A New Take on Predictive Performance Data
The path to quicker lap times ultimately involves data. From inside the car, it typically involves a display with predictive lap timing and how...
Sized Accordingly – Understanding tire sizes and spring rates
It is important that the proper wheel width be used for a given tire size. Tire companies provide data for each tire they make,...
How to Build a Spec3 From a Donor
In the interest of furthering renewed interest in Spec3, the series leader and series director put together a constructors guide for those interested in...
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...
Under Lock and Key: Installing a Pickup Bed Tonneau Cover
The great thing about SUVs is you have a full cargo compartment’s worth of lockable storage for the tools and other valuables you take...
How to Pick the Right Fire System
OK, time’s up. The 2023 rules are in place, and they require a fire system on all racecars. Come to think of it, a...
The Science of Spark Plug Wires
Back in the day, when a guy rumbled up to the drive-in and popped his hood for onlookers to gawk at his engine, one...
Gutting a Door
Without a doubt, the biggest expense in building a racecar from a production car is having the roll cage installed. That step in the...
Crude Tactics – Used Motor Oil Can Help You Pinpoint Your Car’s Aerodynamic Strengths...
There is no such thing as “good enough” for a racer. Every detail of our personal performance, and our machine’s performance, has to be...
Engine Cooling: A Balancing Act
In racing, the prevailing wisdom for enhancing a car’s cooling system was simple. The more rows you can put in a radiator, the better....
