Pro drivers Connor De Phillippi and Kenton Koch started the season strong and kept the pedal to the metal all year, capping it off with Connor Daly at the Indy 8 hour. In GT3 racing every detail is critical, and the team poured their heart and soul into this championship. Engineer Nathan McBride was supported […]
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SRO GT4 America Pro Am Class 2025 Season Champions! Pro driver Josh Green and 2025 rookie of the year Sam Craven were locked in all season. Their impressive dedication and perseverance kept them in a tight battle that came down to the last checkered flag at Indy. Engineered by Skyler LaKose and myself, crewed by
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Pro driver duo Kevin Boehm and Kenton Koch put on a clinic this year, showcasing their controlled aggressive performance on track. With the championship clinched at the green flag drop of Indy race 1, they took more than a victory lap, winning that race and coming in 2nd place in race 2. Backed up in
SRO GT4 America Silver Class 2025 Season Champions! Read More »
On a team this small everyone plays a big role, and I’m proud to be the engineer that diagnosed, re-tuned, and helped turn this last minute entry into the fastest Open Wheel car at Pikes Peak 2024. We won the class, ended up 4th overall, set a personal best with a time of 9:33.222, and
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Pikes Peak 2023 was the stuff of legend, and this amazing bunch of people made it so. We got the RiffRaff Diesel powered R35 GTR at left to the summit of over 14,000 feet and achieved the team goal of breaking the previous diesel record. Texas Dave from Rally Ready Driving School in the Sierra
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During my time employed with COBB Tuning, I worked with their mechanical engineering team to design a comprehensive high flow fuel system package for 2008-2021 Subaru STI vehicles. The new system resolved a core fuel pressure instability issue of the stock components, while also providing a dramatic increase in fuel delivery potential. The physical components
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This Lyfe Motorsport built, Innovative Tuning tuned R35 Nissan GTR has won events and set records for years, but as time moves on and other teams continue to advance their projects and build new cars, the challenge to keep an older and very heavy build on top continues to grow. In this video you’ll see
Bittersweet Victory at Global Time Attack Finals 2022 Read More »
The crew at Lyfe Motorsport works on fantastic projects and this late 90s Prodrive built S5 Subaru WRC car is the stuff rally and Subaru dreams are made of. I was tasked with calibrating updated Motec electronics in the vehicle, which included extensive integration with other components. While I’d usually program the PDM (power distribution
Rebirth Of A Rally Legend – Prodrive S5 Subaru WRC Read More »
The Black Rifle Coffee Company sponsored rally team of Travis Pastrana, Tom Williams, Texas Dave, Bucky Lasek, Mike Glover of Fieldcraft Survival and their trusty co-drivers had a big 2022. Innovative Tuning was along performing engine calibration for Texas Dave, Bucky and Fieldcraft Mike’s limited 4wd class Subaru rally cars built in the shop at
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Andre Simon, co-founder of the leading high performance automotive education source High Performance Academy, had a chat with me about the pros and cons of standalone ECUs vs. custom reflashing of stock ECUs, CARB EOs, and more.
Guest interview on the High Performance Academy “Tuned In” Podcast Read More »
Check out Motor Trend Magazine’s recap of the exciting finish of the 2021 Superlap Battle USA event at Circuit of the Americas. This is the premiere time attack event in North America and it was an honor to be a part of a great team and winning effort. Super Lap Battle Time Attack vs. Circuit
Superlap Battle 2021 – Lyfe Motorsport GTR Wins, Resets Track Record Read More »
I want to give a big shout out to SPL Parts for creating this spherical bushing replacement product for R35 GTR, as well as their rear spherical bushing replacements. I think it’s safe to say nobody at SPL sat down and said “we’re gonna sell a ton of these!” Meeting a customer need and solving
In this article which includes excerpts from an article I wrote for Speed Academy, Garrett, often referred to as Garrett Turbo, reveals test results from a deep dive I took in testing multiple sets of Garrett turbos on my project Nissan GTR. Data included turbo shafts speeds, exhaust manifold pressures, wastegate positions and more, which
Turbo R&D for Garret Advancing Motion Read More »
In this iteration of my work on the DSPORT Subaru WRX, the performance benefit of ethanol based fuel is shown, with a 100 horsepower gain on a basic bolt on setup after custom tuning. Key benefits of ethanol fuel are discussed, as well as vehicle preparation, and finally dyno charts show the massive gains. Test
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The awesome duo at Speed Academy had me along for the ride on their “Abandoned STI” project build which spanned 20 videos with about 200k views, detailing the work involved in building the car and the multiple tuning sessions I performed on various setups. While some of the tuning was performed in person, I performed
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In this video interview with Bassem of DSPORT Magazine, you’ll see the dyno tuning process, talking about area under the curve, comparing to baseline values, as well as the test drive where drivability and off dyno performance are verified. We also discuss drivability changes for driver satisfaction, not just performance, and get his impressions driving
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“Sucks” is a pretty strong word and not one I would use to describe the factory tune, but I think it shows how car owners respond to inconsistent power delivery. When you hit the go pedal, you want a smile on your face every time. In this video I discuss how different combinations of engine
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NARRA Interview with Mike McGinnis of Innovative Tuning. Mike McGinnis, a relative newcomer to our Whelen Engineering Company USTT series, finished the season in 3rd place in the TT-U national championship, 1st in the TT-U North Cup. Mike was also a Bad Boyzz Garage Hard Charger winner at Pittsburgh. He’s is an all around nice
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Congratulations to Jason, the driver/owner of the Innovative Tuning built/tuned/sponsored drag Subaru for his overall season championship in CSCS (Canadian Sport Compact Series) drag racing!
2011 Series Champion! Read More »
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