Toolshed Engineer

The first time Toolshed Engineer appeared in Speed News magazine was back in May of 2012 during the first year of the magazine. In...

In motorsports, the data has clearly proven numerous times that nothing makes a racecar faster around a track than the simple mod of adding...

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...

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...

This particular Toolshed Engineer article is an update to two previously published stories on tire mounting and balancing titled Tire Preparation Basics and Nitrogen...

Sometimes, when doing a project on a racecar, it is best to press the “easy button.” There is no need to reinvent the wheel,...

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...

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...

Nobody ever said, “Racing is easy!” And after all of the hard work of racing is completed, racers want to enjoy the fruits of...

We all have done it. The trailer is loaded and you are just about to leave for a long tow to a racetrack for...