Car Stuff

May 21, 2012

Autoweek Fantasy Camp–from the beginning

We will climb into Mr. Peabody’s WABAC machine and return to Friday, May 18, the day before all of our track time. Friday is actually quite a full day. We campers came down for a wonderful Dearborn Inn breakfast and… Continue reading
May 19, 2012

Autoweek Fantasy Camp 2012–A long day with too much fun

The smell of exhausted brakes permeates the air here at Ford’s Dearborn Development Center. Nineteen very happy campers have spent a day living the dream of car testing and evaluation. In the morning we drove ten different sedans on a… Continue reading
May 17, 2012

Autoweek Fantasy Camp–Getting there…

I left NC yesterday and traveled through that state as well as Virginia and West Virginia until I reached a place in the highway that had traffic stopped. I was able to converse with a guy in a work van… Continue reading
May 15, 2012

Autoweek Fantasy Camp–The road trip ahead…

I am busy getting the house in order and doing my preliminary packing of luggage as I prepare for tomorrow’s road trip to Dearborn, MI. While I often do these kinds of road adventures in a single day of driving… Continue reading
May 9, 2012

E3 Spark Plugs–Not such a good idea

So I was in one of my favorite auto parts stores and looking for spark plugs for my Toyota pickup truck. It’s a 1992 red mini-pickup with the 22RE 2.4 liter, four cylinder engine. They guy at the counter asks… Continue reading
May 5, 2012

Cars & Coffee Raleigh – It’s Hot!

It’s the first Saturday of the month and that means this morning was Cars & Coffee in Raleigh, NC. Its amazing what vehicles decide to come out for this informal car show where no one gets a trophy. It was… Continue reading
May 1, 2012

Building a Track Car – How much power?

With the suspension all set and the car corner balanced it was time for one more detail. I needed to find out what the true power band was so that I could make the most of the Shift-I that I… Continue reading
April 21, 2012

Building a Track Car: Alignment and Balance

This 1996 Miata has come a long way since it became a track car project. It already had 151,000 miles on it but a lot of changes have taken place that will allow it to corner like never before. Even… Continue reading
April 18, 2012

On the Road – This old truck…

This past week I have been traveling to Minnesota to handle a few family matters. The weather was surprisingly mild for this time of year and this part of the country. I wandered around New Ulm on afternoon and came… Continue reading
April 4, 2012

Autoweek’s Fantasy Camp – SWAG!

This is my second year that I will be one of the lucky twenty to spend a weekend enjoying Autoweek’s Fantasy Camp in Dearborn, Michigan, at the Ford proving grounds. One of the nice benefits is that about this time… Continue reading