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My personal adventures with cars, repairs, and everything automotive

#001
Poznań Track — Time to Move On
Poznań Track — Time to Move On

The only track I've ridden in real life is Toruń Tor — a small, rally-cross-like circuit with no real straights to speak of. Meanwhile, I've been putting in hours on Assetto Corsa, and my go-to track there has always been …

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#003
Twingo Dash's Big Brother
Twingo Dash's Big Brother

You may remember the small dash I built recently. It's a nice little quirky device (it fits the Twingo perfectly), but its biggest advantage is also its biggest disadvantage. It's compact, but working over WiFi adds a small lag. Reading …

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#005
Extinguishers are on place now
Extinguishers are on place now

The front one is installed on the adapter. One mount is bolt + nut, for another one I had to cut a thread: the access from below is limited. Anyway, the plate is thick enough. I was very lucky with …

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#008
TwingoDash
TwingoDash

The first-gen Renault Twingo has no RPM or coolant temperature gauges, which is annoying on track. So I made TwingoDash: a simple ESP32 dashboard that shows both values and adds LED shift indicators. A WiFi OBD2 dongle reads RPM and …

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#010
Sport tyres
Sport tyres

Riding with Chinese winter tyres on a track is definitely not a thing. I finally decided to buy proper racing tyres. Ladies and gentlemen, Extrime VR2 in medium compound. - I went with the medium compound because most of the …

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