You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. We work with the Summit Racing tech department to help you tackle your auto-related conundrums. In this week’s Mailbag, we’re troubleshooting detonation problems that appeared after a new carburetor was installed on a stock Chevy 350. Q: I just bought a 1979 GMC Jimmy with a bone-stock Chevy 350. The first thing
Danica Patrick, one of the world’s most popular race car drivers, has just announced her decision to leave racing after the 2018 Indy 500, which takes place on Memorial Day Weekend. She also plans to race in NASCAR’s 2018 Daytona 500 that occurs in February. Patrick rose through the ranks of racing, gaining significant fame
Tesla, the electric car company founded by Elon Musk, held a press event yesterday to officially pull the wraps off the new Tesla Semi truck. The futuristic-looking big rig is powered by four independent electric motors that can propel the Semi to 60 mph in 20 seconds while pulling an 80,000 pound load—which is pretty
When it comes to both small and big block Chevy V8 engines, there are essentially two different types of Chevy water pumps—a long style and a short style. (Pipe down, Corvette fans, we’ll get to you in a second.) So…how do you know which one you’ve got? This two-minute video will show you what the
You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. We work with the Summit Racing tech department to help you tackle your auto-related conundrums. In this week’s Mailbag, we’re recommending a parts combo to get 400+ horsepower from a Pontiac 400 engine in a 1968 Firebird. Q: I want to build a Pontiac 400 engine for my 1968 Firebird. What parts
Brittany Force won the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel championship Sunday, the first Top Fuel title for John Force Racing, cementing her place in history as only the second female to win the Top Fuel class following Shirley Muldowney’s third championship in 1982. “I can’t believe we’re here, it just seems like
Bo Butner has overcome the odds more than once in his life and he did so again with a thrilling come-from-behind march to the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock title. Butner entered Sunday’s event—the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals—trailing Anderson by 40 points, meaning he’d need to win two more rounds
Troy Trepanier was named the winner of the 2017 SEMA Battle of the Builders with his 1929 Ford Model A Tudor hot-rod sedan, edging out the ’32 Ford Tudor from Alan Johnson, and the ’36 Packard roadster from Troy Ladd—the other two top-three finalists. The three builders will be featured along with other SEMA Show
Similar to what we discussed in our Automatic Transmission Fluid 101 post, selecting the right gear oil for your manual transmission isn’t as easy as it might seem. There are dozens of different types of gear oils, each with its own special designation and use, so we created this handy primer (oil pun!) to help
The T-shirt is the cornerstone of the typical man’s wardrobe. If it’s not the preferred clothing option for all occasions, we’d argue that it’s the preferred clothing option for most. T-shirts are versatile. They’re comfortable. They’re cool. And you can never have too many. There’s no such thing. With the holidays rapidly approaching, we’re thinking
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