Spec E30 Adopts a New Ground Control Spring Package
My first exposure to Spec E30 came in 2007 when I was asked to be race director at the Championships event in Mid-Ohio. There...
The Advantages of Cryogenic Processing
The biggest misconceptions about cryogenic processing are that it can change the size of parts and lead to brittle components. Those misconceptions can be...
The Art of Scavenging – Myths and methods of getting burned gases out of...
For the longest time, the prevailing wisdom in the paddock with regard to exhaust was the bigger the pipe, the better. Bigger pipes let...
Leaning the Mixture – Installing an adjustable fuel pressure regulator and an air-fuel ratio...
Horsepower doesn’t come cheaply or easily in Spec Miata. Sometimes it doesn’t come at all. First, the engines are tiny, measuring either 1.6 or...
Bending Steel: Manufacturing Sway Bars and Helper Springs
There is a variation of the Hippocratic oath at work at Hellwig Suspension Products. When its people first look at a vehicle, they evaluate...
Extreme Plateau Honing: State-of-the-Art Bore Finishing
Research done by Ford Motor Company and the U.S. Department of Energy showed that roughly 45 percent of engine friction comes from the piston-ring-to-cylinder-wall...
Built to Spec – Borla’s new racing exhaust systems for Miatas raise the bar...
It seems a bit curious at first why Borla would decide to build an entire exhaust system for one class of race car. The...
Project Spec E46: Rear Suspension and Other Details
Before reassembling the rear subframe on a Spec E46, you must weld in a rear subframe reinforcement kit. I sourced mine from Condor Speed...
Budget Build: Honda Challenge Part 3 – Suspension and Brakes
After we found our Honda Challenge project car for $500 at a tow yard, and then had Autopower put a roll cage in it,...
Bit by Bit
When digital technology took over the mobile phone industry, the change from analog was rather quick. Because service providers would not be offering analog...
