We had the opportunity to race a ChampCar event at Daytona the same weekend as an IMSA race, so naturally we took our budget Volkswagen Fox race car.
The Fox in its current form was fine to race in Lemons, but it needed work before it could tackle the high banks of Daytona. Namely, we needed more power.
Who better to call then the Volkswagen experts at Techtonics Tuning to help us wring more power out of the Jetta engine we swapped in?
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Sure, you could shove a turbocharger or a supercharger in that already tight engine bay, but if it's worth doing, it's almost always worth overdoing.
Take, for example, this Toyota 86 powered by BMW's S85 V10. The video description explains that even with the added heft of the V10, the car still has a weight distribution of 52/48.
Of course, if you're just here for the cool engine noises, skip ahead to 6:00. What's the biggest engine you've seen shoehorned into a car?
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A classic video showing a fleet of classic Porsches, most all of them tied together by something more than that famed crest: the color white. What would define your dream collection?
Our friends at Super 70s Sports were right: There’s just way too much to digest in the opening credits for Starsky & Hutch. And are they chasing the Lincoln or is the Lincoln chasing them?
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What's cooler than a V8-powered race car? How about a V8-powered race boat?
This is Sprint Boat Racing, a time-trial style event that features small, often V8-powered boats racing through a narrow circuit that is usually no deeper than three or four feet. And then add in the navigator.
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For the most part, letting a car sit for an extended period of time isn't ideal, but sometimes it's necessary. Case in point: this 1992 Geo Metro. Said to be wearing more than 200,000 miles on its original engine, this Geo had also been sitting for four years.
Surely, it's going to have a hard time starting up, right? Let’s go to the videotape.
It may be from 1992, but there's something to be said about the reliability of (relatively) modern cars—even when we aren't exactly nice to them.
Have you let a car sit for way too long? Did it restart when asked?
When it comes to NASCAR, the sentiment that "rubbin' is racing" is pretty popular in today's races. But that wasn't always the case.
In the late '90s, short tracks were beginning to fall out of favor, largely because of their inability to hold large fields of cars and also due to a rise in what some in the sport called "unprofessional racing." The alternative, then, was a shift away from short tracks and to "cookie-cutter" circuits like the tri-oval layout at Daytona.
Do you think short tracks have a place in modern NASCAR, or is the upcoming use of road courses the best path going forward?
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If you like things in miniature scale as much as we do, then you'll enjoy this close-up look at how a tiny, three-speed transmission functions on a high-powered RC car.
Said to be originally equipped with a two-stroke engine capable of 38,000 rpm, this RC car now has a V4 engine under its shell.
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The 1970s are known for a lot of questionable things, but there was some good news as well, like the Alfa Romeo Spider and the Triumph TR6. Since we have both here in the fleet, we asked which we’d prefer if we only had the means for one. Our panel includes Editorial Director David S. Wallens and Product Director J.G. Pasterjak. Presented by CRC Industries.
Finding a tire that is the best of both worlds—aggressive handing for the track and civil manners for the street—may sounds like a tall order, but we found a good balance in the new Yokohama ADVAN Apex V601.
That's why we put a set on our 986 Boxster S project car, a capable track car that is also comfortable enough to drive to work every day. Presented by CRC Industries.