Life and Cars

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
April 3, 2012

Bulding a Track Car – The Miata has wheels

This morning the 16″ Enkei wheel arrived from Tire Rack mounted with a set of Bridgestone RE-11 Potenza tires. The call came from the guys at Performance Chassis and I headed right over. After cutting them out of the packaging… Continue reading
April 1, 2012

Building a Track Car – Really close to completion

With the seats finally bolted in and the interior just about complete I was waiting for the coil-over shocks to arrive from Flyin’ Miata. Friday came and so did the UPS truck with the box from Flyin’ Miata. I took… Continue reading
March 27, 2012

Building a Track Car – Is it done yet?

Progress continues. The big accomplishments are: Getting both the seats in! The Miata is not easy to fit racing seats in. There is not much space and it got even tighter when I installed the optional door bars that came… Continue reading
March 16, 2012

Building a Track Car – Miata door panels fabricated

I can’t get any credit for originality here, but I really like how these ABS plastic door panels turned out on the track Miata. I searched about on the Internet to see what others had done to improve on the… Continue reading
March 11, 2012

Building a Track Car – Back from paint and back to work.

It was nice to unload the Miata from the roll back yesterday and nicer still to take a look at it this morning. I spent the day re-installing all the lights on every corner. The headlights were in but all… Continue reading
March 9, 2012

Building a Track Car – A peek at the Miata

Its getting close. I went out today to see just how far things have come. Masterblend has the car in the booth and the doors and hardtop done. The hardtop looks great. The Miata is not looking too shabby either. The paint… Continue reading
March 7, 2012

Watch Out for May – Autoweek’s Fantasy Camp Again!

Last year I was one of the lucky twenty to get to attend Autoweek Magazine’s Fantasy Camp in Dearborn, Michigan. This May I get to do it all over again. Yes, the Fantasy Camp rides again with another weekend of… Continue reading