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Aaron Telitz joins us to talk about racing the Lexus RC F GT3 for Vasser Sullivan in IMSA, race week prep, engineer feedback, the RC F's final season, and what a season in IMSA actually costs.

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0:00 Intro - Aaron Telitz and the Lexus RC F GT3

2:05 Race week prep, testing and the simulator

5:03 Talking to engineers and driving style

9:38 Favorite tracks, hardest tracks, best place to spectate

11:52 Karting, Skip Barber, and funding a racing career

19:35 Pro Mazda to Indy Lights to the call from Jimmy Vasser

23:28 Nine years with Vasser Sullivan and the new 2027 GT3

28:00 Race day, strategy meetings, engineers and fuel numbers

31:15 Big wins, crashes and chasing the Rolex

40:07 Factory teams, GT World Challenge, Simulators

53:12 RC F GT3 specs, test days, penalties and race distances

1:10:16 Getting into racing (and what it costs)

Colton Ray has spent 26 years in the car business and joins us to cover how he spec'd his 1,064 hp C8 ZR1, why he bought the 996 Turbo X50 before the market caught up, surviving the Mint 400 in the Pro Turbo class, and the rite-of-passage cars every enthusiast needs.

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0:00 Intro

0:44 Growing up in a Nissan shop and dad's AMC Gremlins

2:36 C8 ZR1 and 996 Turbo

3:46 The SR20-swapped 240Z and the VG30 Datsun 510

9:38 Stock head bolts, 23 psi, and head gaskets

14:10 Karting, the Gremlin drag car, and race weekends

22:18 The C8 ZR1 and the 996 Turbo X50

43:47 Side-by-Sides and the Mint 400

1:01:06 Scooters and a 240cc two-stroke mini GP bike

1:13:54 The car business, Marketing and Operations

1:23:15 Collector Cars and Manuals

1:36:04 What Car(s) should everyone have at least once?

Mike Bryant and BJ Ragudo join the show to break down their K24-swapped builds — a 2006 NC Miata campaigned in Grid Life Club TR and a 3G Eclipse built start to finish in a home garage. We get into class rules and balance of performance, Falken RT660 heat cycles, what a full Grid Life season actually costs, and how to get on track without spending a dime more than you have to.

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0:00 Intro

0:37 Mike's K24-Swapped NC Miata and Going Full Racecar

6:52 BJ's 3G Eclipse: Same Car Since 2001

12:38 The Grid Life Series, Club TR

17:58 Podiums, Gearing Limits, and What Club TR Actually Allows

24:00 Driver vs Builder in Time Attack, Unlimited, and the Aero Rules

29:35 Grid Life vs NASA and SCCA, and BJ's Plan for the Eclipse

36:47 Getting Started on Track: Brake Pads, Fluid, and Sim Racing

47:07 Chasing the Last 1%, Minimum Weight, and Fuel Math

52:11 Laps Per Weekend, the Podium Sprint, and a Shifter That Came Out at CMP

59:28 Falken RT660, Takeoff Tires, and Sticker Strategy

1:06:34 Front-Wheel Drive, BJ's Suspension Work, and Overdriving the Car 1:11:54 Driving by Sound, Feel, and Vision, Favorite Tracks

1:17:33 What It Costs to Replicate This Build and Sourcing the Right K24 1:22:08 Collectors vs Drivers, Car Show Culture

1:29:24 First Real Mods and Learning by Making Mistakes

1:40:22 Social Media, the Algorithm, and Why Sponsors Shouldn't Look at Followers First

1:45:18 What's Next, and Standing Out in a Sea of Hondas

Shawn Church joins the show to talk about how he has been tuning cars in Los Angeles since 2002 and still puts about a thousand through his shop a year. We get into where the real bang for buck is right now, why he thinks locked tune files are nonsense, and what 25 years in California has taught him about getting more out of cars.

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0:00 Intro — Church Automotive Testing

1:58 From Intel and an MBA to a dyno in a rented shop

8:28 The World of 1000HP Being THe Norm

12:36 VR30 vs B58, and the cheap way into platforms

15:47 Best bang for buck at 600hp and at 1000hp

20:09 The direct injection cost ceiling

25:30 E85 and States With Bad Fuel

32:24 Flex fuel done right, and the corn math nobody checks

45:07 Discussing Remote Tuning

49:18 $3,000 before you touch the car: C8 TCU unlock

55:45 Cheap software, Big power, Blown motors

1:00:08 Tuning schools, educated customers, and building a tuner shop

1:11:53 Who owns your tune?

1:19:04 Choosing customers, working with shops, and the pre-dyno checklist

1:28:58 What Happens When A Car Blows On A Dyno

1:37:40 Walking away from Tuning Exotics

1:45:33 EPA, CARB, and what it costs to run a shop in LA

Ryan of Rywire joins the show to talk motorsport wiring, building Honda and Porsche EV swaps, and what it's like judging car shows around the world — including SEMA's Battle of the Builders.

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0:00 - Intro

0:12 - Ryan of Rywire's Honda Roots & Getting Into Porsche

1:27 - Sourcing a 964 from Japan for the SEMA Build

3:49 - Ryan's EV Swap Journey: Tesla Motors, His Own EV S2000 & the Toyota

14:50 - Ryan's Origin Story: College Dropout to Wiring Harness Hustler 22:33 - Building Rywire: R&D, Platform Coverage & Customer Support 32:53 - Rywire's Customer Base & Ryan's Own Track Days

38:42 - Modernizing Air-Cooled 911s & Inside the 964 Build

46:43 - Tuning Individual Throttle Bodies & Ryan's Early Drive-by-Wire Builds 52:12 - Choosing ECUs & PDM Programming

58:32 - The Type R-Swapped S2000: K20C1, Port Injection & Daily Driving 1:02:49 - Japan Trips, Tokyo Auto Salon & Trip Planning

1:09:23 - Judging Car Shows Worldwide & Inside SEMA's Battle of the Builders

1:17:42 - Ryan's Judging Philosophy & Favorite Builds

1:28:17 - The Indonesia & Guam Judging Backstory

1:33:34 - Why Ryan Builds Old Cars & Rywire's Complementary Parts 1:41:25 - What Makes Tuning an EV So Different

1:45:24 - Career Reflection, the BBI Partnership