Technobabble – Monkeypower Redefined
Technobabble Monkeypower Redefined by Dave Coleman In my continuing quest to right the wrongs of the modern automotive world, I hereby propose the retirement of the…
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Technobabble – The Garden Sprayer That Won 2 Championships
Technobabble – The Garden Sprayer That Won 2 Championships By Dave Coleman Ten years ago, I moved into a hundred-year-old Victorian house in Orange, California. Splitting rent four ways, virtually…
Technobabble (blog) – Help Us Help You Avoid Tetanus!
Technobabble (blog) – Help Us Help You Avoid Tetanus! by Dave Coleman 6 themes, 9 races, over 150 hours on the track, and our bucket of bolts is only…
Technobabble – A Practical Guide to the Nurburgring
Technobabble – A Practical Guide to the Nurburgring by Dave Coleman A few months ago, Kojima told you what it's like to do the Nurburgring like a rock star. Now…
Technobabble – Rotard Heaven, Germany’s Museum Autovision
Technobabble Rotard Heaven by Dave Coleman If you find yourself in Germany with a day to kill, you could do worse than Googling “rotary musem Germany.” I did just that, and…
Technobabble – Irvine Syndrome
Technobabble: Irvine Syndrome How the Irvine company, the Emperor of Japan, and your bumpstop thumping street machine blew up my girlfriend’s Sil80. by Dave Coleman Irvine, California is a master-planned…
Technobabble: Electric Cars and Turbos (how MIT is Going to Save The World)
Technobabble: Electric Cars & Turbos (How MIT is Going to Save the Wolrd) by Dave Coleman A few months ago, a short press release fluttered across the internet. It was…
Technobabble: How to Fix a Headgasket With a Garden Sprayer
Technobabble: How to Fix a Head Gasket With a Garden Sprayer by Dave Coleman It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I'm fiendishly clever. My SE-R Spec-V rally car…
Project Professional Awesome Time Attack Evo: Part 2 – Engine Details
Project Professional Awesome Time Attack Evo: Part 2 – Engine Details by Daniel O'Donnell We last left you with the chassis in progress and weeks worth of prep and fab ahead…
Project Silvia’s Girlfriend – Part 1
Project Silvia's Girlfriend Part 1: Engine and Stuff by Dave Coleman I've been holding out on you. While years were going by between updates on Project Silvia, I was actually spending time on…
Ask Sarah: Rotary Engines and turbo blankets
I keep hearing that blankets, wraps and ceramic coatings overheat turbos. Retaining heat in exhaust manifolds help with scavenging and lower under hood temperatures. Are our forum “self proclaimed engineers”…
Project S2000 – Part 12 – More Winter Testing and a Challenge
Project S2000 – More Winter Testing and a Challenge By Khiem Dinh Khiem Dinh is an engineer for Honeywell Turbo Technologies at the time of this writing. All statements…
24 Best Cars at the 24 Hours of LeMans
How did we know we were finally getting close to Le Mans? Morgans, that's how. When you see 7 of those whatchamacalit modern, BMW-powered Morgans in a land of Schitroens,…
Frankenmiata Dyno Secrets Revealed!
Frankenmiata: Dyno Secrets Revealed For The First Time! by Dave Coleman One of the best things about LeMons (and there are a lot of great things…) is the complete engineering…
A First Timer’s Visit to SEMA
A First Timer's Visit to SEMA By Colin Holte Like many auto enthusiasts it had been one of my long held dreams to attend that glorious feast of automotive aftermarket…
Eyesore Racing’s brush with internet fame
A few months ago, Eyesore Racing stopped by Adam Carolla's CarCast for some hot, podcast action. We got to see Adam's man lair, which looks just like any other guy's…
Wrench Tips #17 – Election Day Ductwork
Wrench Tips – Tip #17: Election Day Ductwork by Dave Coleman Yea, that’s right, all the Frankenmiata‘s raidator ductwork is made from free coroplast. Only this free coroplast came from…
Wrench Tips Geek Hub
Wrench Tips #1: Take a Picture… Wrench Tips #2: Living Without Indoor Plumbing Wrench Tips #3: Loop Those Hoses! Wrench Tips #4: Sort Your Bolt Bucket. …
The FrankenMiata Geek Hub
The Frankenmiata's construction was so complex, so long, and such a horrendous pain in the ass, a single story couldn't contain it. Click through the four chapters to gradually expose…
BTD Readers, Welcome to MotoIQ
You've surely noticed by now that I have moved Beyond the Dyno to it's new home at MotoIQ. I've been invited by other sites in the past to move BTD…