Recent content by Jack Olsen

It's edited together from two different episodes where he talked about me. So yes, it kind of has a fake-feeling flow to it sometimes. I edited out the incorrect stuff he said (1971 chassis, 2100 pounds) and also clipped out the interruptions from other guests. And regarding the book cover, I...

I was freeing up space on my phone, and I had these old shows by Joe Rogan where he talked a little about my garage and my car. I decided to edit out the interruptions and a few of the facts that he got wrong, and overlay video I had that was shot by Justin Evidon, Sean Fannin, and Josh Clason...

Building it will be cheaper.

Maybe unpopular opinion: if you work in that shop, you don't want a two-post or a four-post. Another unpopular opinion: if you need to set the lift up in order to use it, you will not use it 99% of the time. It will only come in handy for larger or long-term jobs. Those two opinions led me to...

Yikes. I hope it's not as bad as that. But I don't have any evidence pointing in the other direction. I was out there two times in September -- once with my normal (Open Track Racing) group, and once to help coach drivers at a private event held by one of the new owner/investors. I think OTR's...

Yes, that's my track. Here I am last month -- it was 31° when I got there. I still drive there 6-8 times a year. I'll be there next month, too. It's hard to say what the sale is going to mean. The previous owner (who bought it in 1962) died in 2015. The family has been running it since...

Agreed. The costs have skyrocketed. If I crashed the car or blew the engine at this point, I'm not sure what I'd do.

I'm on my second engine. When I made the decision about a rebuild versus a low-mileage used motor, the used-motor option was much cheaper ($5k). Front and rear shocks get rebuilt every 10 years. The front JRZs are more expensive than the rear Ohlins, for what it's worth.

I drive my old 911 on the street and also the track. I was coming back from my local track last week, and I decided to work out how many track-only miles my car might have, since I'm going on 25 years of ownership. I was surprised enough by the number that I turned it into a video:

Poor man's method: 1/8" thick sheet/plate and a $30 jigsaw. Cut the sides of the C from the sheet with the jigsaw. Slowly bend the bottom of the channel in a vise (or with a $200 HF roll bender if you want to be fancy), then skip weld (or epoxy/JB weld on the inside, if that's not an option)...

I like having my bench height the same as the standing benches. But most stools will address that issue. I cut a cabinet in half to make the base for this one and used butcher block on top.

I have a few butcher-block-top benches, including one in the center of my garage. I think it makes a great work surface. All of this is subjective, of course, but 4x8 is a fairly unwieldy size, and benches that roll don't appeal to me at all (again, speaking personally). I put some...

It's a Frankenstein, of sorts. To mis-paraphrase Feerdinand Porsche, 'I couldn't find the Porsche of me dreams, so I built it myself.' It's a 1972 tub, with a 1995 3.6l engine, a magnesium-case 1977 transaxle, 1986 930 brakes, and various other components ranging from 1965 to 2000.

I'd probably use Polyseamseal by Loctite. But I'd want to test to see how good any product adheres to both surfaces. Some construction adhesives are okay, but the product's task is usually just to hold a panel in place while it slowly, slowly cures.

Yes! I was out on the 20th of last month, and I think I'm out two times next month.