Month: April

Video: Cameraman Gets Unexpected (and Unwelcome) Close Up of ADRL Crash

Do you get annoyed and irritated when your job throws you a curveball? Maybe you have to work an extra shift, or perhaps your boss threw a last-minute project on your desk with an unrealistic deadline. Or maybe your latest sales report got rejected, because you used the wrong T.P.S. cover sheet. Whatever the situation, chances are you’ve never

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Anderson and Line Reveal New Pro Stock Camaro Paint Schemes

Two of the most familiar faces in NHRA Pro Stock have unveiled an all-new look. Summit Racing drivers Greg Anderson and Jason Line took advantage of an open weekend in the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season to reveal a brand new paint scheme for their Pro Stock Camaros at Saturday’s Super Summit open house

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Kick Off Summer With Super Summit South April 21

It’s beginning to look a lot like summer at Summit Racing. The annual weekend of hot rods, customs, technical advice from more than 100 performance-product manufacturers, celebrity appearances, and a monster truckload of fun is back. Super Summit South at the Summit Racing Retail Store in McDonough, GA, near Atlanta, is slated for Saturday, April

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How To Choose Disc Brake Pads

For all that we ask them to do, disc brake pads don’t get a whole lot of respect. As long as they fit in the caliper and do a reasonable job of stopping the vehicle, a pad is a pad, right? When it comes to high performance and racing, that common perception of brake pads

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Color Us Charmed: 2013 SRT Viper Has Bite—And We Like It

When Chrysler Group unveiled the 2013 SRT Viper (Chrysler dropped the Dodge name off the new supercar) at the New York Auto Show this month, reviews from the peanut gallery were mixed. From the “I can’t afford this” crowd to the “Why don’t they just introduce a 40-mile-per-gallon minivan?” crowd, the new car has its

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Happy 48th Birthday, Ford Mustang!

OK, so—maybe we really are car degenerates here at OnAllCylinders. We forget wedding anniversaries, neglect to send out cards for family birthdays--we can't even remember to put the garbage out for trash day! Yet somehow we know it's the Ford Mustang's 48th birthday. It doesn't make us bad people. After all, the Ford Mustang isn't

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Video: Exploded View – Inside the Eaton TrueTrac Differential

The folks at Eaton take you inside their TrueTrac Differential and show you graphically how their product will give your ride the ultimate in traction performance in virtually any terrain. Piece by piece, Eaton illustrates its engineering solutions as they let you peek behind the curtain. Just like those x-ray glasses you always wanted.

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Mailbag: Gear Swaps and Tranny Maintenance

Got questions? We’ve got the answers—Mondays when the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we offer advice for choosing the proper gear ratio and performing transmission flushes. From: Jimmy Stevens, Jr. • Saltillo, MS            Q: I have a 1981 GMC half-ton pickup with a 350 bored .040 inches over. It has

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Anderson Scores Second Win of Season at 4-Wide NHRA Nationals

Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team scored a very special victory Sunday, capturing the Pro Stock title at the 4-Wide NHRA Nationals in Charlotte, NC. Anderson remains atop the Pro Stock points lead and teammate Jason Line continues to hold the second spot. In qualifying, Line reset both the zMAX Dragway elapsed time track

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