My fastest SM lap time ever before lunch. My first ever DNF in one of my race cars after lunch. Even Mazda reliability runs out after...

100% worth it, the Spec Miata is a delightful race car. Similes for hours. And racing nose-to-bumper with friends. Recreating the first...

Mazda Motorsports SM suspension package. Hubs, brakes, ESR exhaust, countless other SM bits.

Proof that the magic paint in Home Depot Rustoleum cans works well in a race car too. I painted during the depth of a New Mexico winter....

From dumpy convertible into America's #1 road race sports car. Roll cages are a ton of work. Here I am welding another one (the...

Why stop at one when there is an option for two? Enter the Spec Miata tome. I bought the #19 car at a good price knowing it would need a...

The racing Saab ran like a top at all of the 2022 races and was consistently towards the front of my run group, "1978 and newer, open...

Using the helpful Trionictuning.com forum, the "combi adapter" and countless hours of researching, I've been progressing the engine...

So many good Saabs and people, hostest at the Saab Heritage Car Museum in Sturgis, SD. The street Viggen even pulled a tie for 1st in...

In a move which I should have done much earlier on, I installed a digital EGT at the inlet to the turbocharger turbine to take a look at...

During the original build, some areas received more attention and 'first-time-right' than others. The exhaust was sort of pulled together...

Relocation and 'ventilation' of the air intake. At the same time, I sourced a used factory turbo and the "king cobra" cast aluminum...

How could I resist GS's billet control arm with reinforced/replaceable ball joint. Yeah, I couldn't, especially once the improvements in...

Season opener at ASR, Deming, NM. Like any robust Viking, strong performance all weekend. And staying ahead of the 'spec Miatas. Still...

Like any cool race car, I ended up dumping the lame factory cast header and sprung for Nick's amazing stainless/TIG header. I only run a...

Technical Inspections continued to find my OE glass headlights a danger and so I set about fabricating some fiberglass headlight lens...

SO, a jigsaw to cut some holes in the hood for an E46 center hood extraction vent. Improvements to low pressure zone behind the...

Phase One: zip tie some factory Audi RS3 parts to the control arms. I have no data, but the brakes felt better and so I conclude these...

Still too heavy, I took out the hatch and side glass. Which are, um, uh, like impossibly heavy. New 1/8" genuine Lexan custom cut,...

Old (factory NG900 cooler and oil filter adapter w/thermostat blocked full open, cooler relocated to above intercooler): -Ambients:...