Trucks are built to withstand changing conditions. Changing terrain. Changing speed. Changing trailer weight. Changing applications. Commutes to work are different than rock crawling, and towing the race trailer is different than desert racing. One of the best ways to deal with these changing demands on the fly is to incorporate adjustable shocks and/or
Erica Enders won her 19th race Sunday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, NC, passing NHRA legend Shirley Muldowney on the all-time wins list, and staking her claim as the greatest female driver in history. She is on an absolute tear in NHRA’s Pro Stock category. This was the Chevy Camaro
The game changed in the mid-1980s. That’s when electronic fuel injection really took over the automotive world. The venerable old carburetor was on its way out (at least on factory vehicles), and a brave new world dominated by ECUs and individual fuel injectors was dawning. Before long, aftermarket parts manufacturers were developing new parts to make electronic fuel
Volkswagen cheated emissions tests by installing software on vehicles sold in the U.S. designed to evade regulators, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. The EPA called the software a “defeat device” that allowed cars to pass Clean Air Act standards despite emitting pollutants up to 40 times the federal threshold. The allegations are specific to about 482,000 diesel-powered
The guys at SpiedBilde are at it again. This time they captured a heavily disguised Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 making passes at Germany’s Nurburgring. The 2017 ZL1 may officially debut as soon as the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, but for now we’ll have to settle for these spy shots from Brian Williams at SpiedBilde. The 2017 ZL1
They make towing possible. From a utility standpoint, they may be the most useful and important truck accessory available. Hitches. That all-important link connecting your truck and trailer. The hitch is the unsung hero of racing weekends at the track, boating weekends at the lake, start-up lawn care companies, travelling show car owners, and the
Well, that was fast (pun intended)! We had barely finished our earlier post on Hot Rod Drag Week when Jeff Lutz blasted the quickest and fastest pass in Drag Week history. From behind the wheel of his Pro Mod Camaro, Lutz scorched the strip with a 6.051-second run at 251.95 miles-per-hour. That puts him just
Grille guards. Bull bars. Brush guards. Whatever you call them, they’re a great way to add front-end protection and styling to your truck. Grille guards (the umbrella term we’ll use here) aren’t often the first upgrade truck owners make, but they’re popular nonetheless. You can find grille guards from several dozen manufacturers and for trucks from the 1950s
The all-new sixth-generation 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS reaches 60 miles per hour in four seconds and covers the quarter-mile in 12.3 seconds, setting new factory performance standards in the pony car category, Chevy announced Monday. Chevy shaved as much as 390 pounds off the new Camaro models and mated them with various Goodyear performance tires
Jack Beckman completed a sweep of the weekend in Funny Car with his victory on Labor Day Monday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Morgan Lucas in Top Fuel, Erica Enders-Stevens in Pro Stock, and Jerry Savoie in Pro Stock Motorcycle were also winners at the world’s most prestigious drag race and the final NHRA
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