Infinite Control – AEM’s new Infinity stand-alone engine management system does it all
When Daniel Wennerberg was preparing his BMW E46 M3 to compete at the NASA National Championships, he went beyond the stock engine management system,...
Communication Theory – How to Recognize, Measure and Fix Bump Steer
Clear communication between driver and machine is a fundamental requirement for speed, safety, confidence and predictability on the racetrack. The ideal relationship between you...
Damper Tuning
As you drive a corner, your control inputs are constantly transitioning so that you can swing your car’s acceleration vector around at the right...
Putting Some Thunder in the Tundra – Adding a cold air intake and aftermarket...
We all spend countless hours prepping our racecars. However, many of us have another vehicle, which gets us to work, the local hardware store,...
Head Case – The NASA rulebook on Spec Miata cylinder head modifications is clear...
Here’s the reality in Spec Miata. The days of finding a cheap donor car with 100,000 miles on the clock, adding the required safety...
Installing Decals, Flat out – How to Apply Decals Without Trapping Dirt and Air...
It’s not clear to me whether this how-to story will be met with ridicule, or with nods of approval, largely because I have no...
Leaning the Mixture – Installing an adjustable fuel pressure regulator and an air-fuel ratio...
Horsepower doesn’t come cheaply or easily in Spec Miata. Sometimes it doesn’t come at all. First, the engines are tiny, measuring either 1.6 or...
Dirt-Cheap Fabrication Tools and Techniques – You Might Already Have the Tools You Need...
Buying nice, fancy tools that you will only need to use once pulls money out of your wallet that would otherwise go toward your...
Air Dams, Splitters, Spoilers and Wings – Downforce increases grip, grip decreases lap times,...
Air flows around, under and through your race car, and you can take advantage of it with cheap and simple modifications that have a...
Zen and the Art of Plumbing – Installing a halon fire system on a...
Words cannot express how much I loathe household plumbing projects. Sinks, toilets, faucets, drains, anything. I would rather write a check to someone else...
