Tom Suddard

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?

2 months ago | grassrootsmotorsports.com | Tom Suddard |Volvo Heretic

Our LS-swapped 350Z has sat quietly while we’ve worked on its digital twin, one built in CAD. Without getting our hands dirty, we’ve virtually tested all manner of aero add-ons: wings and splitters, vents and dive planes. One big takeaway from our time in Morlind Engineering’s virtual wind tunnel? We needed to build a splitter. And while we arrived at this conclusion with supercomputers and cutting-edge software, “I need a splitter” is a nearly universal truth in racing.