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Project Evo IX – Part 14 – Engine Failure

Project Evo IX – Part 14 – Engine Failure

This particular Lancer Evo 9 was born as a Sport Compact Car magazine project car. From those days on, this trusty Mitsubishi saw the skidpad, figure-8, drag strip, road course, autocross, track days, and time attack competition.

October 21st, 2011 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project S13 Nissan 240SX – Part 3 – Unsideways Track Suspension

Project S13 Nissan 240SX – Part 3 – Unsideways Track Suspension

To go fast, and we’re talking Porsche ass kicking fast, Project 240SX would need a lot of camber. Strut-type front suspensions like to have large amounts of static camber on account of their horrible camber curves.

June 30th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Our Garage | Read More »

Project S13 Nissan 240SX – Part 2 – Chassis Stiffening For Cheap

Project S13 Nissan 240SX – Part 2 – Chassis Stiffening For Cheap

Driving the car is also a revelation, with less creaks going up driveways and a noticeably smoother ride over broken pavement. Project 240SX may well see extra bracing and bars soon enough but for one afternoon’s worth of work and less than $100, we’re not complaining.

June 29th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 13 – SEMA And The Evo STI Shootout

Project Evo IX – Part 13 – SEMA And The Evo STI Shootout

Faster on track than a Porsche 911 Turbo while using full tread, wet weather capable street tires. Once we play further with spring rates, alignment and other adjustments, we’ll be able to pick up even more speed. Simply. Badass.

June 24th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 12 – Carbon LSD And KW Suspension

Project Evo IX – Part 12 – Carbon LSD And KW Suspension

Project Evo IX’s last track outing did not go well. On top of being outgunned power-wise in the Street AWD class (our 350whp stock turbo setup always is), we discovered that our rear limited-slip differential had given up the ghost.

June 11th, 2010 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 11 – Redline Spring Mountain

Project Evo IX – Part 11 – Redline Spring Mountain

We knew that we wouldn’t have the time or the budget to strap on a bigger turbo or a fancy carbon fiber rooftop before we left. We’d be facing 600whp monster Lancer Evos again with our daily driven 350whp (on race gas) street car. Not a problem for the constant underdog OR team, right?

June 9th, 2010 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Nissan 370Z – Part 1 – Intro

Project Nissan 370Z – Part 1 – Intro

We like rear-wheel drive cars, especially sports coupes. Contrary to what you might think, because of Project Civic and the success of Project Evo IX, we prefer our cars to have two drive wheels out back and a healthy engine up front.

April 12th, 2010 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 10 – Track Tire Explosion

Project Evo IX – Part 10 – Track Tire Explosion

After the last two time attack events at Willow Springs International Raceway, two things have been bothering us – how can we make Project Evo IX faster and how can we do it without spending a lot of cash? By optimizing the car as much as we could

August 28th, 2009 | Filed under Featured, Our Garage | Read More »

Project Civic – Part 4 – Cheap Brakes

Project Civic – Part 4 – Cheap Brakes

Project Civic was, oddly enough, born in reverse. It shot out of the womb full-grown, ready to vote and enlist in the army. Most of our project cars begin as bone stock factory fresh vehicles or sport just the minimal of modifications.

August 16th, 2009 | Filed under Featured, Our Garage | Read More »

Project Civic – Part 3 – The Track At Last

Project Civic – Part 3 – The Track At Last

Project Civic was begun with the sole purpose of going to the track on weekends. Our intent was to have in the project garage a car that was street legal and yet could deliver cheap and reliable driving speed on weekends.

August 14th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Civic – Part 2 – Getting track reliable

Project Civic – Part 2 – Getting track reliable

When we last left off on our 1995 EG chassis Honda Civic project car, it was an unsorted jumble of parts that held big potential and lots of small issues. Outfit with a 211whp custom built 1.8-liter Acura Integra engine

August 12th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Nissan 240SX – Part 1 – Buying An S13

Project Nissan 240SX – Part 1 – Buying An S13

An engine swapped 240SX can easily make 300whp+, fit decently sized rubber underneath itself, has more parts available than you could ever imagine, is cheap to buy and weighs less than a Ford Mustang. Sounds good to us.

August 7th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo 9 – Part 9 – Spending Money

Project Evo 9 – Part 9 – Spending Money

We didn’t take the Formula One world championship, run through the Monte Carlo rally or convince the ALMS to make an exception for our entry. We’ve been storing up our dwindling cash reserves since the last two time attack events and planning for what’s coming up next this season.

June 23rd, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo 9 – Part 8 – Redline Time Attack Results

Project Evo 9 – Part 8 – Redline Time Attack Results

A completely stock engine is coupled with a turbo-back exhaust, ECU tuning and Greddy boost controller, JIC coilovers, Whiteline roll center kit, Ferodo/Performance Friction brake pads, custom modified APR wind splitter, Recaro seat and Voltex rear wing. If it seems like we went insane with our budget, we didn’t.

June 9th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Lancer Evo 9 – Part 7 – Redline Time Attack

Project Lancer Evo 9 – Part 7 – Redline Time Attack

The last time you read about Project Evo IX (Part 6), we won the Street AWD class at the Super Lap Battle Willow Springs event. Our Mitsubishi project was loaded down with only the best in factory stock equipment – stock engine, brakes (with pads), turbo, intercooler, piping, cams, ECU, body and airbox.

June 8th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 6 – Time Attack Winner

Project Evo IX – Part 6 – Time Attack Winner

The dust has settled and we’re honestly too happy with our results to hide them, we’ve won Street AWD at the Super Lap Battle Willow Springs qualifier event. With just a few days, albeit long days, worth of work, we’ve gone from bolt-on street car to time attack competitor.

May 27th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 5 – Super Lap Battle Rush

Project Evo IX – Part 5 – Super Lap Battle Rush

Lancer Evolutions are not slouches, even in factory form, and commuting through stop-and-go traffic in an Evo does a disservice to the car itself. But competing in time attack, i.e. time trial, competition so early in its development was not on the books for Project Evo IX.

May 26th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 4 – Track Day Prep

Project Evo IX – Part 4 – Track Day Prep

In our last few installments, Project Evo IX saw minor modifications that didn’t, in our opinion, affect its day-to-day drivability at all. A stiffer and lower suspension system added a bit more impact harshness, but it was definitely useable. But none of them were real “racecar” modifications.

March 10th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Civic – Part 1 – Fixing The Swap

Project Civic – Part 1 – Fixing The Swap

Front-wheel drive Hondas are like Legos. There’s a big bin of parts that you can just grab from and stick together to make new and exciting multi-colored cars. It’s fun for adults.

March 9th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »

Project Evo IX – Part 3 – Easy Bolt On 320whp

Project Evo IX – Part 3 – Easy Bolt On 320whp

Ok, so we’ll level with you. These modifications aren’t technically street legal here in California. Tired of getting hassled and pulled over for driving modified or “altered” vehicles, we’ve strived to lean more on the side of stealth.

March 9th, 2009 | Filed under Our Garage | Read More »