by Hannah Deruyter | Jul 27, 2020 | Racing
The 44 car was a force to be reckoned with this weekend, receiving 1st in class and 3rd overall! What a long and rewarding weekend. With a little bit of fight at the end, the Squirrels Of Fury came out on top! The clear day and night at Oregon Raceway Park made for...
by Hannah Deruyter | Jun 29, 2020 | Racing
What a great weekend! We ended Sunday 3rd in our class and 8th overall in the #44 car. The Reaper #130 and Roger Rabbit #25 placed 8th and 9th in the same class! With a Fuel pump problem and a spin-out on Saturday, Sunday we cleaned up and took some names. A big thank...
by Hank Moore | Sep 4, 2019 | Racing
#68 Spec E46 Race Car for Sale Donor Vehicle: 2001 BMW 330i silver sedan Initial build performed by Lowe Group Racing – January 2015 thru April 2015 for Mike Adams. This was one of the first cars built in the NW for Spec E46 I bought the car 4/5/16. Pete Bristow has...
by Hank Moore | Feb 5, 2019 | Photography, Racing, Uncategorized
No expense spared in this build. This was the first Spec E46 ever raced. Bimmerworld and AAF worked hard on getting this car together and working before all the rules were even completed. Bimmerworld stripped it all down and installed the cage and after assembly the...
by Hank Moore | Nov 5, 2018 | Racing
The AAF crew sat out Targa NZ this year but our shifter helped capture the win. Mark Kirk-Burnnand Won the Classic class in Targa NZ 2018 on the South Island in his BMW M3 running an AAF shifter. “We fitted it for this years event, no testing just started...
by Hank | Jan 25, 2018 | Racing, Street Life, Trendings
Here is a short video showing you how the AAF shifter works in real time. This is an E36 M3 with a stock engine and transmission. The car still has stock rubber engine mounts. It was a bit damp and we did get some wheel spin in first gear. Let us know if you have...
by Hank | Jan 12, 2018 | Racing
The #125 PRO3 car is SOLD. This car is a rocket it has all the right parts and is ready to go racing! Built by AAF over the last 5 years. Equipped with an AAF engine JRZ suspension AAF Cage Much more Drop us a line if you would like more info....
by Hank | Nov 15, 2017 | Photography, Racing
Advanced Auto Fabrication had the opportunity to run our car in Targa NZ again and as always it was some of the wildest roads that exist in this world. We installed an AAF Shifter in our Targa car and it was a hole new feeling using it with my left hand (as our Targa...
by Hank | Nov 6, 2017 | Creative, Ecommerce, Photography, Racing, Street Life, Trendings, Uncategorized
We have been working hard to get this first production run of shifters done and now we need your help with more testing. We have run a whole season with the AAF shifter in Shawn Northrup’s PRO3 car and it helped him win the highly contested PRO3 Championship....
by Hank | Sep 27, 2017 | Racing, Uncategorized
One of our customers is going to sell his very clean and well equipped E46. Fresh rebuild AAF engine Light weight for a 4 door ……lbs w/o driver 4 sets of wheels & tires LED light bar for enduro night driving Trunk fill kit for very easy fueling...
by Hank | Aug 8, 2017 | Racing
AAF had a great weekend at ORP. We took home First place both days in PRO3 as well as second and third in SE46. Great driving guys! It was a fun weekend at a great track if you have not been to ORP you are missing out. Great sunsets every...
by Hank | Jul 4, 2017 | Racing, Uncategorized
It’s always fun when we can race close to home and in June we got to race with ICSCC at our home track Spokane County Raceway. Thanks to all of our customers and friends that came out to see us at the track! Here are some pics form the weekend.
by Hank | May 24, 2017 | Racing
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by Hank | Apr 5, 2017 | Racing
This last weekend we went down to Thunderhill Raceway to run the SCCA Majors. We took James Colborn and his Spec E46 down and ran on Hoosiers for the first time. Even though we had a bit of a learning curve being at 2950 instead of 2850 and running on 225 Hoosiers...
by Hank | Mar 20, 2017 | Racing
This winter we added a fuel cell to the Track Attack car and moved the cool shirt box to the back. This makes it so you can have up to 51% rear weight in the car. We leave the stock tank and add a low pressure pump to move fuel forward to change the balance of the...
by Hank | Mar 17, 2017 | Racing
Going to solid engine and transmission mounts in your race car is the best choice for chassis rigidity as well as keeping the mass of the engine in place under the large G loads found on a race track. But when you go to solid mounts there are other parts on your car...
by Hank | Mar 10, 2017 | Racing
When it comes to fighting fire Advanced Auto Fabrication is here to help with all of the latest fire suppression systems from Lifeline. AAF is now the North West hub for all your Lifeline needs. We are fully outfitted with all the tools and equipment to fill and...
by Hank | Mar 8, 2017 | Racing
We are looking for ways to make race cars better every day. Now that the new Spec E46 tune has the EWS function deleted, we are finally building a push button start kit that gets rid of the key all together! The AAF Push to Start mounts with factory holes and...
by Hank | Mar 8, 2017 | Racing
Advanced Auto Fabrication is proud to announce that we will be offering Spec E46 ECU’s with EWS delete. We plan to keep one on hand all the time just in case its needed at the track. So if you need your Spec E46 ECU tuned there is now a place out west to get...
by Hank | Feb 8, 2017 | Racing
AAF is very luck to get to race Targa NZ and we have many friends down under. We are happy to ship parts to you in New Zealand or Australia. Just send us an Email and we can get you set up! Thank you for buying from Advanced Auto Fabrication....
by Hank | Feb 7, 2017 | Ecommerce, Racing
The new AAF Racing Shifter is installed in an E30 Race car! Our racing mount plate that bolts into the transmission tunnel with two bolts from each side gives the shifter a rock solid feel. We will also have a street version of the mount plate that will just be the...
by Hank | Jan 31, 2017 | Ecommerce, Racing
The AAF Racing BMW Shifter prototype is here! Now it is time for some significant testing. We will share the installed pics very soon, but here is a preview!
by userseven | Dec 13, 2016 | Racing
We had a great race from start to finish at the Portland 8 Hour Enduro! Back and forth for the lead all day eventually ending in second place, just 13 seconds off the class leader. Had a fun time with friends racing a great car with a great team to a podium finish....
by userseven | Dec 13, 2016 | Racing
We had a great time running our (new to us) 1986 BMW 320i in the 21st Targa NZ Road Race. Hank and Kellen split the driving and still got 500km of racing each. Check out the video! Come join us, this is the best rush you can have racing. It’s a new track every...
