The No-Flex, No-Nonsense Advantage of Spherical Bearings

Racecar drivers know to keep their eyes up and look far beyond the hood of their racecars while driving. This is a good practice....

Proper Brake Cooling Is Essential for Safety and Lower Lap Times

A photograph of glowing orange brake rotors blazing away through fast-spinning spokes is truly an awesome sight. That is, unless the car in the...

Fender Rolling The Easy Way

When you build a racecar or lower a street car, you often end up with tires that rub on the fenders and quarter panels....

Civic Duties: Building a Honda Civic for Street and Track

I started racing karts at age 5, and since then I have enjoyed the speed and cornering forces that you feel when racing. Near...

Installing a Fire System

When caveman invented fire, it changed the world we live in forever. Fire forges steel. Fire creates the very racecars we NASA members enjoy...

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...

Installing Roll Cage Padding

In the NASA Club Codes and Regulations, specifically section 15.6.4, it states that “All roll cage surfaces that may come in contact with the...

Loud and Clear – Fitting and Processing Custom Silicone Radio Ear Buds

When I bought my radio setup, I was on a budget, so I went with the foam-tip setup. They worked just fine and I...

How to Choose a Clutch for Street, Track Days, Time Trial and Racing

The process of taking a production car and converting it for use in racing or high-performance street driving, or perhaps something that can do...

Reinventing the Clutch

For all practical purposes, the automotive clutch that has been in use for much of the last century was conceived by the Borg &...

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