The crankshaft is the backbone of any Mouse or Rat. Without a good, strong crankshaft, your high performance Chevy engine (or any engine, for that matter) risks catastrophic injury. Whether you’re building a small or big block from the ground up, or adding serious modifications to your existing mill, it’s important that you match your crankshaft
There’s a long list of benefits that come from jamming a big engine into a little car: the speed, the sound, the terrified wife, and so on. But a big drawback is unwanted heat and noise. To address this issue in our Project Thunderbolt Miata, I ordered up LizardSkin products from Summit Racing. LizardSkin is
[portfolio_slideshow id=41993] Off-road vehicles have unique charging requirements. While a hot rod or muscle car may have a high compression engine that requires a lot of cranking amps to fire, once the engine is started hot rods generally do not draw many amps and even the factory alternator can handle most all charging demands. Contrast
We’ve heard of this kind of thing before, but until BIGFOOT took off after his 40th birthday on a series of mid-life adventures involving new careers and new adventures and a desperate makeover attempt, we’d never actually seen a full-blown midlife crisis. He had been all over the country in search of answers to questions like:
Warren Johnson is drag racing legend. During the 1990s, “the Professor” dominated the NHRA’s Pro Stock class, winning six world championships en route to 97 career wins. He was also the first driver to take a Pro Stock car past the 180-, 190-, and 200-miles-per-hour marks. In recent years, Johnson has scaled back his NHRA
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Shelby GT350 nameplate, Ford has decided to produce a limited run of 2015 Shelby GT350 and GT350R models. How limited? Only 100 Shelby GT350s and 37 of the competition-tuned GT350R models will be made before switching over to 2016 model year production. Of the 100 GT350 models, 50 will be equipped with
You’ve got questions. We’ve got the answers—the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re examining how changing rocker arm ratio can help performance. T.Y. Thornton, IL Q: I am in the market for roller rockers. I own a 1966 SS Chevelle with a 396. The engine is bored .030 over, has 10.25:1
If you haven’t heard by now, there’s a battle being waged on who should be able to modify or repair your vehicle. On one side, automakers are supporting provisions in a copyright law that could prohibit home mechanics and even mom-and-pop repair shops from modifying vehicles. On the other side, performance enthusiasts and hot rodders are looking to preserve
Ron Capps raced to his second Funny Car victory of the season Sunday at the SpringNationals. Doug Kalitta in Top Fuel and Erica Enders-Stevens in Pro Stock also were winners at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Royal Purple Raceway near Houston. Capps powered past teammate Jack Beckman in the final round
Like a New Years’ resolution to get to the gym, many homeowners aspire to clean and organize their garage. So, we wanted to look at some cool stuff that could help us make our garages look nicer and function better. Thanks to our friends at Summit Gifts, Clothing & Memorabilia, we were able to find
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