Tuning Tires – Tracking tire temperatures and tuning your setup accordingly can pay dividends...
Whether you road race, autocross, run in Time Trial or HPDE, your goal is always to extract maximum performance from your car. Driving and...
Project: Spec E30 – Finding a Donor and Getting Started on the Build
People ask me what it takes to build a Spec E30. Believe it or not, it’s a common question that people who are interested...
Installing Seat Harnesses in a Spec Miata
Talk about taking responsibility for your own safety. When you convert a production car for racing, you remove a restraint system that has been...
Installing a Set of AEM X-Series Engine Gauges
Oil pressure and water temperature are probably the most important things to monitor in a racecar, and if you’re allowed to play with air/fuel...
Camber Matters – Optimizing Track Performance for Strut Suspension Cars
The suspension setup for a strut-equipped car is very much like that of a double wishbone “A-arm” suspension. You adjust camber and tire pressures...
Replacing a Miata Fuel Pump Sock
We all have read time and again that oil is the lifeblood of an engine, but without fuel, the engine doesn’t run, and if...
Bracing For Reality – Upgrading an E36 for the rigors of racing duty
The E36 is a great candidate for a racecar. One look at NASA’s German Touring Series will tell you that. The E36 strikes the...
Preventing Low-Speed Pre-Ignition in Turbocharged, Direct-Injection Engines
Turbocharging and direct injection have ushered in new levels of power and fuel economy from smaller engines, and cars equipped with that technology have...
Tech Matters: Back to Back
Toyo Tires offers comparison test drives in cars with its new R888R and its outgoing R888.
There’s a special feeling waking up knowing that in...
Exhaustive Research – When It Comes to Exhaust Outlets, Racecars Adhere to the Rule...
Exhaust tips are a strange thing to take pictures of, you might think. To be honest, I admit that it is kind of strange,...
