JG Pasterjak

2 weeks ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Tom Suddard |Colin Wood |JG Pasterjak |J.A. Ackley

Update by J.G. Pasterjak to the BMW 435i project car Apr 8, 2025 | BMW, BimmerWorld, BMW 435i Photography by J.G. Pasterjak This one felt like it should have been easy to solve. In the end, maybe it was, and maybe it wasn’t. “I feel like the problem is gone but I don’t feel that satisfying feeling that we ‘solved’ it,” says BimmerWorld’s Phil Wurz after we seemingly rectified a recent electronic situation. So, what actually happened?

1 month ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | JG Pasterjak |Keith Tanner

Update by J.G. Pasterjak to the BMW 435i project car Mar 17, 2025 | BMW, BMW 435i Photography by J.G. Pasterjak For a car that usually operates at 12-15 psi of turbo boost, 0-3 psi wasn’t doing our BMW 435i any favors on track. One good thing about a large, catastrophic boost leak like this: It should be fairly easy to locate. [What’s causing our BMW 435i’s boost problems?]A few other assumptions would also guide our search.

2 months ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Keith Tanner |JG Pasterjak

Update by J.G. Pasterjak to the BMW 435i project car Jan 28, 2025 | BMW, BimmerWorld, BMW 435i Photography Credit: Tradd Slayton/Racing for ALS During the second week of January, we passed the one-year mark wince we brought home our 2015 BMW 435i project car. And while we’ve detailed the performance modifications we’ve done, we haven’t talked that much about the more mundane tasks of simply maintaining the car for daily use.

Oct 31, 2024 | grassrootsmotorsports.com | JG Pasterjak

As good as the NSX is on a perfectly smooth track, it’s absolute magic on a twisty road or a bumpy surface. The computer-controlled shocks maintain grip and provide unprecedented stability when the surface is less than perfect. For 2017, though, the legendary NSX nameplate returns–and with big shoes to fill. When the original debuted in the early 1990s, it was a breath of Japanese fresh air in a sports car scene largely defined by German and Italian machinery.

Sep 12, 2024 | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |JG Pasterjak

By J.A. Ackley Sep 12, 2024 | Hyundai, IMSA, Genesis, LMDh, IMSA GTP Photography Credit: Chris Tropea Add another manufacturer to LMDh competition: Hyundai Motorsport through the Genesis brand. No timeline has been announced for its debut, nor any series, although LMDh cars are eligible for the IMSA GTP class.