Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 8 – Planning for Performance
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 8 – Planning for Performance by Erik Jacobs So far in the epic rewiring saga of Project SC300 we’ve managed to write thousands…
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Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 7 – Sealing the Things
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 7 – Sealing the Things by Erik Jacobs When we last left Project Lexus SC300, we had been fabricating panels to secure all of…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 6 – Practical Panels
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 6 – Practical Panels by Erik Jacobs When we left our project SC300 we had just installed the XS Power S925 battery. As we…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 5 – Placement Makes Perfect
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 5 – Placement Makes Perfect by Erik Jacobs The interesting thing about a massive (re)wiring project is that a really, really large portion of…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 4 – Beginning the Epic Rewire
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 4 – Beginning the Epic Rewire by Erik Jacobs Mr. Cooper was the teacher for my 8th grade math class, and he always used…
LRS Formula at Magny-Cours
LRS Formula at Magny-Cours by Erik Jacobs While I wish that automotive journalism could be my full-time gig, I have a day job. My day job has me fortunately (or…
M2K Motorsports’ Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang
M2K Motorsports' Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang by Erik Jacobs There’s an old adage that nothing good comes out of a sequence of events starting with “Hey y’all, watch this!” In…
2016 #GRIDLIFE South at Road Atlanta
2016 #GRIDLIFE South at Road Atlanta by Erik Jacobs According to the encyclopedia of everything, Wikipedia, #GRIDLIFE is an automotive lifestyle festival that started a few years ago at Gingerman…
Dedicated Motorsports’ 255MPH GT-R
Dedicated Motorsports' 255MPH GT-R by Erik Jacobs There was a time in the import world when a 10-second car was considered blazing fast. The Nissan GT-R was always a little…
JMS Racing Subaru WRX STi at the Texas Mile
JMS Racing Subaru WRX STi at the Texas Mile by Erik Jacobs JMS Racing is no stranger to AWD performance, having been in the Mitsubishi Evo game for some time.…
Champion ATM Nissan 240SX at the Texas Mile
Champion ATM Nissan 240SX at the Texas Mile by Erik Jacobs When Joshua was 12 years old he won his first karting championship. The “Champion” moniker stuck. Every venture since…
2016 Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty
2016 Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty by Erik Jacobs Started in 1969 and opened in 1970, Road Atlanta is an iconic American motorsports facility with quite the racing history.…
2016 Endurance Karting 24 Hours of America
2016 Endurance Karting 24 Hours of America at NOLA Motorsports Park by Erik Jacobs The weekend of March 11th to 13th, 2016 marked the 7th annual running of Endurance Karting’s…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 3 – Finishing the Fuel Cell
In this installment of Project SC300 we wrap up our fuel cell installation. But that’s not all, the sway bar needed relocation brackets made, hoses had to be made, and,…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 2 – Mounting the Fuel Cell
When we last left our Project SC300, aka “Damnit”, we had just sat the new Fuel Safe/Radium Engineering fuel cell into the trunk area in order to mark out where…
Project Lexus SC300 Road Racer: Part 1 – Intro and Fuel Cell
This is Damnit. I’m not kidding you. All of my cars have nicknames, but this one earned its name long before I ever picked it up. I could write a…
Industry Insider: MTI Racing
Vetting the Vet's Vettes – A Look Inside MTI Racing by Erik M Jacobs Reese Cox cut his teeth behind the wheel of a Corvette, and his experience shows. In…
Polystrand GT-Lite CRX – Part 2
Polystrand GT-Lite CRX: Part 2 – Designing an Independent Rear Suspension From Scratch & A Composites Primer by Jonathan Spiegel When we last left off, the GT-Lite Project CRX was…
The Ford GTs of Robertson Racing
The Ford GTs of Robertson Racing by Erik Jacobs When thinking of the 24 Heures du Mans that takes place at the fabled Circuit de la Sarthe, Gainesville, Georgia is…
Industry Insider: Pro Line Racing
Industry Insider: Pro Line Racing by Erik Jacobs The Atlanta metro area is quite a big place. But, despite its size, most residents wouldn't know where Ball Ground, Georgia is.…
Kevin Mullins’ Record Setting Mustang
Kevin Mullins' Record Setting Mustang by Erik Jacobs An interesting guy once said that drag racing is “an exercise in keeping your eyes pointed forwards in your head”. While that…