Project Spec E30 – Part II: Interior Teardown
The easiest part of the process of building a Spec E30 is stripping the interior. The obvious first step is, removing the front 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...
Weight Transfer – the C5 Corvette Already Has Good Weight Distribution, and Here’s How...
While walking the pits at an IMSA race at Sonoma Raceway, NASA Utah racer George Smith noticed something about the pro-built Corvettes that was...
Budget Build Honda Challenge Part 5 – the Devil Is in the Details
We began our budget Honda Challenge build in the March 2016 issue of “Speed News” magazine with the goal of completing the car and...
Budget Build: Honda Challenge Part 4 – The Powertrain
Every racecar driver wants more power. For our budget Honda Challenge build, we wanted more power, too. The problem was that pesky rulebook. More...
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,...
Budget Build: Honda Challenge Part 2 – Safety, Safety, Safety
When building a racecar, you have to make the thing safe before you can make it fast. The major difference between the car you...
Budget Build: Honda Challenge, Part 1 – Finding and Stripping the Right Platform
As racers, we do a fair amount of bench racing. During the off-season we sit behind our computers and mock up a possible new...
Innocence Lost – Turning a garage-queen BMW E92 M3 into a proper Time Trial...
It’s funny what racing does to the human mind. One minute we’re capable of making rational decisions and the next we’re tearing apart a...
From the Ground Up – Building a BMW E36 M3 for Performance Touring C
It’s not often when a shop gets a chance to build a fresh racecar from the ground up. It’s often quick and dirty matter...
