Build Your Own Blocking Plates
Racecars created from production vehicles have all sorts of extra amenities we don’t need at the racetrack. Vanity mirror? Nope? Cupholders? Nope? Windshield wipers?...
Driver Hydration
Racecar interiors get hot, wicked hot. Drivers are adorned with multiple layers of Nomex, gloves, helmets and leather, which is all designed to keep...
Simple Ways to Clean Up and Protect Your Racecar’s Wiring
Most NASA competitors are DIY folks. We build and maintain our own racecars and take enormous pride when those cars hit the track. But,...
Magnetic Fuel-Spill Towel
In endurance racing, pit stops are crucial to success. Any team that has run endurance events understands races can be won or lost in...
Restoring an Old Trailer
When you are a true racecar driver, it means you are no longer playing with your street car during track days. You are all...
Build Your Own Splitter
As racers, we are always looking for that little edge against our competitors. Some of those advantages come at great cost and time, like...
Invest in a Budget Laptop
As racers, we like to focus our effort and most of our money directly into one thing and one thing only: making our racecars...
No Press, No Problem
Like most racers, I find myself doing my own work on my racecar. And that work has to be done with whatever tools I...
Window Net Install
Like a lot of safety equipment, a driver’s window net is not something you ever want to use. If you do, you’re crashing violently...
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...
