Sports Cars

  • USF1 – Maybe Next Year

    The word is out that the US F1 effort has run out of gas, the money kind and has stopped all work on its entry. The team certainly has put out a tremendous effort to achieve an entry in this… Continue reading

  • DeltaWing’s new Indy Car for 2012

    I have complained a lot about the lack of technical innovation being visible in the IRL or Indy Racing Series for quite a while now.  I’ve pined about the days when Indy cars were a showcase for new ideas and… Continue reading

  • A New 911 from Singer Vehicle Design

    There has always been something special about the Porsche 911.  It has truly classic good looks that go beyond its Teutonic ancestry.  Originally a concept car known as the 901 it was a huge step up from the VW-based 356… Continue reading

  • Transforming a 2009 Bullitt Mustang

    The movie Bullitt came out in 1968 with Steve McQueen in the staring role, at least as far as the credits were concerned.  In reality the lead was tied with a Highland green1968 Ford Mustang GT that had been modified… Continue reading

    Transforming a 2009 Bullitt Mustang

  • Evolution 9 – the turbo has arrived

    While I was away on a three week road trip to New England a package arrived and it contains the Tomei ARMS turbo upgrade I have been impatiently waiting for since I ordered it in mid-May. The folks at Kami… Continue reading

  • A New Project Miata – part two

    Today we put more time into perfecting the Miata.  The bump stops for the rear shocks showed up so that was the first order of business. Removing the shock/spring assemblies means removing all the trim pieces from the trunk as… Continue reading

  • A New Project Miata – part one

    If you look back on some of the past entries you will find a few on work that was done on a 1996 Mazda Miata.  That car came to us with some modifications that, while performance oriented, left it with… Continue reading

  • Raleigh’s Informal Car Show

    Every first weekend of the month a local bunch of Italian car owners have a breakfast at a shopping center in Raleigh, NC.  They bring their Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Alpha Romero’s, etc. and allow people to gawk at cars that you… Continue reading

  • Evolution IX – Tuning the ECU

    Some progress and some disappointment.  I have hooked up with Jestr Tuning to begin the process of tuning via the ECU.  While many in the states would do their tuning on a chassis dyno I prefer data logging pulls on… Continue reading

  • Evolution IX – Rear Aero Diffuser (but not the end)

    Today I had time between other projects to install the rear aero-diffuser that had made such a difference on the 2005 Evolution MR.  Luckily I was able to rescue it from the older car and have been planning to install… Continue reading