I’m excited to start my new position as a part-time Porsche Driver Coach at PEC Atlanta. Whether driving a Porsche is something you’ve always wanted to experience, you’re looking to improve your driving skills, or even just compare various Porsche models, the PEC Atlanta driver development course will serve as your ultimate playground. Designed to …
When I’m learning a new track, one of the things I try to do is find a fast instructor who knows the track better than I do and see what I can learn by following them. Even better if that driver is in exactly the same car, in this case an E46 M3. I had …
BMW E36M3 seats in good condition are getting harder to find. This customer found a good set, but they were in dove gray instead of black. Not a problem. The transformation starts with cleaning and repairing the surface of the leather. Really deep cracks or minor tears are repaired with liquid leather. Before starting the …
I’ve driven a lot of laps on the Summit Point Circuit. A lot. I have data on 700 or 800 laps, and have probably driven another 1000 more, but I never managed to drive anything under 1:26.6 before. For the last five years or so, I’m usually performing CI duties, working the grid, or banished …
This is perhaps my favorite type of project, the preservation detail. You find a complete car that’s been abandoned in a garage or barn. It may not run and has been off the road for years. You want to clean it up, get it running and then decide what to do with it. Is it …
The owner of this 997 Turbo Cabriolet parked his car for a few months to ride out late winter roads in February 2020, and then the pandemic started and he wasn’t driving anywhere for several months. When he finally went to pull it out of its slumber, he learned that the turbos needed replacement, and …
It’s not often that you get to drive a new circuit at your home track. But for our recent HPDE at the Summit Point Shenandoah Circuit, we got to do just that by driving counter race for a session.
It is possible to modify the steering wheel clock spring so you still have a working horn button and turn signal cancel. In my case, I’m using an NRG short hub and NRG Quick Release 3.0 along with a Sparco steering wheel. The horn button was salvaged out of an old BMW 2002. Assuming that …
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I’ve always wanted to see if I could gather data to answer two common questions: How much faster will I be on track tires? And, how effective is coaching an experienced driver?
When you’re detailing a car from the 80’s, you find it’s often the hard plastics and headliners that can really let down an otherwise outstanding car. In this BMW 635CSi, the seats were in pretty good shape, but the rear parcel shelf and speaker covers were spotted and discolored. The spots often make you think …