Installing Penske Shocks on a Spec Miata
The brilliant simplicity of the suspension on a Mazda Miata has been made even better with the use of the new Penske shocks. We...
Weight Matters – Corner Weighting Your Car Properly Yields Better Handling and Faster Lap...
The vertical loads on your tires have a huge influence on how fast your car can go around the track, and how it responds...
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...
Up in the Air – Lifting a Toyota Tundra without sacrificing practicality or towing...
Lots of people love lifting their trucks and adding huge tires. It looks great, but it destroys much of its practicality, specifically when used...
A New Take on Predictive Performance Data
The path to quicker lap times ultimately involves data. From inside the car, it typically involves a display with predictive lap timing and how...
Installing a Hellwig Rear Sway Bar on an HD Pickup
I have to admit that when Hellwig sales and marketing director Mike Hallmark suggested a sway bar for my 2500 Silverado HD, it seemed...
The Art of Scavenging – Myths and methods of getting burned gases out of...
For the longest time, the prevailing wisdom in the paddock with regard to exhaust was the bigger the pipe, the better. Bigger pipes let...
Priceless Data – the AiM Solo Has Made Data Acquisition a Lot More Affordable,...
Don’t guess when you can know. That statement is one of the philosophical foundations of science, engineering and racing. You can learn a lot...
Head and Neck Restraints: Similarities and Differences
These days every major sanctioning body mandates the use of a head and neck restraint (HNR) to protect drivers from injuries to the head...
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...
