Most of the time, buying a car with some minor mods isn’t a problem. It’s only later down the road when you wish you would’ve spent the extra money doing something yourself. It’s not so bad buying a vehicle Pre-modded, but of course that goes into how deep the car has been tampered with before […]
This is to you true grassroots guys (and gals). This is to those of you who scrounge up every last dollar and cent just to go visit the racetrack every month. This is to the autocrossers, roadcoursers, drifters, dragracers and rallycrossers. To those who value ducttape and zipties more than anything. To those of you […]
Poise and Balance is something we forget about every now and again. When building a car, a lot of people overlook balance and attack everything with brute power. Brandon’s FC RX7 is the underpowered underdog nipping at the heels of cars with over twice the horsepower. After having a mildly built ’67 Camaro, Brandon already […]
So by now I’m sure most of you know about this new Ecoboost motor that Ford is going to be throwing in half a million of their vehicles in the next 5 years. Basically, the forever ingrained V8 motor that ford uses in everything is slowly going to be phased out. Know what this means: […]
One thing that I’ve noticed: a lot of people can’t size equipment right. What I mean by this is the guys that are throwing a 70 trim journal bearing turbo on a small displacement motor and wondering why they don’t spool until 1k before redline. They always ask why their powerband is so bad, or […]
There’s no technical jargon or breaking news in this blog today folks. It’s Friday, my brain is fried and I’ve come to realize something lately. With everything automotive that I’ve been surrounded with in the past year or so, I think I’ve really taken it for granted. Once in a while everyone needs to slow […]
