Watch this video from COMP Cams and learn the proper way to set up and install your valve springs. In this video, you’ll learn how to find your spring’s installed height, how to measure valve seal clearances and spring loads, and proper valve break-in procedure. For more information about valve springs, be sure to read our
When the Ford Shelby GT350R was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show, it was billed as Ford’s answer to the Camaro Z/28. According to multiple sources, it lived up to that billing in a recent lap around the legendary Nurburgring track in Germany—and then some. According to unconfirmed sources, the GT350R has reportedly recorded a 7:32.19 lap time approximately one
We’ve got the answers—the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re looking for causes for recurring starter failure. P.M. Carson City, NV Q: My 1968 El Camino has a 350 engine hooked to a TH-400 transmission, and it’s going through starters like crazy. When I turn it over, I hear a scratching sound.
MSD makes a high-end, high-performance distributor for almost every modern engine still in use. Using a Chevy V8—arguably the most popular conversion engine in use today—as the example, we pulled the OEM distributor and installed an MSD unit with selectable vacuum advance to show you how it’s done. We swapped his particular engine into our Jeep
In 1965, Chevrolet began offering the big block Chevy Mark IV—better known as the Rat. This wasn’t Chevy’s initial go-around with big block engines as its Gen. I W-series big blocks were first offered in 1958. However, the Mark IV engines (originally called Gen. II) improved upon the design of the original W-series engines and helped
Jeff Gordon, NASCAR’s third-winningest driver and a four-time champion, has announced 2015 will be his final season racing full time. “I won’t use the ‘R-word’ because I plan to stay extremely busy in the years ahead, and there’s always the possibility I’ll compete in selected events, although I currently have no plans to do that,”
What possesses someone to stuff a blown 355-cubic-inch small block Chevy inside (and we mean literally inside) a 1962 Volkswagen Microbus? Come to think of it, what makes someone chop, shave, and out-and-out hot rod a VW Bus? We like to call it pure genius. That’s the short answer, at least. If you’d like to hear
[portfolio_slideshow id=37672] The 2015 edition of the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction concluded with 1,611 vehicle sales totaling more than $130 million in successful bids. Check out our story about the auction and the famous Ron Pratte Collection here, and be sure to scroll through the slide show above to see the 10 most-expensive cars sold.
The last surviving 1966 Shelby Cobra Super Snake sold for $5.1 million dollars at the Barrett-Jackson sale in Scottsdale, AZ. The Super Snake was part of the Ron Pratte collection, which included over 100 vehicles and garnered over $40 million in sales. The Pratte Collection helped propel Barrett-Jackson to its best year ever at the Scottsdale
If you’re relatively new to engine work and have ever pulled, or need to pull, the distributor or damper from your engine, finding Top Dead Center on piston #1 becomes an instant priority. Finding Top Dead Center is an essential skill for assembling and tuning engines, and is even a necessity for performing some engine diagnostic tests, such as a
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