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Shop Work , CAD , Technical Drawing
Technical drawings: The first step in making precision parts at home

Perform professional-level machining at home? You can do this. First step: drawing some plans.

DIY | Fabrication | Chassis | Shop Work | Scratch-Built Solutions
How to build a chassis from scratch

How to turn those two-dimensional sections into a full three-dimension chassis.

Carl Heideman
Shop Work | fasteners | Washers
How the right fastener can prevent hardware failure on track

Learn from our mistakes: Here are a few different types of locking nuts, washers, and threads specially designed to keep hardware tight, and how each type works.

J.G. Pasterjak
3d printing | Shop Work | 3d printer
3D printing: What you need to know to get started

3D printers are more affordable and more accessible than ever. Here’s how to get started.

Tom Suddard
Aerodynamics | C5 Corvette
How to test your car's aerodynamics for less than $100

Think you need lots of money to test your car's aerodynamics? Here's how we tested the aero setup on our (former) C5 Corvette project car for less than $100.

J.G. Pasterjak
GRM+ | Mini | Mini cooper
#TBT: Simple mods to get more power out of an R50 Mini Cooper

Even if it’s not supercharged, the Mini Cooper can easily make some nice horsepower gains with simple mods that you can perform at home.

Per Schroeder
Shop Work | Column
Caring for yourself as much as your project car

Like us, you probably put a lot of hours into the well-being of your car, but what about your own well-being?

Tim Suddard
suspension
Is a more expensive suspension setup better than an inexpensive one?

Conventional wisdom says that a race-tuned, coil-over suspension setup turns faster lap times than a simple spring and shock upgrade, but what does the data say?

David S. Wallens
Mazda | Turbo | supercharger | intercooler
How to add a used intercooler to a pre-owned turbo or supercharger

We fit a salvage yard supercharger on a 1992 Miata on the cheap. Here's how we used a few pre-owned parts to add an intercooler, too.

Carl Heideman
Ford
#TBT: The Fastiva–part Festiva, part Taurus SHO

This Ford SHOgun is a home-built combination of the Ford Festiva and Ford Taurus SHO, who's performance was far above the $2000 cost.

David S. Wallens
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