Prepping a Nissan Z for ST4 Competition
If the popular models from BMW and Honda represent the proven path for the pragmatic, Nissan’s venerable 350Z might be the pick for the...
Understanding Airflow – Knowing a Few Principles of How Air Flows past a Car...
Since we can’t see airflow, there is usually a lot of mystery surrounding how it acts on a car. Unfortunately, airflow does a lot...
Transformative Processes – Preparing a production vehicle for spec-class racing
In the early days of sports car racing, most cars were based on stock, street vehicles. In the late 1940s through the 1950s, you...
Construction Zone – Installing Custom Roll Cage and an Aluminum Containment Seat in a...
With just more than three weeks to go till the first points race of the season, I dropped off the donor car at Blackbird...
A Mini Goes Big – Adding a Wilwood big brake kit to a Mini...
The Mini Cooper S enjoys a reputation as fun, zippy little car that handles great. Now that prices on used S models have come...
Bushing Science
We all know what suspension bushings do. But beyond replacing stock rubber bushings with polyurethane models, what is the science behind these parts? What...
Brake Fluid Basics – Understanding the Fine Points Can Help You Select the Best...
Racing is all about speed. Well, it is for a little while anyway. Then, because somebody decided to put a corner right in the...
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...
Increasing Octane – Getting the right octane rating for your track car
A lot of NASA HPDE drivers drive their cars to and from the track, and of those, there’s probably a decent amount who change...
Simple Fixes to Remain Within NASA’s 50/50 Body Damage Rule
If you have been racing long enough, eventually stuff gets bent. In most cases, those unfortunate impacts that crease body panels and flake off...
