The last time some of the Autosport Labs’ team members headed to Thunderhill Raceway our reverie of racing was impinged by the news that the car we had helped to prepare and planned to compete would not be joining us. Ice is slippery The Peugeot 505 Turbo survives by breaking free of its restraints! Since…
Author: Scott Leadfoot Miller
Wings-n-things
After introducing the Lab Rat to a local track day we had a couple of take-away lessons. Lesson 1. If it’s not ready to race for an hour, it’s probably not ready to race 24 of those. In an effort to exorcize the race-car-bug demons there was much blood-letting, which came in the form of…
Six Pack Progress
Were making some progress on the upgrade to the 240z. The Triple Weber 40 DOCE’s, Cannon intake and 3-2-1 tubular exhaust are on and the car is running. Sounds great too! Throttle linkage was a bit of a challenge but we beat our heads against the nearby wall for a while until that issue was…
Sunday Driver
It’s 9:00 am and I’m full of pancakes. The rain is falling heavily on this particular late September morning, but not on me. There’s nothing on TV that I haven’t seen a dozen times already. I take another look outside and realize that today would be a perfect day for a drive. I return to…
Hair you go
Tragically, Scott misinterprets Brent’s “Look at me!” gesture as a public request for grooming.
Happiness is a warm tool
Seizing by hand 2/3’s of the feckless exhaust manifold stud, the remainder holding fast in Autosport Labs’ 1973 240z’s aluminum head, I examined the cylindrical advantage in an attempt to divine its essence. Evidently the stud had been near the end of its useful life as part of a fastening system for some time judging…
Labor day weekend
In all your labors this weekend, good luck, love greatly and drive smoothly.
Cactus and vultures and hares, oh my!
Once upon a time….. some guy flew to a distant City-in-a-swamp to liberate his mother from its grip and escort her and all her worldly possessions 757 leagues to the Land of Lattes. That guy was me. (The mode of transport was chosen for me and driving duties In this under-loaded 26,000 GVW beast would…
Busted Chuckles
I have been involved in years worth of weekend automotive build, re-build, repair and part fabrication. Last weekend was my third session with the, now, Autosport Lab Rats turbo Miata. I have come to expect the unexpected obstacles in the way of time and energy efficient completion of a car project. Since I clearly create…
Smells something like this….
To provide a little perspective regarding the upcoming $500 crapcan race I thought it might be useful to view a recent highlight edit of a similar event. Here’s some video from the 24 Hours of LeMons Race at Reno-Fernley raceway (I’m the chump wearing the red gloves). Chumpcar will have the added chaos of racing…