Tire Preparation Basics
Over the years, my racing team has accused me of being a real pain in the ass. This comes from my dedication to extreme...
How To Get Stickers On Straight
In motorsports, the data has clearly proven numerous times that nothing makes a racecar faster around a track than the simple mod of adding...
Jack Stand Stripes
The first time Toolshed Engineer appeared in Speed News magazine was back in May of 2012 during the first year of the magazine. In...
Nitrogen is your Friend
One of the easiest ways to modify your car’s handling is by adjusting air pressure in the tires. It’s also one of the easiest...
Installing Ballast
You spent all that time stripping your racecar, making it lighter, losing weight wherever possible and taking away non-essential items. Then you finally sat...
Tire Balancing With Knowledge
This particular Toolshed Engineer article is an update to two previously published stories on tire mounting and balancing titled Tire Preparation Basics and Nitrogen...
Build Your Own Jack Board
Somebody smarter than me said wisdom comes from experience and experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. That certainly...
Paint Your Own Engine Bay
During the off-season, you have time to think about all the racecar projects you have been shamefully putting off. It’s called procrastinating and it...
Fire Extinguisher Mount
Sometimes, when doing a project on a racecar, it is best to press the “easy button.” There is no need to reinvent the wheel,...
How To Design and Build RaceDeck Flooring For the Paddock
Anyone who has spent any time in a race paddock has experienced this super-fun racing sequence: 1. Quickly crawling under a hot racecar to...
