It was 2001; the summer of The Fast and the Furious. I had a fairly fresh driving license and a monopoly on the family Hyundai, but instead of mounting underglow [although tempting at the teenage-time], somehow I left the movie more interested to discover what double clutching was really for. I had never heard of Auto-X. Never ‘wrenched’ more than […]
2 No joke… for the first time today I told someone how “good” my Dodge truck was. Moments later it died and wouldn’t re-start. The truck is now scattered across my yard… with my shop too small to both house it, and at the same time grant access to, and space to maneuver very large and separated components there are no […]
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annexe
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noun:
a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodations.
10 years ago I made a new friend. He taught me that it is OK to take cars apart and put them back together again. And even better than OK to put things back together differently.
Having first read about this two years ago… there is no breaking news here. At the time of first reading though, the concept of shock valving was only vaguely meaningful to me, and I didn’t fully understand what I was reading. Car design is often about compromise. Want a great camber curve? Jack that roll center up. Want negative lift […]
2 Actually 58.407. Speaking of FA20 development, when TRD Japan builds a car, they do it right. There is no turbo and the transmission is a re-geared stock unit (Aisin AZ6). This is a built 86 that makes you proud of your purchase, rather than regret that you didn’t instead buy a 911, 370Z, or Focus ST… This FA20 uses in […]
Yes this car is still around. It’s still awesome… but as the roof rack suggests, Andrew has made it his own. Gone is the low down suspension and the home made aero… but it still has a trailer hitch on the shift lever, two limited slip differentials… and a third differential that isn’t. I got to spend some time with […]
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