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In the pursuit of happiness (and fantastic lap times), it quickly became apparent that my old humble Bilstein Shock Absorbers and Eibach spring combination just didn’t cut it anymore. I know I know, Fridge the heavy R33 was never intended to be a track car let alone be equipped with spine shattering springs. Something’s got to give and it ended up being the …

Ever gone to track day, popped your bonnet and said to yourself loudly “OMG what the??! Mad oil leak”, only to realise it’s just your power steering reservoir playing silly buggers again and ejaculating all over the engine bay. Yes, it’s inevitable that you will boil your power steering fluid after several hot and exciting laps resulting in an oily …

Ever pushed your car with a fresh tune and wondering why it’s keeps leaning out on hard throttle transitions? It could be that you’re running an aging fuel pump and it’s simply not keeping up with your car’s new fuel requirements. When you really think about it though, the factory fuel pump is probably nearly at it’s end of life …

Ever wondered why your steering wheel feels a little “doughy” or unresponsive even after replacing your rack ends, tie rods and given it a good wheel alignment? It’s probably because you’re steering rack bushes have deteriorated which has allowed room for your steering rack to wiggle about. Not to worry though, it’s a relatively easy task to replace and best …

Foot down, revs high, sweat dripping, you’ve got a record smashing lap lined up but then in the corner of your eye you see the water temperature frantically climbing towards the no go zone area. Disappointment rushes through you body as you know better to back off the noise pedal before you cause some irreversible damage to your vehicle. Time …

Replaced the battery? Cleaned the battery terminals? Checked the grounding? Made sure it wasn’t the alarm or immobiliser? If your car still isn’t turning over still then the starter motor is most likely to blame. I recently went through this process of elimination with my Nissan 200SX S15 Silvia and it all came down to a dead starter motor. Technically, …

Are your brakes squealing? Are they grinding into your precious shiny rotors? Well, sounds like you need to change your brake pads (and rotors if you’ve destroyed them). Contrary to common belief, changing brake pads is quite an easy affair… if you can jack up your car and take the wheels off you’re pretty much half way there. And don’t …

You’re on the racetrack going for that position and laptime, then “beep beep beep” your gauge is warning you that your car’s oil temperature has its safety threshold. You draw a sad face then back off the accelerator before boiling your oil and potentially damaging your engine. Oh the anti climax… so close yet so far from taking that winning …

Turbo car with stock boost? Why o’ why? Invest in that boost controller ASAP! and that’s exactly what I did. In the world of forced induction motors more boost usually means more power, of course this means more fuel wasted and a higher chances of blowing a turbo or worse your motor. I’m not going to bore you with why …

Have you ever thought “I could do that, so why not?”. Those were exactly the same words that ran through my mind when the time came to replace the clutch on my car. The thought of paying $400 or more of your hard-earned cash to get some mechanic to do a half-arsed job doesn’t appeal to most able, modern, non-useless …