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03 Dec 2025 / By Markku Braid

Learn MIG Welding Fast with This Basic Knowledge

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If you want clean, strong welds, it starts with understanding the process properly and how your MIG welder makes that happen. MIG welding is often seen as the easiest process to learn, but motorsport fabrication places very different demands on the technique.

03 Dec 2025 / By Markku Braid

Converting 3D Scans to CAD Models In Fusion

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Transform your 3D scanner data into workable CAD models that you can actually design with. Connor shows you how to convert mesh files from 3D scans into functional Fusion, aka Fusion 360 models for automotive or motorsport projects.

28 Nov 2025 / By Peter Kelly

MIG Welder Buyer's Guide

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Pick the right MIG welder and your projects get easier with better results. Pick the wrong one, and every weld can become a battle.

20 Nov 2025 / By Brad Smith

151: CBR1000 x Miata - A Match Made in Heaven? [PODCAST]

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Many car enthusiasts have fantasised about a lightweight car with a motorcycle engine swap.

18 Nov 2025 / By Taz Quinn-Walshe

Do you really need an electronic WASTEGATE?

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Electronic wastegate vs pneumatic wastegate: which one do you actually need?

In this interview, Matt from Turbosmart explains when electronic wastegates make sense for drag racing and why most street and circuit cars are better off with a conventional pneumatic gate.

14 Nov 2025 / By Taz Quinn-Walshe

HPA Black Friday Sale

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There is early, and then there's you! Congrats on finding this page while searching for a HPA/High Performance Academy discount coupon. Here's the link you're after for HPA's 2025 Black Friday Sale. Click Me. Giggidy.

11 Nov 2025 / By Markku Braid

Are rear-mounted turbos a waste of time? | 1450hp Father & Son Build

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Most people think rear-mounted turbos would make this 1450hp LS lag like crazy…are they wrong?

What started as a high school internship turned into a 1450 hp tube frame 1973 Pontiac Firebird 'Hammerhead' built around Reynard Champ Car suspension and uprights.

06 Nov 2025 / By Brad Smith

150: The Self-Taught Way: Building Wild Engines from Scratch [PODCAST]

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Imagine being a self-taught engineer who mastered the intricacies of engine design and is now building bespoke engines from the ground up. That’s exactly what Josh Valman from Motorsport_Engineering has done. We welcome Josh back for his second appearance on the podcast.