Technology

Ever wonder why some drivers at the tracks can take a car with less power and still smoke everyone else’s lap time?  Driving ability aside, there’s a technical explanation to why a car like that can achieve such feats. The car is most likely getting more out of its chassis put to use than its competitors. Most experienced drivers understand where to look to pull out that hidden potential. While every car behaves differently, learning to discern how and why brings you closer to both correctly setting up a car, and controlling it like an expert. That ability is directly linked...

When it comes to setting up your vehicle, suspension tuning is the final piece of the puzzle. Your suspension plays an important role in how your car handles, but it’s also crucial to safety and performance. If you get this part wrong, you could be putting yourself at risk on the track or in other driving conditions.Properly tuned suspension will keep your tires in contact with the road or track in any situation, which means that you can trust that they’ll be able to handle your commands no matter how hard you push them. When your suspension is firing on...

So… you got that big brake kit you have always wanted and been constantly abuse on them. You feel the brake is not a strong as before and noise and dragging becomes apparent, maybe it is time to service your brakes? Caliper Diagnosis As disc brake starting to show signs of a brake pull or noise, it is time to perform a routine caliper maintenance. One of the most common brake caliper issue is the caliper piston fails to retract. In order for the wheels to rotate freely, a tiny air gap must exist between the rotor and brake pad....

We hear this all the time, a friend installed a set of wheel spacer and while cruising on the highway, the wheel let go.  Terrible thing!  We all blame it on the wheel spacer but is it really the wheel spacer? Let’s take a moment to talk about what keeps the wheel on. The wheel studs on a car acts as a clamping force that holds the wheel to the hub.  When we go to tighten the lug nuts, the wheel studs act like a spring providing elastic force to hold the wheel on properly. The specific torque spec for...

What kind of braking does it require to set new Street FWD record at SLB 2015? Here are a few facts for you. Track: Buttonwillow CW13, California. Laptime: 1:52.122 Tire: Bridgestone RE71R Front Brake: NEO Motorsport F401 4-Pot Caliper, 330mm 2-piece Rotor w/ Hawk DTC-70 Hardest Braking: From 220km/h to 95km/h in 3.6 seconds Average Deceleration: ~0.97G Energy: Over 1.5 MegaJoules of kinetic energy converted to heat Actual Braking Force: 11,000+ Newton Braking Power: ~700 Horsepower