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...
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...
Camber Matters – Optimizing Track Performance for Strut Suspension Cars
The suspension setup for a strut-equipped car is very much like that of a double wishbone “A-arm” suspension. You adjust camber and tire pressures...
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...
Shocks, Springs and Bars – Installing a Spec Miata suspension only takes a couple...
One of the great things about Spec Miata is its simplicity, and it starts with the suspension system.
You don’t need to be an expert...
Tuning Tires – Tracking tire temperatures and tuning your setup accordingly can pay dividends...
Whether you road race, autocross, run in Time Trial or HPDE, your goal is always to extract maximum performance from your car. Driving and...
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...
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...
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...
Built to Spec – Borla’s new racing exhaust systems for Miatas raise the bar...
It seems a bit curious at first why Borla would decide to build an entire exhaust system for one class of race car. The...
