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Turbo Sizes

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

TURBOSIZESI gave some of you the impression that I’d found an old HKS turbo kit.  That is not the case.  I’m building from scratch, but with the hope of creating something similar to what HKS had produced.  Anything can be…

Low Power Winning 3 – with Low Funds 2

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

inputshaftratioSomewhere along the way I committed myself to maintaining 4AG power.  Not only that… probably 16V 4AG power.  NA as well of course.  With this in mind, I’ve been browsing over the last few weeks for real gearing answers for…

Moto IQ

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

motoiq - 4A-GESo… my internet car life has all but been reduced to browsing yahoo auctions, and looking at useless car porn on websites like speedhunters, motormavens and omgpancakes.  No one is smart anymore.  Remember when people actually cared about…

Work Boots or Sneakers

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

work-bootsRyan still hasn’t returned from his trip to the states, so I haven’t had time to be de-briefed in detail… but via a short conversation he did present something that may be a problem with his current set up.  It…

Mumford Linkage For Lateral Axle Placement

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

mumfordAs I mentioned last week, with RCA’s banned in most SCCA Solo classes, some creativity is required to modify the roll axis on cars like the AE86 after serious lowering.  Luckily, in these same SCCA classes, methods of lateral rear…

Tire Works

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

tireworks2Five and a half degrees negative camber.  Did I do it on purpose?  No, that’s actually as positive as my adjustments allow me, with the parts I chose.  Is it fast?  Maybe not.  My braking sure suffers, but surprisingly, it…

Mukashii AE86 Tune

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

catalogcoverI found this scan hiding on an old external hard drive.  Of course it’s totally irrelevant now… but if your like me you’ll enjoy browsing through it and seeing how things used to be.  The early nineties were an incredible…