Month: September

A Solid Connection: How to Pick the Best Bushings for Your Vehicle

[portfolio_slideshow id=34590] So you want to buy a set of control arms. Okay, easy enough. Do you want tubular or boxed arms? Picking a design style is fairly straightforward. Are you going to race the car? It’s a legit question. How about color? These questions are getting simpler. What bushing do you need? …um. Chances

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Photo Gallery: Tara Mustang Club Mustang and All Ford Show

Like Mustangs? You’ll love some of images Brian Kreuser captured at the Tara Mustang Club show at Summit Racing in Georgia. The annual show is open to Mustangs and Ford-powered vehicles and helps raise money for the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home in Palmetto, GA. Want more? Check out Brian’s website for more pics from this show

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California Now Permitting Self-Driving Cars For Limited Use

Driverless cars have been on the minds of tech companies, automakers, and interested consumers for many years, but took another step toward the mainstream this week when news broke that the State of California was permitting them. The California Department of Motor Vehicles permitted 29 driverless vehicles Tuesday that will allow the three companies that

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Video: Exhaust X-Pipes vs. H-Pipes, Part 2

If you missed it, Part 1 of the X-pipes vs. H-pipes Summit Racing Quick Flicks video series focused on the basic differences between the two designs and how to choose between them. It taught you about exhaust scavenging and how it affects your exhaust performance. In Part 2, a member of Summit Racing‘s tech department

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Top 8 Model Years in Hot Rod History (#8): 1932

What is the best year ever for cars and why? We put that question to the performance-minded people on Summit Racing’s Facebook page. Using their answers as a foundation, we’ve compiled a list of the Top 8 years in automotive hot rodding and performance history. Why? Because it’s fun to make lists. And it’s even more

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Mailbag: Diagnosing Mopar Ignition Problems

You’ve got questions. We’ve got the answers—the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re tracking down some ignition box issues in a 1974 Plymouth Duster. W.S. Vienna, IL Q: Our 1974 Plymouth Duster has a 318 with an automatic transmission. The car is mechanically sound, but it will not run with the foreign-made ignition

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Lutz Wins! Final Hot Rod Drag Week Results Are In!

Larry Larson may have set a new street-legal world speed record, but Jeff Lutz earned the title of 2014 Hot Rod Drag Week champion in Unlimited class competition. By averaging 6.845 seconds and 212.13 miles-per-hour at the Drag Week’s five track stops, Lutz and his black 1957 Chevrolet Belair, “Evil Twin,” were able to edge out Doug

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Larry Larson’s S10 Blasts 6.16 Pass, Becomes Fastest Street Car in the World!

A couple weeks ago, we told you about Reason #8, Larry Larson’s 1998 Chevy S10. Larson, along with BangShift’s Chad Reynolds, built the truck to not only compete in Hot Rod Drag Week, but set a new mark for fastest street-legal, street-driven vehicle. Mission accomplished. Larson’s Chevy S-10 blasted a 6.16-second pass at 219.81 miles-per-hour run during the

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NHRA: Summit Racing and Harley-Davidson Racers to Visit Troops in the Middle East for 2014’s “Operation Appreciation”

  Summit Racing Equipment and Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) have announced the itinerary for 2014’s “Operation Appreciation,” the annual visit by Summit Racing and Harley-Davidson racers to American troops stationed overseas. This will be the second year Summit Racing NHRA Pro Stock drivers Greg Anderson and Jason Line, Summit Racing/BIGFOOT monster truck racer Dan Runte,

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