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Video: 5 reasons why the Mazda Miata is the best sports car
Posted by Chris Tropea on Aug. 10, 2024, 7:55 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UgS5A7fE50o

What makes the Mazda Miata the go-to, dual-duty track car?

Grassroots Motorsports Publisher Tom Suddard explains why in less than 5 minutes.

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Video: Inside the frenzy of a successful IMSA pit stop
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 28, 2024, 8:03 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_OD7cXGfXaM

One way to get faster lap times? Make sure you aren’t wasting time during pit stops.

The New German Performance TCR team walks us through how they make pit stops as efficient as possible.

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Video: Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport track review
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 27, 2024, noon https://www.youtube.com/embed/nG_fOl_3w4o

The Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport may have been designed and built for race duty, but just how fast is it on track?

Our test driver J.G. Pasterjak takes one around the Grassroots Motorsports official test track, the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park, to find out.

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Video: 5 reasons why you should buy a Volkswagen GTI
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 22, 2024, 6 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aJWOzX07J3k?si=HH-VJ35XG91OQn1B

Sure, the VW GTI is a piece of automotive history, but why should you buy one?

Here are 5 reasons why–in less than 5 minutes.

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Video: How to build a competitive C6 Corvette Z06 for the track
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 21, 2024, 8:28 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YhaxINnH9ys?si=dtnId4huT9XTTmlo

How to make a C6 Corvette Z06 an even more capable track machine?

Here’s a few pointers from three-time SCCA ProSolo and Time Trials Champion Justin Peachy.

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Video: How to Improve front-wheel-drive handling? More camber and caster.
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 20, 2024, 8:15 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-aIWwzK05II

In stock form, our 2017 VW GTI ate through front tires on track–a common issue in many front-wheel-drive cars fitted with MacPherson struts.

The solution? Increase both camber and caster. For our GTI, that meant installing a set of camber caster plates from 034Motorsport.

While we were at it, we also installed upgraded springs, brake pads, brake rotors, wheels and tires.

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Video: How to maximize a BMW M2 for the track
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 19, 2024, 12:32 p.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jhLPNw0-90s

Although the new BMW M2 is already a potent track machine straight out of the box, there are some things you can do to make it even more competitive.

[Is the BMW M2 actually faster than it looks?]

Video: Mk8 Volkswagen Golf R track test
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 16, 2024, 8:47 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wFlZ5_Gi67g

Just how quick is the Mk8 Volkswagen Golf R? Before testing the most recent Civic Type R, it was the fastest hot hatch we’ve driven around the Florida International Rally & Motorsport Park.

Watch our track test, and then be sure to check out the rest of our FIRM lap times here.

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Video: Installing a fire suppression system? Avoid these mistakes.
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 15, 2024, 4:31 p.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gaGd7kBpb7s

Sure, none of us ever plan to use our car’s fire suppression system, but in the slight chance you do have to use it, don’t you want to be 100% sure it’s going to work as intended–and keep you alive?

[How I Became A Human Torch and Survived]

Lifeline USA’s James Clay offers some tips and tricks to help ensure your whole fire suppression system is both mounted and plumbed correctly.

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This Porsche-powered VW Beetle screams to 6800 rpm
Posted by Chris Tropea on July 14, 2024, 8:23 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/embed/axyN5zUulE4

Think you know a hot rod when you see one?

This 1963 VW Beetle looks inconspicuous, but those old-school lines hide a mid-mounted Porsche engine, a custom tube-frame chassis and a fully independent suspension.

Check out the build thread for even more information: Purple Frog's VW Build.

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