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An old racing tip: For a good low-buck alternative to the "racing" fluid, just go and get the stuff from the local Ford dealership. It's dry boiling point is rated way up there (don't have a can in...

And of course, the setup will change as your driving improves and you start to realize you can go through the corners much faster, which necessitates further changes, which allows greater...

I did a search, and the 1987 Honda Prelude uses a dual wishbone front suspension. The Ford Escort is using a MacPherson strut. Two completely different animals. Thus, this now gets into the...

I'll try and give you a little more concrete info to help you "hack" the suspension. I raced a very nose heavy, strut FWD car. Lower the front until the lower control arms are level. Ideally you...

This whole arguement is just a red herring. If I wanted to protest any of the engine itmes you listed, either a visual inspection will determine compliance, a review of the service manual will list...

Good luck with policing this one. BTW, what are the tolerances on the engine/trans location? Engines/trans will be lowered, rotated, etc. by people looking for that small performance advantage. ...

Once I get just a little bit farther in this school thing which has forced me into retirement, I hope to get back out there. Hopefully, maybe, I'll get it out to Grattan to do a couple of test days...

And the Calais drivers. :D BTW, this was a carryover from the late SS days, not an IT "derived" rule.

SAE J1169 is one objective procedure used in the automotive exhaust industry to validate an exhaust system for road use. States like California were having a HUGE battle with the sport compact car...

http://www.mcmaster.com/#crack-detectors/=59q6ne Scroll down the page a bit and you'll see the dye kit. We use McMaster-Carr for a lot of work stuff. I've order personal stuff through them myself...

One other thing to keep in mind, is this a steady-state issue you're dealing with or is it an initial turn-in kind of issue? If it's steady-state, then the main things like springs/sway bars along...

A free-flowing, loud exhaust

Dave, I remember. It has been a long time. I am reluctantly semi-retired. I stopped racing 3 years ago when the owner of the company I work for asked me to go back to school. Unfortunately, there...

I'll give you a call.

One potential way to fix this, short of cutting the tube completely out and redoing it, would be to add a large "taco" gusset across the corner. But it's hard to see how much room you have with that...

Yep, same problem. You sound about the same size as me. The best solution I found was to spend a few extra dollars and get a good custom suit. Surprisingly my custom Simpson was not that much more...

+1 on the test day. When you do the test day, FIRST, just play around with the settings. Make MAJOR adjustments to the shocks/struts so you can really feel the difference (e.g. full soft front,...

In the end, we basically have a finite number of rules which need to be applied to an infinite number of senarios. What gets to be stupid about threads like this is the scenario keeps changing in...

1) You're supposed to be going slow through an incident anyways.
2) No passing is allowed from the yellow flag to past the incident.
Thus, if you know you're coming into a yellow flag situation...

Doug, as I was reading your post, I actually came to the same conclusion that Steve did. Look for a shop that will prep and rent your car back to you. Then, you always have the option of...

At work a couple of years ago we got new health/life insurance and the new company came in to explain all the new and improved changes. In the small print on one of the slides they showed it stated...

I've actually thought about this and I agree with Raymond and Cherokee, but let's look at the whole racing progression process. If you look at how a person could advance through SCCA with their car...

This is the procedure told to me by Jongblood wheels. Clean the mating surfaces and bolt together. Torque all nuts and bolts. Do not put any sealant between the halves! Using plain clear...

Go sub 1:50 and you'll be doing well. Top half of the field.

Chris, do you have a tire temp gage? If not, keep that in mind when you are evaluating costs. I know they have a probe for measuring temp's under the surface (i.e. in the tire), so now there are...