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1 month ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |JG Pasterjak |Coniglio Rampante |David S. Wallens
By J.G. Pasterjak May 22, 2025 | Hyundai | Never miss a review Despite having a traditional trunk, the Hyundai Elantra N continues to carry the hot hatch torch into modern times just fine. Like so many before it, the Elantra N is quick, fun and practical. For the ’24 model year, the Elantra N gets a few upgrades over previous models, most notably a bushing upgrade in several key spots, including the engine mounts plus several suspension and subframe connections.
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1 month ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |Coniglio Rampante |JG Pasterjak
You may recall our BMW sprung a leak recently. A boost leak to be precise. After several months of trouble-free operation, the silicone coupler between the Evolution Raceworks charge pipe leading from the turbo to the CSF intercooler inlet popped free. We reattached it, adjusting it a bit to better seat it on both tubes, then went on our way. But after … You may recall our BMW sprung a leak recently. A boost leak to be precise.
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1 month ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Keith Tanner |JG Pasterjak
Update by J.G. Pasterjak to the BMW 435i project car May 2, 2025 | BMW, Powerflex, BMW 435i Photography by J.G. Pasterjak “This is not surprising,” notes BimmerWorld’s James Clay while looking at the cracked and worn bushings.
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1 month ago | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | Colin Wood |JG Pasterjak |Andy Hollis
By Tom Suddard Apr 30, 2025 | Hyundai, One Lap of America, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N | Posted in Columns | Never miss an article Photograph courtesy Hyundai “Hey, if nothing else, it’ll be a great story!”This line is a universal enabler, especially when you’re in the business of making magazines.
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2 months 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?
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
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.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
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.
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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.
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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.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
grassrootsmotorsports.com | JG Pasterjak
All the squiggly lines in the world mean nothing if you’re not taking the time to decipher them and turn that info into a plan. Who has time to analyze all that data? Not many of us, that’s who. But you can find time with even the quickest of glances and the simplest of data systems. Don’t let data overload convince you that every trace needs to be agonizingly pored over to extract some gains.
