Mechanically similar, General Motors’ LS and LS-based Vortec engines wound up on almost every branch of the GM family tree: Chevy, Pontiac, GMC, Cadillac, Buick—heck, even Saab, Hummer, and Isuzu got some LS love. Since LS and Vortec engines are so common, they’ve become the go-to performance and swap engines of the modern era. These motors are
We’re down to the Final Four in the 2018 Muscle Car Match-Ups (1968 Edition). Both the Cobra Jet Mustang and Cobra Jet Shelby GT500KR are out. There are no wrong answers, we guess, and the cars that beat them are certainly worthy of the Final Four, but we think Ford’s absence here is a
With the exception of a pair of Canadian events in April, the 2018 Summit Racing Show Car Series calendar has reached its end. One of the final stops on the tour was in Utah at the annual AutoRama in Salt Lake City. It’s a big event, pulling in a nice mix of hot rods, modern
To “bed-in” a winch means to ensure the cable is properly wound around the winch drum. Why is that important? If your cable or rope isn’t wound correctly, the part of the cable under the most tension can bury into the cable that’s already wound around the drum. Off-roaders call this “bird nesting,” and it
The annual Easter Jeep Safari is a big deal in the off-road world. So big in fact, that many off-road companies use the event to unveil their newest gear—and Jeep always takes center stage with a fleet of one-off, custom concept vehicles. These off-roaders are usually Jeep design studies and won’t see showroom floors. Elements
Q: I have a 1970 El Camino that will be used as a daily driver performance car. I have a Chevy 350 small block that I want to assemble with the following parts: Summit Racing Engine Rebuild Kit (9.73:1 compression) Summit Racing Camshaft Kit (224° duration at 0.50″, 0.465″ lift) Stock heads with 1.94″/1.50″ inch
The King Off-Road Racing Shocks company is known for, well, off-road racing shocks. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a set for your own daily-driven truck, Jeep, or SUV. In fact, King’s got a series of OEM upgrade shocks and coil-overs that give you the kind of off-road performance King is known for, without
Want to swap a Modular or Windsor Ford engine under your hood, but aren’t sure it will fit? Well, the folks at Ford Performance are here to help you out. They put together a series of images containing the external dimensions of a few of Ford’s most common engines, including the 302/351 Windsor, 4.6L Modular,
Don Barry is the new president and CEO at Torrance, CA-based Edelbrock LLC. Barry most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer of ISN, the world’s largest distributor of automotive tools. Before that, Barry served as president of The ACCEL Performance Group—which includes the ACCEL, Mr. Gasket, and Mallory brands. Barry replaces outgoing president Steve Rogers
Not unlike the opening round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the first round of eliminations is always brutal because you lose half the tournament field right away. And so it was with the 2018 Muscle Car Match-Ups (1968 Edition) where we are tipping our caps to our friends at Summit Racing Equipment who are
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