The Baby Ferrari - A Fiat 500 Abarth that punches above it's weight.
Austin Cabot
Scorpions have always had a way of changing lives much more than Prancing Horses.
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SlipAngle /// Episode 55 - Up To Date
Austin Cabot
Episode 55 - Austin and Adam catch up to date with what's been going on lately in their garages. Austin talks about karting, Adam about CRX suspension and Sways. Austin also goes over various jobs he's had the opportunity to partake in recently. We also go over future shows we hope to record in coming weeks.
Read MoreBuilding a Custom Roll Cage
Adam Jabaay
An intro into Roll cages for track cars
Read MoreNo Vtec? No problem.
Adam Jabaay
A random editorial and story about Adam's love for vtec-less Hondas, and other rambling....
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 54 - Mazda Global MX-5 Cup with Glenn Long and John Dean
Austin Cabot
Austin travels to Long Road Racing in Statesvillle, NC to talk with Glenn Long and John Dean about the new Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Cars. We talk about the development steps taken to prepare the new ND chassis for the new series and last year's MX-5 Cup champion, John Dean tells us about what he's looking forward to in the new cars.
Read MoreVideo Tour - Up Garage in Okinawa, Japan
Austin Cabot
Spencer Tarkenton is an American living in Japan. He's a car guys car guy and has even gotten his hands on an R32 GT-R that he bought recently, the lucky guy. Watch as Spencer and his son take us on a quick tour of Up Garage in Okinawa, Japan.
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 53 - Zack Skolnick, CEO of Driven Race Group
Austin Cabot
Episode 53 - Austin sits down with Driven CEO & Founder Zack Skolnick who has raced everything from Karts to Circle Track to Grand-Am. Listen as Zack and Austin discuss his various experiences in motorsports, karting, and how Driven Race Group came into existense with just a single steering wheel.
Read MoreFull Circle - The Legacy of the Instructor.
Austin Cabot
Having a positive instructor for your first track day can really influence many more people in the sport than you think. Brad Adams takes us through his first experience on track, his instructor, and how what he learned that first weekend transfers over to his students and now, his students students.
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 52 - $15k Daily Driver / Track car with Intern Derek.
Austin Cabot
Episode 52 - We've got Intern Derek on the show today to talk about his first track day experience, what to expect from his upcoming track day with NASA, the best $15k car for dual duty, and SA2010 helmets.
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 51 - Area (Episode) 51, banter and West Coast Correspondent Matt Viramontes Interviews Fei-Long Tran
Austin Cabot
Episode 51 - Austin and Adam talk about Stock Cars, Turbo S2000s, and #GRIDLIFE registraion. We also have our first segment from our West Coast correspondent, Matt Viramontes who interviews Fei-Long Tran.
Read MoreSo, is the Differential ok? (or, how I learned to love simple gear type diffs)
Adam Jabaay
Transmissions are complicated, but taking apart a blown up one isn't that scary...
Read MoreRover - "A Weird Mix of Really Nice Parts and Super Ratty"
Austin Cabot
Last fall at Miatas at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was one of the super rare times that I asked to ride with someone in a Miata. Yes, a Miata. A low horsepower, slow, ugly Miata. And I loved it.
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 50 - NASA Rocky Mountain Regional Director Dave Balingit
Austin Cabot
Episode 50 - Rocky Mountain NASA Regional Director Dave Balingit visit with Austin while in Atlanta picking up his new NASA NP01 Prototype. We talk about his trip, his driving background, and how he got started with NASA back in the early 1990s.
Read MorePolar FIS Install / Setup / Unboxing - 2014 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI
Austin Cabot
Watch as we go over the Polar FIS, tools needed for the install, walk you through the install process, and show you how to configure it. We also cover some fun little things it will do that we found out after the install.
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 49 - Catching up with THE Greg Amy
Austin Cabot
Episode 49 - The guys catch up with International Amateur Racing Celebrity Greg Amy to talk about pimped out gopeds, 70s Fuel Injection to Carb swaps, Miatas, 1995 Audi S6s, One Lap of America, and why the Easy Road isn't the Greg Amy way of doing things. Other topics include race fuel check procedures, Del Sols, what Greg plans to do will all of his various vehicles, vintage racing, current fuel prices...and the list goes on and on. Greg also answers the two questions he thinks need to be answered by all of our guests after our towing podcast - tow in gear or out of gear, and straps crossed or straight. Greg's always talked about his ability to please many people at once...and he delivers.
Smooth is Fast...but there's more
Austin Cabot
Drew from Deft Motion provides some insight into some things you need to pay attention to in addition to your driving to become the best driver you can be. Some of us do these thing subconsciously already, but reading them is still good reinforcement.
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 48 - In the Beginning...
Austin Cabot
Episode 48 - Adam and Austin talk about how they got into cars and what it was like early on. Surprisingly, they both bought the same issue of Super Street as their first import magazine and they both started reading Sport Compact Car because of their families. All this and more in todays episode of SlipAngle.
Read MoreGoing down the rabbit hole, with Mr. Ravi
Adam Jabaay
This hobby sucks you in. Somehow it sucked in Mr. Ravi.....and all he had at the start was an automatic Tiburon ....which means you can probably get your daily driver on track as well, huh?
Read MoreSlipAngle /// Episode 47 - Part 2 - Ross Bentley and Speed Secrets
Austin Cabot
Episode 47 - (Part 2) Possibly one of the most influential driving coachs in the world, Ross Bentley has written many books on driving under the "Speed Secrets" name. A few weeks ago, Ross was gracious enough with his time to sit down with Austin in Seattle, WA and record a few driving tips for use in future SlipAngle shows. While there, Austin and Ross sat down and had nearly a two hour conversation on professional driving, driving techniques, and how Ross started writing books and coaching.
Read MoreGot rust? Fix that
Adam Jabaay
Dennis knew nothing about chopping rust out ....until he started doing it. Fix that rusty track car in the garage like he is!
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