Build Your Own Magnetic Alignment Guide

Clockwise or counterclockwise, that is the question. Do you know the difference? Do you know the difference when you are looking up? Do you...

Pit Wagon

Every good race team has some sort of pit wagon. They have them because they are very handy when it comes to moving things...

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....

Take It From The Pros

Like most racers, I’m always looking to improve. How can I make the car faster? How can I go flat over the bypass? How...

Frankenstitching – How to Make Quick Repairs to a Bumper Fascia

The composite bumper fascia has been with us since the advent of the federal government’s 5-mph bumper requirements, a law that took effect with...

Injector Parts – Bin Tuning

Some NASA racing classes mandate you use certain stock OEM parts on your racecar. Any solid racing mechanic can tell you not all stock...

The Driver’s Lounge

My job on the race team is to drive, but it’s not what you think. My job isn’t to drive racecars — that is...

Racing Harness Color Coding

Call me old fashioned, but I like things to go well. I especially like it when things are going well right before I am...

Build Your Own Traction Control Defeat Instructions

Modern vehicles are becoming smarter and smarter, and in some cases smarter than us. Well, that is what automotive manufacturers and their attorneys think....

Easy Way To Time Your Honda Ignition

We have all heard the saying, “Timing is everything.” It’s absolutely true. Timing has an enormous effect on our lives. Walk into a restaurant...

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