Autocross racing is one of the best ways for average drivers to get into motorsports. And luckily, many cheap cars on the market make great autocross racers without a ton of modifications. This article will share some insight on how to get into autocross racing, how races work, and show …
Read More »A Brief History of the 2003-04 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra | American Icons
Since their inception, muscle cars gained the reputation of being crude and primitive (but effective) machines. Truthfully, classics from the ’60s and ’70s with live rear axles, drum brakes, and carbureted engines might sound cool but were a far cry from precision driving machines of today. For years, Detroit stubbornly …
Read More »Why Mazda MX-5 Miata is a Better Sports Car than Honda S2000
Mazda MX-5 and Honda S2000 are some of the most popular sports cars/roadsters ever made, but which Japanese icon is actually better? Mazda’s MX-5, formerly known as the Miata, reignited sports car design when it debuted for the model year 1999. The lightweight agile roadster was instantly recognizable as a …
Read More »What Does A Performance Exhaust Do?
It seems that car enthusiasts have an instant desire to upgrade their exhaust system after buying a car. Even if that means changing only the back tips for added style. This obsession with performance exhausts dates back from the first days of automotive racing. Wide tubes emerging from the engine …
Read More »Benefits of A High Flow Air Filter vs. Stock
In the early 1980s, automobile manufacturers began to ditch the round, paper air filter elements typically used on carbureted engines in favor of flat filters funneling air to fuel-injected engines. Often, factory air boxes reduce power. The air inlet passages provide the engine with enough air for stock output but …
Read More »How To Increase Your Car’s Performance: The Starter Guide
There is nothing more satisfying than owning a car. Maybe the only thing that would be better, would be being able to increase your car’s performance. Is this possible? It is possible to increase your car’s performance. There are some things you can do yourself with some tools, parts and …
Read More »Chip Tuning – Risks and Rewards of ECU Remapping
Everyone with even a passing interest in cars has heard of chip tuning. As the story goes, a magical mechanical man turns up with his secret software, plugs it into your engine, and BOOM: Your car’s a lean, mean, street racing machine! Yes, in the best-case scenario, this is exactly …
Read More »Toyota To Ferrari: How To Increase Your Vehicle’s Horsepower
We all love our cars, but sometimes when we buy them, we’re being dealt a forced hand of variables and factors that frankly, may not meet our standards. We all want a super badass driving machine, but with the dealers and manufacturers having to abide by price and emissions standards, …
Read More »What’s The Difference Between A Super Charger And A Turbo Charger?
This is one of the questions that get’s asked a lot by people who are interested in increasing the performance of their car. Because they both perform a similar function, it’s quite confusing and so we would like to clear that up here and now. Both the super chargers and …
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