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Happenings at the Shop
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We haven't had a shop update in a while so with 2016 coming to a close and 2017 on the horizon I snapped some quick pictures of various cars that are around the shop right now. This is a quick run down of car plans and racing plans for 2017. We are getting back to the roots of racing. Low cost and high enjoyment are the goals for 2017. The Turbo Civic is getting put back together. This car has seen a lot of setups over the 15 years that I have owned it and this time around is no...
Brake Fluid Notes and Information
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I read an interesting article on brake fluid recently that got me intrigued on the subject to dive into it a bit more and see what all I could learn about it. This article by Mike Mavrigian of Birchwood Automotive stated that different brake fluids have different compressibility. He stated, "Different brake fluids can dramatically alter the brake pedal feel with no other system changes." This all being based on the different compressibility of the various brake fluids. This opened my eyes a bit. In our race cars we have predominantly used Motul RBF600 and we have never had any...
5 Tips for your first HPDE
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5 Tips to prepare yourself and your car for your first HPDE HPDE's are some of the most fun that you can have in your high performance street car and some basic rules of thumb will go a long way to making the day enjoyable. A HPDE (High Performance Driving Education) is a chance for you to take your street car onto a race track and drive it like it was meant to be driven. These events are held all across the country at various race tracks with various organizers all year long. #1 - Pre-event check list. Your car...
BRZ Track Car
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There are 2 track weekends under the BRZ's belt and it has proven to be quite impressive so far. The majority of my on track experience is in FWD vehicles so I expected a bit of a learning curve getting into the BRZ but the confidence the chassis gives you expedited this process. With 360 track miles on the car so far there is not 1 thing that I would change. Both weekends have been run at Sebring International Raceway. Most recently I ran with NASA and picked up over 4 seconds per lap from the first time out. My...
IPGParts.com SCCA STL Civic Si Wins at Daytona and Sebring
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The season is off to a great start with the IPGParts.com Honda Civic Si SCCA STL Class Road Race Car. Daytona Intl Speedway May 2013 was the first real race event for the team's 2004 Honda Civic Si EP3 Race Car and it proved to have a bit of a learning curve. Saturday morning qualifying sessions were in the rain and an inexperienced rain driver James Innes had some learning to do. Thankfully the rain let up and the Saturday afternoon 1.5 hour enduro was a great chance to see what the car could do at speed and it did...