Modifying Cars

  • Mistubishi – What’s New

    Several reports support the news that Mitsubishi will be releasing a Ralliart version of the Lancer that sounds like an enthusiasts affordable Evolution.  No, it won’t have quite the power, but it will have AWD.  In fact, it will use… Continue reading

  • Mark Donahue – Early Telemetry

    A friend sent me this photograph of Mark in a test car with what looks like an early attempt to use an on-board computer to gather data.   Does anyone know if this is true? Continue reading

  • Project Legacy GT SpecB – part 2

    This week we had a visit from a car that we had worked on some before.  It is Ted’s 2006 Subaru Legacy GT SpecB.  This is quite an interesting car from Subaru.  It comes with a lot of luxury items… Continue reading

  • A Thanksgiving Assist – Audi A4

    It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving and a friend needed some help getting his wife’s Audi A4 in shape for a trek to the the in-laws.  This was a Quatro with the small turbo 1.8 engine and had… Continue reading

  • 2008 Bullitt Mustang

      It only took Ford 40 years to get it right. Edmunds has done a test and supplies a video of the result on their web site.  It looks like a much better package than what was tried in 2001. … Continue reading

  • Evolution MR Suspension Swap

    A good friend of mine bought a 2006 Evolution after owning one of the sweetest 1998 Eclipse GSX cars ever.  He bought it new at the local Mitsubishi dealership just a few months ago.  Since Mitsubishi did not make a… Continue reading

  • The Lone Wolf is Ready for the Semi-Finals

      Back a few entries we showed a project car that was entered in this year’s DARPA Challenge.  It is based on Lotus Elise donated by Lotus Cars and being developed by a group known as Insight Racing in North… Continue reading

  • Bonneville Salt Flats 2007 – A DSM Diary

      Photo by Thomas “Porkpie” Graf, Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved A good friend of mine has an AWD Eagle Talon with nearly 300,000 miles on it.  His daily driver is also used as a Bonneville racer.  Here is his tale… Continue reading

  • A Collection of Enthusiasts

    While I was on Cape Cod I went to a car show that is held every Tuesday afternoon in the summer in the town of Bourne.  It is held in the parking lot of a technical school located on a… Continue reading

  • Carbon-dioxide Emissions – an approach taken by Axel Friedrich

     Today’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting article on how Alex Friedrich hired some university engineers to see how carbon-dioxide emissions could be reduced in a VW Golf, their best selling model.  They were able to reduce the emissions from… Continue reading