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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.

splitter | Shop Work | Aerodynamics | Against The Wind
How to build an effective splitter for only $100

After running our 350Z through the digital wind tunnel, we could attach the actual bits that would make it faster in real life.

Tom Suddard
Miata | MX-5 | wheels | suspension
Optimizing the ND-Chassis Mazda MX-5 for the street and the track

Can one car make a great daily while also serving as a competitive autocrosser and a fun track car? If the answer is Miata, then likely yes.

Andy Hollis
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
DIY | Parts Washer
How we got a parts washer for less than $45

Spending hundreds of dollars on a new parts washer? We built one for less than $45.

Paris Van Gorder
aerodymanics
Race car aerodynamics: How to counteract lift with downforce

A basic course in racecar aerodynamics: what lift is, and how to counteract it with downforce.

Tom Suddard
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
tires | wheels | tire mounting | wheel balancing
Does investing in tire mounting equipment actually save money?

We recently put some BendPak gear in our shop: the brand’s R980AT tire mounter paired with its DST-2420 balancer. We were busting tires in no time.

J.G. Pasterjak
Shop Work | ECU | Buyer's Guide | GRM+
How to make the move to an aftermarket ECU

When you’ve gone a bit custom, you might well benefit from a standalone ECU.

J.G. Pasterjak
GRM+ | Making stuff | 3D Scanning
How to get high-quality 3D scans at home

Can 3D scanning really remove hours of measuring and modeling from the fabrication process? Follow along as we dive into the world of at-home 3D scanning.

Tom Suddard
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