How to Measure Camshaft Lift
Not all racecar drivers are mechanics. Some drivers have to be shown where the door handle on the driver’s door is just to get...
Build Your Own Portable Podium
Nobody ever said, “Racing is easy!” And after all of the hard work of racing is completed, racers want to enjoy the fruits of...
Use Technology To Learn New Tracks
These days there are plenty of ways to learn a track you haven’t been to before. You have YouTube, video games, Google Maps, driving...
Schedule Yourself For Success
I was at a NASA SoCal event in October and on Sunday I saw one of my fellow Honda Challenge competitors getting into his...
Build Your Own Brake Lines
If you are building your own track car or hot rod, eventually you will probably find yourself dealing with hydraulic lines. These pesky lines...
Brake Bleed Bottle
Racers bleed brakes. A lot. It is just part of racing. Anyone who has been racing a while has spilled brake fluid all over...
String Alignment
As a racecar driver, I have learned to hate alignment shops. When I have told shop technicians I want 3.5 degrees of negative camber,...
Tools for Teaching
Racecar drivers are often asked to provide coaching or basic instruction about defensive driving. Sometimes it is a teen driver course or a corporate...
Build Your Own Trailer Ramp Safety Guides
I’m going to make a proclamation. This will officially be the easiest and least costly Toolshed Engineer column ever to be in Speed News....
Staying Cool With A Mister Bucket
We race during the summer, which means it is H-O-T, hot! Regardless of your political feelings about climate change, you can’t ignore 100-degree temperatures....
