Page 12 - Shop Chronicles

Shop Chronicles is our new series where we show you what we are working on in our shop.

  1. New Problems Testing on Pikes Peak

    New Problems Testing on Pikes Peak

    Just as the Pikes Peak Hill Climb is different every year, we always seem to find new and interesting problems testing as well.

    In our first weekend

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  2. Final Prep before Pikes Peak Testing

    Final Prep before Pikes Peak Testing

    Our initial test of the Pikes Peak car on track with the Modena Sequential transmission went well, but we had a few issues that we needed to address.

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  3. Sequential On Track - High Plains Shakedown

    Sequential On Track - High Plains Shakedown

    With our Modena Sequential installed and set up on the Dyno, the last thing to do was to shake the car down on track.

    We took the car out to High

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  4. Sequential Shifts Focus - Install and Dyno Testing

    Sequential Shifts Focus - Install and Dyno Testing

    The first step with any new transmission is installing it into the car.  Everything seemed to go smoothly, but we then discovered that there was an

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  5. The Chicken, the Egg, and the Engine... What failed first?

    The Chicken, the Egg, and the Engine...  What failed first?

    As we started tearing down Spencer's STI EJ Engine to see what caused the failure, it seemed like the origin of the failure might have been crank-walk.

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  6. Bearing Failure, but not that one...

    Bearing Failure, but not that one...

    Rod Bearing Failure is something that is discussed a lot when it comes to Subarus.  That telltale ticking from the engine bay is a sound that none

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  7. Sequential Transmission Install into our Pikes Peak Car begins!

    Sequential Transmission Install into our Pikes Peak Car begins!

    The 2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is now just a few months away, and our prep work on our Subaru Hill Climb Car is in full swing.

    We

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  8. Total(ed) Deal? - The wreck that inspired the project

    Total(ed) Deal? - The wreck that inspired the project

    Viet talks about the wreck that inspired the project

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