Project Spec E46: Rear Subframe, Differential and Fuel Tank
With the cage freshly in the car and the car up on jack stands for the first of a thousand times, it’s starting to...
Beating Exhaust Heat
The factory downpipe from the manifold on NA and NB Mazda Miatas is wrapped with shielding and packed with insulation to keep the heat...
Bracing a Miata Differential
If you want to be competitive in Spec Miata, you need the 4.30:1 Torsen or Mazda Motorsports differential. Most racers simply find a factory...
Project Spec E46: Installing the Roll Cage
Anytime you source out work to a shop, you are on their time schedule, not yours. You are not their only customer, you see,...
How Hawk Performance Developed the ER-1 Endurance Brake Pad
Hawk Performance has provided brake pads, rotors, and fluid for a wide range of street and motorsport applications for the last 32 years. Perhaps...
The Correct Way to Install Adjustable End Links
When it comes to racecars, everyone seems to have a number of passionate opinions about setup, how things work, and that one part that...
Choosing and Using Fire Systems
Now that we have a little time before the rules require NASA racers nationwide to install a fire system in their cars, it seemed...
Project Spec E46: Sourcing and Stripping a Car
A few years ago, I wrote a series on building a Spec E30 as an average guy, doing a home build in his garage....
Smart and Safe HPDE Seatbelt Options
For you folks who enjoy NASA HPDE events, you may have found yourself deep in a corner, flying through the apex and feeling the...
Setting Toe With a Laser Level
Never go to a shop for an alignment again. Never mess with alignment strings again. The first of this two-part series will show you...
