Archive for the ‘The Car’ Category

2025 Rebirth

Posted: 6th October 2025 by Joseph in News, The Car

If you aren’t already following along on VWVortex, here’s the link that will take you directly to page 42 of our original thread, where you will see that we are truly back at it – seriosly, this time is for real.  The pace is much slower and we still have a lot on our to-do […]

Out With the Old…

Posted: 30th November 2015 by Joseph in Engine, News
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Some progress was made.  Some parts have been purchased.  A lot more to come since we will be breaking into new territory when be separate the top from the bottom and crack open the trans.

Stress & Cracks

Posted: 21st August 2012 by Joseph in DIY, The Car
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One thing that we’ve been keeping an eye on over the last couple events is our rotors and what appear to be stresses in the metal.  With our very limited experience in this area we weren’t really sure what to make of what appeared to be stress related lines in the face of the rotors. […]

Aero Bits

Posted: 20th August 2012 by Joseph in Aero, DIY, The Car
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Not long after we implemented our first round of aero components at the beginning of the 2008 season was I already thinking of how to improve and build upon what we had created. So it’s fair to say it’s been on my mind for a while… just ask Jason – he was probably very thankful […]

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We are always on the lookout for inexpensive alternatives to parts and materials.  Here are a few we’ve found along the way.  We’ll update the list as we think of others or find new ones in the future. ___________________________________________________________________ Aluminum Tube Split Collar (for roll bars/cages). These sell on most racing supply websites for $15-20/ea. […]