, taking his 4th consecutive win! He finished every race this weekend with a healthy gap to P2 — at times nearly 7 seconds. What a run!

Massive congratulations to all the drivers and teams on another dominant race meeting. Your hard work and commitment continues to deliver fantastic results.
Roll on Castle Combe! 🔥🏁

20/08/2026

We are deeply saddened to share the passing of Peter Woollard on the 12th August.

Peter was one of the founding members of Kent Auto Developments and alongside his son Colin, dedicated the past 36 years to building and running the business.

Peter’s dry sense of humour, kind heart and positive outlook on life touched everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him. His hard work and input over the years helped shape Kent Auto Developments into the business it is today. We simply couldn’t have done it without him.

Peter will be deeply missed by our staff, customers, friends and everyone who walked through the doors of KAD. He was often the first person people would meet, always ready with a warm welcome and, no doubt, a characteristic bit of humour.

His presence, contribution and friendship has meant so much to so many, and his loss will be felt throughout the KAD family.

Rest in peace, Peter. You will be deeply missed.

05/08/2026

Another batch of KAD Adjustable Ride Height Platforms ready to go out the door!

A perfect replacement for the standard rubber cone trumpets to allow for fine adjustment of your Classic Minis ride height.

Made from much higher quality material than others and designed to help stiffen and increase the life of the suspension cone by making the contact area much larger.

Rear rods are also made in high-quality material and the correct knuckle lengths to stop them from splitting.

Proudly made in the UK.

29/07/2026

5 victories. 12 podium finishes. Team KAD!

We arrived at the country’s fastest track and delivered a performance that set the benchmark for power.
This weekend we were racing with the Mini7 Racing club at Thruxton supporting the BTCC.
You can rewatch Sundays racing on ITV4 to see our drivers win every race in style.

Saturday’s racing saw Ian Curley win the Mini Miglia race by a healthy margin, with Aaron Smith finishing second and Phill Harvey taking third in the Libre class.
In the Mini 7s, Dan Munro finished second, with Ross Billison close behind in third. Finally, KAD’s Bertie Woollard claimed victory in the Mini 7 S-Class.

Sunday brought a clean sweep of wins. Aaron Smith won the Mini Miglia race, while the Mini 7s saw a complete KAD podium, with Ross Billison taking the win, followed closely by Dan Munro and Spencer Wanstall. Bertie Woollard also secured another victory in the Mini 7 S-Class.

A huge congratulations to all our drivers on an incredible weekends racing.

Roll on Brands Hatch!

26/07/2026

Fantastic results from team KAD at the Thruxton BTCC round yesterday.

Mini Miglia

P1 Ian Curley
P2 Arron Smith
P3 Joe Ferguson (TBR/KAD)

Mini 7

P2 Dan Munro
P3 Ross Billison

Mini7 S class

P1 KAD's own Bertie Woollard

Libre

P3 Phil Harvey

Catch today's racing live on ITV4

Mini7 12:20pm

Mini Miglia 4:00pm

25/07/2026

P1 in qualifying for KAD powered Aaron Smith 💪

Race one coming up at 4:45pm today.

25/07/2026

Front row lockout for KAD powered Ross Billison and Dan Munro.

02/06/2026

You asked, we made it!

Classic Mini Lower Suspension Arm ("Wiggle Pin") Made in house at KAD as a direct replacement for the original Classic Mini lower suspension arm. Made from high-quality EN16 steel for excellent strength and durability. Manufactured as a direct replacement for the original item. Produced straight and...

29/05/2026

New product coming soon.

Our brand new DMG 5 Axis Mill, ploughing its way through a batch of Billet inlet manifolds for the classic 5 port A-series.

These have undergone an extensive development programme in house and at the track.