Rejoice, Mustang enthusiasts! Ford Racing announced this week it was releasing a bunch of new parts for Mustangs. These parts are coming soon to a Summit Racing retail store near you and to SummitRacing.com faster than you can ask: When will these parts be available? OK, maybe not that fast. But pretty fast. And here’s a
Two of our favorite acronyms have joined forces: SEMA and PRI. We received word today from Performance Racing Industry (PRI) that the organization, which produces the PRI business magazine and trade show, has agreed to be purchased by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). Like LeBron James and Dwayne Wade joining forces (sorry Chris Bosh), the move brings
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—Mondays when the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re troubleshooting a starter and bringing a dormant vehicle back to life. From: Ron Brandelli • Oak Harbor, WA Q: The starter on my 1936 Ford street rod breaks every year. The copper stud completely burns out
Three hopped up Ford motors. 960 cubic inches. Hundreds of horsepower. Enough torque to pull down small office buildings. After building our Stroker’s Wild series of Ford stroker engines–a 347-cubic-inch 5.0L, a 393-cubic-inch 351 Windsor, and a 520-cubic-inch 460–the time had come to strap them to Trick Flow Specialties’ Superflow dynometer and start whomping on
Summit Racing Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson continued his impressive start to the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season, scoring a runner-up finish at Monday’s rain-delayed Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, FL. Starting third, Anderson eliminated noted leaver Greg Stanfield and Rickie Jones in the early rounds Sunday before persistent showers forced NHRA
Do you believe in fate—the idea that someone or something is out there shaping your destiny? Being worldly types, we used to equate fate with astrology, Ouiji boards, and Miss Cleo the TV psychic. But Ed Parker has changed that. He’s a respectable citizen by day, running a company that stripes asphalt parking lots in
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—Mondays when the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we troubleshoot a carburetor and build some serious LS horsepower! From: Joe Landreth • Simpsonville, SC Q: I’m running a 331 small block in my 1963 Bel Air. Recently, I installed a new carburetor. It ran great
Bob Long’s 1954 Ford F-100 Pickup Consider Ford’s venerable F-100 pickup. It’s been around for over 50 years. It’s been customized by vast legions of Blue Oval fans, most of them born long after it came out. According to our calculations, that means at about seven kajillion customizing ideas have been tried out on the
This country is obsessed with rating things. Thumbs up or thumbs down. Good, better, best. Four out of five stars. From movies to soda pop, actresses’ Oscar dresses and yes, cars, we Americans love to rate our stuff. But we had a tough time figuring out a way to rate Mike Zayas’ 1969 Chevelle SS396.
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—Mondays when the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re talking compression ratio and LT1 power. From: John Oltman, Jr. • Metamora, IL Q: I’m rebuilding a 327 to drop into my 1948 Jeep CJ2A. I’ve bored the engine .030 inches over and equipped it with
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