The C5 corvette came to me stock. Painfully stock, as in still had a tape deck in it stock. A lot of basics had to go or be sorted out to improve the drive quality in general. The following is a rolling list of upgrades and noteworthy maintenance...
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Updated 6 months 3 weeks ago
As luck and fortune would have it, after the first track day at Streets of Willow Springs, there was another track day scheduled at Laguna Seca two weeks later. As most folks know, Laguna Seca is a nationally to likely internationally renowned track...
Updated 1 year 3 weeks ago
After my first track day, I knew that seats were next in order to upgrade The OEM seat on the drivers side had collapsed on one side and the seats and belts did not keep me in place. I was using my core to significant excess to stay in place along...
Updated 4 months 1 week ago
NOTE: This is a work in progress. Some measurements may not be entirely correct. Some upgrades I've not captured in here. I'll update it all when I've completed researching. In the mean time, please do contact me if you've got any other suggestions!...
Updated 6 months 3 weeks ago
So the entire goal of the 1999 Corvette was simple: Take it and do all the fun events you should be able to do with a fast car. The 1968 Corvette I'd inherited from my father and finished repairing and restoring couldn't due most events due to being...
Updated 3 years 9 months ago
I am blessed with a career where I have been able to work remote for a long time now. It's an amazing luxury that I worked very hard to earn in my life, and it has afforded me amazing work/life balance. This last year or so though I've started...
Updated 4 years 3 months ago
The EFL is a "classic" run in the PNW, with the definition of Classic being just a good staple everyone at a certain skill level should run and be able to really enjoy. The EFL is a pretty friendly (in my opinion) class 4 run with two waterfalls,...
Updated 4 years 4 months ago
As luck would have it, the same river I'd gotten to run the boat on first came in again with even more water. this opened up the opportunity for me to go higher on the river and run through a pretty fun class 4 rapid, called "Big Eddy". This...
Updated 4 years 3 months ago
I picked up my brand spanking new Yellow Jackson Kayak Zen 3.0 from Next Adventure, and right away the skepticism began. The shop employees and even myself had our doubts. Look at that big rocker with a big fat flat planing surface, won't that just...
Updated 4 years 3 months ago
The new Zen 3.0 comes at an interesting time in kayak development.Every company has it's race inspired boat now. The Pyranha 9R, Dagger Phantom, Jackson Nirvana. The thing about these race boats though is that they're developed by great paddlers,...