Month: October

13 Scary Halloween Costume Ideas…for Your Shifter?

Maybe your days of dressing up for trick-or-treat are long gone. Or maybe you're one of those pillowcase-toting guys that still likes to suit up for candy-beggin' and house-eggin.' Sure, you've got two-day stubble and your "trick or treat" greeting sounds an awful lot like Barry White, but we're certainly not here to judge. We're just sayin' that maybe your Halloween

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SEMA Mustang Powered by Women Unveiled at 2012 SEMA Show

  The SEMA Mustang Build Powered By Women, better known as “High Gear,” debuted in the Ford Motor Co. booth Tuesday at the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV. The 2013 Mustang GT made national headlines during the summer when more than 40 women volunteered their time and expertise to customize the vehicle in

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A Halloween Salute to the World’s #1 Monster

Halloween quiz: Who or what is your favorite pop culture monster of all time? A) Freddy Krueger B) Jason C) the Creeper (from Scooby-Doo) D) Frankenstein If you responded with any of the answers above, you should probably move along—and turn in your torque wrench while you’re at it. Your answer should be none of

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Line Takes Title Pursuit to Vegas

Reigning NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Champion Jason Line heads into this weekend’s 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals believing a win on the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and another in the season’s last race could lead to a title for the Summit Racing driver. “Obviously we do have to win some

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Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28

[portfolio_slideshow id=11299] A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. Each Wednesday, we’ll share our parking lot find of the week—another

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GM Introduces New Small-Block Chevy V8 LT1 to Debut in 2014 Corvette

General Motors Corp. on Wednesday introduced its new small-block Chevy engine—the LT1 6.2-liter V8—which will debut in the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. The base C7, powered by this fifth-generation small block will make at least 450 horsepower and 450 foot-pounds of torque while demonstrating 26-miles-per-gallon fuel economy, according to The Detroit News. GM officials say the

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Head Games (Part 2): Understanding Principles of Combustion Chamber Design

In Head Games (Part 1), we covered the importance of cylinder head intake runner size and design. Now we’re going to look at another key factor in choosing the right cylinder heads: combustion chamber design. Specifically, we’ll cover the importance of combustion chamber design, size, and manufacturing process and how it all affects cylinder head

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