The legend may be gone, but his namesake is pressing on! Shelby American has unveiled the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake “Wide Body” at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This snake delivers 850 street-legal horsepower—up from the stock 662 horsepower—and utilizes its “wide body” design for increased bite on the pavement. Shelby
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 benefit of
Whether you’re building for the street or the track, watch this Summit Racing Quick Flicks video and learn how to choose the proper header collector size. You will learn how to calculate the correct collector diameter to help improve torque. This video also explains how to extend your header collector length to broaden the torque
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re diagnosing carbon deposits on an exhaust system and resolving a rich air/fuel mixture. J.K. • Mountaintop, PA Q: My 1970 Buick Skylark has a 350 Buick engine, a 350 turbo/hydro-automatic transmission, and a Chevelle 12-bolt posi rear-end. I
General Motors Corp. unveiled the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Sunday on the eve of the Detroit Auto Show. Leaked photos have been circulating for several weeks on Internet message boards and various automotive blogs, and the car appears to be quite similar to what we saw there. And that isn’t such a bad thing.
The International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is to the consumer electronics industry what the SEMA show is to the automotive aftermarket. Since 1967, CES has been the electronics world’s top platform to debut new products and steal headlines. Over the years, CES has given us the debut of the Camcorder (1981), plasma television (2001), tablets (2010), and
Perhaps it’s a little cliché at this point, but we’re excited about the unveiling of the all-new C7 Corvette Sunday at the Detroit Auto Show, and we’re looking for another reason to write about Corvettes. We like to debate things around here. The only thing we like more than a healthy, spirited debate, is ranking
Ever since that first hot rodder dumped his Model A’s four-banger for a flathead V8, engine swaps have been a proven way to get the extra horsepower we all crave. Some swaps are no-brainers, particularly when you are swapping an engine for one of the same type—a 347 cubic inch stroker for a stock 5.0L in
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 benefit of
Where’s Michael Winslow when you need him? A newly proposed U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) rule would require electric cars to make noises to let pedestrians and bicyclists know when they’re near. The sounds would need to be detectable when electric cars, which have soundless engines, are traveling slower than 18 miles-per-hour. The new
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