A Cooling Process
Snow Performance President Matt Snow took a call from a representative at Wal Mart’s corporate headquarters. They had recently learned that people were buying...
Hosting a Data Party
It’s often the case where in a given region that many racers wind up using the same data system. Those data systems record every...
How to Perform an Engine Compression Test
Testing an engine for compression in the cylinders often yields information you might want to have on hand when buying or selling a racecar....
Bit by Bit
When digital technology took over the mobile phone industry, the change from analog was rather quick. Because service providers would not be offering analog...
Pop Goes the Shock Hat
Pulling the shock hats off production cars can be dicey. People have lost fingers doing it, but it’s not terrible on the factory shocks...
Tech Enforcement Through Comprehensive AiM Data
Mazda Motorsports’ Spec MX-5 benefits from a structure that has been thought through so that participants are guaranteed close competition and a racing education...
Decking it Out – One NASA member helps people create their dream garages
NASA NorCal member and HPDE instructor PJ Kiely is a contractor in Santa Cruz, Calif. His primary business, Santa Cruz Brick Paving, builds custom...
Shielding Cold Air Intakes to Maintain Power Levels
If you do a deep dive on the Internet, the rule of thumb for ambient temperatures and horsepower figures on a V8 engine is...
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...
The Tenth Tenth – Adding a four-channel wideband controller can get you those last...
The effort you put into your racing is often described in tenths. Six-tenths is a cool-down lap. Seven-tenths is as hard as you push...
