PowerNation TV’s Engine Power is finishing up the UMP DIRTcar Modified race car which will be sold at auction September 29 during the Summit Racing Modified Mania at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL scheduled for September 27-29. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Shriners Children’s Hospital. “The racer who buys this car will have
Wes Adkins, proprietor of Wild Wes Paintworks in Dover, Ohio, is currently working on customizing a very special 1956 Ford Fairlane. What’s so special about it? The car was originally restored by Wes’ dad, Willard over 30 years ago for the car’s owner, Tony Confalone. Williard did such a good job restoring the Fairlane that when it
Most common types of electronic fuel injection (EFI) conversion kits rely on a single throttle body to deliver fuel into the intake manifold—very much like a traditional carburetor. But a lot of modern engines use something called multi-port fuel injection (MPFI) in which multiple injectors are used, often placed further downstream in the manifold, directly
Some times a hot rod project goes beyond metal and motors. This custom 1957 Ford B500 bus build is one of those times. Chris Pulley is turning this vintage people-hauler into a rolling billboard for Beyond D.A. Bus, a nonprofit devoted to engaging people with any disability in activities they may have never imagined themselves
Our pals at Summit Racing have been helping out on a really slick custom 1940 Chevy two-door sedan build affectionately dubbed “Tinmama.” The hot rod is being built by Tinman 2 Kustoms in Isanti, MN. Shop owner Luke Merrill, 26, has done everything from restorations and customs, to slammed rat trucks and radical hot rods—all
Fans of no-prep drag racing in the vicinity of northern Ohio won’t want to miss the 2018 edition of Super Summit, Summit Racing’s annual homage to all things internal combustion, June 8-9 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH. No Prep Kings stars Jeff Lutz and Ryan Martin will be in attendance this year to
The Motor Trend show Engine Masters is all about finding out what makes horsepower and what doesn’t. Hosts David Freiburger and Steve Dulcich have tested everything from headers and carburetors to camshafts, superchargers, mufflers, and air cleaners. In Engine Masters Episode 28, they set out to learn whether cylinder heads with big intake runners really
Sensory overload is a good way to describe the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association’s annual trade show in Las Vegas, NV. The SEMA Show packs a huge car show and the world’s biggest manufacturers’ midway into the Las Vegas Convention Center. Yeah, it’s crowded. The 2017 SEMA Show, which kicks off on Halloween, features concept cars
From time to time, OnAllCylinders will provide a peek at some of the newest products and deals that can help get your next project on track for less. Check out what’s in our parts bin this week: Gennie Shifter earned its chops making shifters to fit modern automatic transmissions in early street rods, 1940s and
Karen Salvaggio of Thunder Valley Racing is no stranger to building and racing Factory Five Racing MK4 Roadsters and Type 65 Daytona Coupes. So when Factory Five wanted to beta test the race-ready ‘R’ version of the Gen 3 Daytona Coupe, she got one of the first kits—#002, in fact. The Daytona Coupe-R represents the
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