One of the most exciting races of the year will be taking place this weekend, the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe near the French town of Le Mans. While the race is typically ...

When it comes to performance, one option you might want to consider for your car is a lightened flywheel. By using a lightened flywheel, the energy that is normally used to turn your stock flywheel ...

Brake Lathe Racing Flywheel Maker This photo was taken in 2008, in preparation for my first experience with The 24 Hours Of Lemons. My friend from college decided we can make a race car for $500, and ...

As a means to store energy, power cars, or even ensure geopolitical survival, batteries suddenly rule our planet. Within the past two decades, however, racing minds briefly saw one of humankind’s ...

Since Ford sold Jaguar Land Rover to Indian carmaker Tata in TK, the luxury maker has stepped out a bit. Their green efforts have taken down several interesting technology paths that seem unlikely had ...

The flywheel plays a major role in how a car reacts, and choosing the wrong one for your application can make the car difficult to drive, or a sloth under acceleration. Often, a problem can be solved ...

While Toyota owners continue to be worried about “unintended acceleration” issues associated with faulty gas pedals, owners of other makes are eagerly testing the limits of their vehicles’ intended ...

A centuries old technology is making a comeback in everything from racing cars to buses. When Andre Lotterer took the checkered flag at this year’s Le Mans 24 race, the German motorsport driver made ...