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How one fan restored a crashed F1 race car

Can a crashed F1 car really be brought back to racing condition–and without the nearly unlimited resources of an F1 team?

You Need This: Build your own Tesla-powered BMW 2002

This BMW 2002 project for sale looks to include just about everything you need to build your very own all-electric Neue Klasse restomod.

You Need This: Wide-body-ish BMW 318ti roller/project starter mix

This BMW 318ti could be the perfect project if you don't mind picking up where someone else left off.

You need this: manual-shift, old-school Toyota Tercel

Is this Toyota Tercel a perfect project car blank canvas?

You need this: A Volvo 142 project ready to be brought back to life

Will you be the chosen one to bring this Volvo 142 back to life?

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Features: Make your project car faster: Advice from a Formula SAE team

Need help sorting and developing that current project? Florida’s Formula SAE squad–one of the top teams in the nation–to the rescue.

Electronics & Electrical Systems: How to wire a car from scratch

Wiring a car from scratch doesn’t have to be a daunting project.

Features: How to assemble a race-ready drivetrain

Assembling a drivetrain for a race car? Here's when you can save a few bucks–and when you shouldn't.

Features: The lessons we learned after our C5 Corvette's engine exploded

How a simple photo op turned into the premature demise of our C5 Corvette's LS3.

Shop Work: How to bulletproof a Chevy C5 Corvette for track duty

Not sure how to best prepare a car for track duty? Here's all the work we've put into our C5 Corvette project car since we first got it.

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Why go through the added hassle of photographing our Miata on film?

The medium we used to photograph our Miata back in the day? Film. It was either that or draw a picture.

We’d cover our assignment, drop off …

Can our BMW 435i run with the GR Corolla or Civic Type R?

One of our hopes for our BMW 435i project is not just to build a fun, track-capable car, but to build a car that can actually compete in …

How to convert an autocross newbie into a lifelong autocrosser

When I first sat behind the wheel of our Volkswagen Golf GTI, I didn’t think autocross could hook me more than it had. Boy, was I wrong.

E46 M3 brakes don't feel right? How to tell if it's the ABS/DSC unit

The brakes just didn’t feel right.

Not a sinking pedal, the usual sign of a failing master cylinder, but something just seemed amiss with the brakes on our

Fabricating an Elva passenger seat–by replicating the driver seat

Why did we build a passenger seat for our Elva sports racer?

Because that’s what the racing rules of the day required.

A related quote, in fact, from the SCCA’s …

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