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Project Lemons - Toyota Celica Project Lemons - Toyota Celica
Part 2: Cheating Our Way To A Podium Finish more
Project Time Attack Part 2 - 1995 Mazda Miata Project Time Attack Part 2 - 1995 Mazda Miata
Automotive Anorexia more
Off The Shelf Off The Shelf
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Ford Festiva - Hybrid How-To - Engine Swap Ford Festiva - Hybrid How-To - Engine Swap
Check out this hybrid setup using the Mazda B6T engine in a Ford Festiva Chassis. more
Making It Stick Part 2 - Negative Camber Making It Stick Part 2 - Negative Camber
Part 2 of SCC's Comprehensive Suspension Tuning Guide more
New Products - Off The Shelf New Products - Off The Shelf
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Subaru EK20 Hybrid How-To - Engine Swap Subaru EK20 Hybrid How-To - Engine Swap
Check out how to put Subaru's EK20 in almost any Subaru chassis. more
Making It Stick Part 4 - Advanced Suspension Geometry Making It Stick Part 4 - Advanced Suspension Geometry
Part 4 of SCC's Comprehensive Suspension Tuning Guide more
Making It Stick Part 3 - Suspension Geometry Making It Stick Part 3 - Suspension Geometry
Part 3 of SCC's Comprehensive Suspension Tuning Guide more
The Street - Readers Rides The Street - Readers Rides
1991 Honda CRXOwner: John RoyalLocation: Lincoln, Nebraska more
Compact Car Questions - Dear Dave Compact Car Questions - Dear Dave
Blowing Off MustangsI've got a Mustang SVO clone made out of a bunch of junkyard parts and I'm looking to mount a blow-off valve, since I... more
Dyno Charts - The Dyno Question Dyno Charts - The Dyno Question
It's a new year and time for some changes. One thing we've long considered is the appearance of our dyno charts. We're asking for your... more
Making It  Stick Part 5 - Damper Fundamentals Making It Stick Part 5 - Damper Fundamentals
Part 5 of SCC's Comprehensive Suspension Tuning Guide more
Making It  Stick Part 6 - Monotube Dampers Making It Stick Part 6 - Monotube Dampers
Part 6 of SCC's Comprehensive Suspension Tuning Guide more
Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 2 Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 2
There's little understanding of how or why aerodynamic aids work; people tend to bolt them on to feel the downforce placebo effect. We've... more
Making It Stick Part 1 Making It Stick Part 1
Mike Kojima gives four simple steps to improving the handling of your car more
Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 1 Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 1
Check out this introduction to automotive aerodynamics that act on your car from Sport Compact Car Magazine. more
Hybrid How To: H22 Shifter Into a CRX Hybrid How To: H22 Shifter Into a CRX
How to swap in the proper H22 shifter into your Honda CRX more
Hybrid How-To No 16: Building the LS/VTEC engine Hybrid How-To No 16: Building the LS/VTEC engine
What and WhyYou might have the biggest, baddest Honda B-series block around, but without a top end up to the task of sucking in enough air,... more
Project Srt-4: Part V Project Srt-4: Part V
For months you've been looking at the custom Magnaflow side-exit exhaust on Project SRT-4. And for months we've been trying to sort out... more
BFGoodrich g-Force Sport BFGoodrich g-Force Sport
BFGoodrich has set out to raise the bar of the entry-level, ultra high-performance tire segment with its new g-Force Sport. Because it's... more
Hybrid How-To: No.16 Hybrid How-To: No.16
WHAT AND WHY Face it, the D series in your Civic is far from anything special. It's a fuel economy engine. If you want more power, it's... more
EVO vs. STI EVO vs. STI
When we last saw our EVO and STi, they were playing catch-up with each other. The EVO needed to catch up with the STi's power output, so we... more
Hybrid How-To No. 15: K24 short block with K20A2 VTEC cylinder head Hybrid How-To No. 15: K24 short block with K20A2 VTEC cylinder head
What and why There's no substitute for displacement, except maybe technology, so in a perfect world you'd have both. If you're driving a... more
Michelin's Laurens Proving Grounds Michelin's Laurens Proving Grounds
Engineering Editor, Dan Barnes, visits Michelin's Lauren's Proving Grounds to test automotive tires, brought to you by Sport Compact Car... more
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