The Super Batt-ery
1/4/2005 By: Roger Hewson I was going to start this with a cliché “nobody likes dead batteries” statement, but any idiot knows having a dead battery sucks. For a motor to run it actually…
Category: Overboost
Killing Kones
By: Roger Hewson 12/28/2004 Any one who has ever had a drop of gas and oil running through their veins has dreamed of becoming a racecar driver at one point in their life. Every…
You Need to Hook It Up Part IV
12/22/2004 By: Roger Hewson Clutches and gear ratios are a couple of the most misunderstood aspects of tuning out there. From terminology to setup to how it works, we have not come across anything…
I Am Lexus Hear Me Roar Politely
12/8/2004By: Roger Hewson It’s no mystery that stock exhaust systems stink. No matter how good it might look or sound, there is something somewhere on most OE systems which makes them worth replacing. If…
You Need To Hook It Up Part 3
12/1/2004 By: Roger Hewson A lot of ground has been covered in the first two installments of You Need To Hook It Up. Part One covered how important chassis dynamics and weight distribution are…
You Need to Hook it Up! Part Two
11/24/2004 By: Roger Hewson Welcome back to class students. After reading the first installment of our mini-series on putting the power to the ground in your front-wheel-drive car, there should be a decent understanding…
SEMA Show 2004 – After Dark
It’s not the actual show that makes SEMA such a treacherous week. If you think about it, the Las Vegas Convention Center doors are only open nine hours a day. That gives plenty of…
You need to hook it up! – Part one
10/15/2004 By: Roger Hewson Front-wheel-drive cars have come a long way in the last 15 years. It used to be a common belief 200 horsepower was the limit of a FWD platform. Engineers said…
Boost? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Boost!
10/8/2004 By: Roger Hewson Technology is a fabulous thing when it is applied properly, especially in the case of engines. If you look at the K-series motors and compare them to the B-series, you’ll…
Drop It and Give Me 20!
9/22/2004 By: Roger Hewson No one likes stock suspension; not even the people who designed it. Compromises have to be made here and there to keep 12 different focus groups happy and the ride…