Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally

Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally »

More than living up to its name, Sno*Drift Rally is the only winter rally on ...
Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs]

Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs] »

Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team recently debuted the Fiesta RS World Rally Car. The ...
Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS]

Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS] »

Based on the production Mini Countryman, the MINI WRC is a 1.6-liter turbocharged, all-wheel drive ...
Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger

Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger »

Borg Warner fashions the EFR turbine housing out of cast stainless steel, a material that ...
Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive

Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive »

As RSR tells it, nano technology is basically a dispersion of certain elements to a ...
Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept

Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept »

Powering the 918 RSR Concept is an “updated” 563hp, 10,300RPM V8 engine, based on the ...
Articles about “testing”
Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive

Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive

As RSR tells it, nano technology is basically a dispersion of certain elements to a nano scale level by lasers and chemical reaction methods.

May 20th, 2011 | Filed under Featured, Parts Reviews | Read More »

408hp 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Preview

408hp 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Preview

Driving video of the 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS. 400hp+ engine, wider Carrera 4 body work, six-speed, and 19-inch wheels.

November 25th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Lexus Displays Lawsuit Fighting Safety Tech

Lexus Displays Lawsuit Fighting Safety Tech

We got the chance to test first-hand the latest Toyota safety additions, unveiled initially in their luxury Lexus models. The new approach seems simple – have driver assist aids and combine them with five different ways to stop the car.

October 18th, 2010 | Filed under New Cars | Read More »

DEI Reflect-A-Gold Heat Tape Test

DEI Reflect-A-Gold Heat Tape Test

We put DEI’s Reflect-A-Gold thermal heat reflecting tape to the test. Rated at 80% heat reflection up to 325-deg. We push it to 3000-deg in direct fire with a torch and see the difference.

October 12th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Practice And Testing – Petit Le Mans 2010

Practice And Testing – Petit Le Mans 2010

At 10 hours and 1,000 miles in length, Petit Le Mans is one of the most famous professional endurance road races in the US. Imagine driving a prototype racer full out across a third of the Unites States. That’s endurance racing.

September 30th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Edoardo Mortara Will Be F1’s Next Superstar

Edoardo Mortara Will Be F1’s Next Superstar

Just four years ago, the 23 year-old Mortara made his way up from karts to single-seater formula racecars. In 2007, he entered the F3 Euro Series, finishing the season in 8th – the highest placing rookie.

September 20th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Mini Countryman WRC Tests Without Breaking

Mini Countryman WRC Tests Without Breaking

Taking place over four days, the Prodrive engineering team drove the car over tarmac, dirt, and other loose surfaces. The Countryman World Rally Car is now scheduled to go to Portugal for a week of gravel testing.

September 10th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Red Bull F1 Simulator In Action [VIDEO]

Red Bull F1 Simulator In Action [VIDEO]

We all know that budget and rule constraints have limited Formula One teams in their insanely expensive test sessions at the track. The only logical solution? Build an insanely expensive electronic simulator for the drivers.

July 28th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

X-Games 16 Lancer Evo Rally Practice With ACP

X-Games 16 Lancer Evo Rally Practice With ACP

We speak with Andrew Comrie-Picard “ACP” about his Rally America championship efforts and then go on board with ACP’s 600hp Evo 9 in a dirt course outside Irwindale Speedway.

July 28th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Pikes Peak – RMR PM580 Testing Video

Pikes Peak – RMR PM580 Testing Video

Rhys Millen’s new Pikes Peak car. 775HP and 750 lb/ft of torque. Only weighs 1,900lbs. Looks like a prototype LMP racecar but can do 20-120mph in 5.9 seconds and 2.7g under braking.

June 22nd, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Testing Weekend At Willow Springs

Testing Weekend At Willow Springs

Packed up the photo gear and data system this weekend. The mission – to test JC Meynet’s time attack drives at Willow Springs Raceway, the so-called “fastest track in the west”. His fully built Subaru WRX STI is one of the fastest Modified/Limited class time attack Subarus in the US

June 14th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Tested – DEI Reflect-A-Gold Thermal Heat Barrier Tape

Tested – DEI Reflect-A-Gold Thermal Heat Barrier Tape

After waiting for the temperature sensor to normalize back to 83-degrees F, we completed another 20-second burn cycle at the same distance. Our new ending temperature was now 95-degrees F. That’s a 54% reduction in heat.

April 25th, 2010 | Filed under Parts Reviews, Tech | Read More »