Fart-hinder Racing Saab meets ‘The Kink’ and survives.

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Road America SAAB 9-3

Fart-Hinder Racing is back for the 2017 Season – the 8th season of racing a Saab in amateur endurance racing and the 4th season for the Fart-Kontroll 1999 Saab 9-3. The venue this time was Road America in the Wisconsin countryside with the World Racing League (WRL).  Four of the usual suspects signed on to our Racing Saab for this event: Captain Tim Winker, Mike Mandy, Travis McCormick and Mark Fitzpatrick.  Fart-Hinder has been to Road America several times before with the ChumpCar World Series, but WRL had arranged to run the traditional road course including the Kink. CCWS has always used the motorcycle “Bend” between the Carousel and Kettle Bottoms and into Canada Corner to keep speeds down on the most difficult part of the track. WRL isn’t just any amateur series. In line with allowing faster cars to race, founder Joey Todd has required wheel-to-wheel racing experience from

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E34 M5 Resto PtIII: Wheels, Tires and Door Handle Gaskets

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BMW Door Handle Gaskets

Even before my 1991 BMW M5 arrived, I knew that I was going to need new wheels and tires ASAP. The original M System Turbines had been sold two owners ago (heartbreaking!) and the car was now wearing 18×9 BMW / BBS Style 42 wheels with worn out rubber. While I might have kept a staggered set of 18” (x8 and x9.5) Style 42 wheels, the look of wide polished lips up front did nothing for me. Funny enough, the 18×9 size is quite rare, and typically used only for the rears, so to end up with a set of four was quite a find. But, nonetheless, a find I didn’t want. Approximately six weeks transpired between my initial talks with the previous owner and the car’s delivery on a rainy night in New York City – and during nearly every one of those days, I looked for a replacement

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eEuroparts.com Saab 9-3 Succeeds at NJMP

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Saab 9-3 Racing Development Sometimes it’s hard to remember that we’ve only been racing the Saab 9-3 for two race weekends now.  The last two months are a bit of a blur but we’ve come a long way from a car with no suspension and no motor (but a fresh paint job from UMS&P) around March 15th to now a much more completely developed race car. We ended the weekend at Watkins Glen with two major challenges to resolve.  The first problem was with ESP / Traction Control and overall lack of power, especially at low RPM.  The second and more concerning was not being able to carry enough fuel.  Even with those issues we still had a relatively successful weekend.  We ran the race on Saturday and most of the day on Sunday testing different tunes and brake combos. Entering NJMP We went into NJMP with some healthy optimism about the

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Indian Summer Racing Takes Second Podium of Season, Looks Ahead to Lime Rock Park

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It was a successful weekend north of the border at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.  The Indian Summer Racing / eEuroparts.com team lead by driver Travis Washay finished the weekend 3rd and 4th in two races to lift him to third in the points standings.  With eight races left to go the points are tight.  Travis sits two points out of a tie for second with P.J. Groenke and a larger 14 point gap out of a tie for first with Jake Pipal.   It is still anybody’s race for the TCB points championship but it would seem that Pipal, Groenke, and Washay have the best chance at that overall season #1 position. Tuesday the Indian Summer Racing team had a successful day of testing at the track so look forward to a very competitive weekend on the live video feeds.  Travis and the team are looking forward to racing at

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Nokian Tires have arrived at eEuroparts.com!

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Nokian Tire Dealer

Many years ago when the clouds cleared and the heavens sang, the most devote auto enthusiasts heard the word Nokian.  Shortly afterwards of course, the clouds gathered once again and hit everyone with what locals to eEuroparts would call a ‘Wicked Nor’easter’ and buried them all in a 20in of wet snow.  Fortunately, with Nokian tires this was not a problem, and soon Nokian would have the best reputation for quality snow tires in the entire industry.  The Finnish company is based right around the arctic circle, so being good in the snow is one of the top demands for day to day life.  However, while many of the enthusiasts clamor about how the Hakkepeliitta R2 is the best snow tire they’ve ever driven on, they might not realize that Nokian, now in 2017, has a huge variety of thoughtfully designed tires to keep you riding safe and comfortable no

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