Mechanical

Brake Pad Walk Back or Knock Back

Racing 101: Jargon

DwD 0378: Racing 101: Jargon – What is Brake Pad Walk Back or Knock Back

On our racing 101 series, we often go over jargon that can confuse you at the track. In this episode, we start to talk about brake pad walk back or knock back. This can occur on many cars and be caused by several sources. We try to talk about what it would feel like on your car and what you can do to minimize its effect while on track. We also speculate on what can be the sources in your braking system that can lead to having this condition. Please fee free to expand upon our discussion, as we have rarely experienced this phenomenon on track. As a bonus, we also discuss a few other brake pedal related feelings that you may encounter on track and what the cause of them are.

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JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports

GHIT 0373: JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports

JG Pasterjak joins us for a great episode that starts off with a brief history of his driving and work with Grassroots Motorsports magazine and website. In addition to being involved with the articles, JG is also a passionate driver and tinkerer on his car and many of the project cars that are the subject of many articles and threads within the magazine and website. We are often searching the GRM website when we are trying to solve a problem or improve our cars for the track. We also cover a recent fire that JG had in his MR2 and what he has learned from the experience. JG was even kind enough to indulge us when we tried to discuss a few of the recent articles that have helped us and our friends. Including the project of converting a road car to a track car. We can’t wait to have him on again.

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GHIT 0373: JG Pasterjak from Grassroots Motorsports

Crank No Start Condition

Troubleshooting part 1

DwD 0372: Troubleshooting a Crank No Start Condition

On this Dominating with Dawson, we take advantage of a crank no start problem that we are having with our 1993 Honda Civic SI (D16Z6 for the home gamers) race car and use it as a working example of how to troubleshoot an issue. As with most parts of working on a car, we are a work in progress, some would even say “In Training”, lol. We utilize our pain to try to work through the logic of a car not working and trying to diagnose the issue. If you like these types of Dominating with Dawson, please let us know. We break enough and have plenty of issues with our cars to make this into a near limitless series long into the future. Guest appearance from Jeremy during this issue. We end with a diatribe on why we don’t let Bill fix our cars and rarely leave him unattended.

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DwD 0372: Troubleshooting a Crank No Start Condition

“Expensive” Tools That Are Worth It

DwD 0367: “Expensive” Tools That Are Worth It

This Dominating with Dawson is aimed at the tools that we think are worth spending the money on. These are tools that are critical to the function of your car or where accuracy is required, as well as tools where they just make things so much easier that they are worth every penny that they cost. We then go into places where you can save a significant amount without impacting your car performance.

While our list is far from exhaustive, what tools do YOU think are most valuable to you when working on your car. Please let us know in the comments or email us at [email protected] for a future part two for this topic.

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DwD 0367: “Expensive” Tools That Are Worth It

Building a car vs developing a car

DwD 0341: The difference between building a car and developing a car

Race Weekend Shuffle in place: We have talked a lot about building a race car and prepping a car for the track. But that Is only the beginning and just when you thought it was over, it has only begun. The best way to think about it is that you now have a ticket to enter the event and part of your future will be developing the car and improving it.

There are things that will always need to be done. Some of these areas are to increase the performance of the car. Many of these areas are to improve the durability and reliability of the car. There is also a set related to optimizing the car by dialing in the various settings and options within the car that you will be using to improve the performance on a given track or day or weather or. Undoubtedly this is the first part of a multipart series. On this episode Ben was joined by guest judge Jeremy Hall, Vicki, and Bill.

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PS2 Please do not forget that if you are looking to add an Apex Pro to your driving telemetry system, do not forget to use our discount code for all Apex Pro systems you will receive a free Windshield Suction Cup Mount for the system, a savings of $40. Just enter the code “ghitlikesapex!” when you order. They are a great system and invaluable to safely increasing your speed on track and/or autocross, etc. The recently released second generation systems and app increases the capability of the system.

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Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Jeremy, Alan, and Bill

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes In Training team

DwD 0341: The difference between building a car and developing a car