Month: October

Photo Gallery: Summit Racing Halloween Cruise

Trunk or treat events are big these days. In case you don’t know, trunk or treat is a Halloween event in which adults gather in a community parking lot, decorate their trunks, and pass out candy from their cars. Sounds legit, right? In the case of our friends at the Summit Racing Retail Store in

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Davis Unified Ignition (D.U.I.) to Show Off New Deluxe Chevy Street/Strip Distributor

Preview courtesy of Performance Distributors: Performance Distributors’ new Deluxe D.U.I. for Street/Strip applications encompasses every feature you’d ever want in an ignition system. Four terrific features are included in one Davis Unified Ignition package. First, the new Cross-Fire Cap allows you to route your plug wires neatly on each cylinder bank. You get the same 50,000-volt

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Header Theory (Part 1): Looking at the Science Behind Exhaust Header Tuning

[portfolio_slideshow id=47237] We regularly field questions regarding headers. Common header questions are centered around tube diameter, tube length, collector diameter, collector length, and so on. Some folks will tell you none of this matters. Others will tell you it all matters. We tend to agree with the latter, but when it comes to the racing

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Car Repair Not Illegal After Fed Grants Exemption

For at least three more years, you can safely avoid a $500,000 fine and five-year prison sentence for working on your own vehicle. Phew. Close one, folks. The U.S. Copyright Office this week granted an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), making it legal (even though you probably didn’t know it wasn’t) to

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Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500

The Mopar B-Bodies. We have a soft spot for them. Hopefully, you understand. We spotted this 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 outside the Summit Racing retail store in Ohio, and had to share. This ’66 Coronet, if still equipped with the original engine, is powered by a 440-cubic-inch, four-barrel-carbureted Magnum V8 engine with a 10.1 compression

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SEMA Preview: Aeromotive Diesel Lift Pump Now Available

The Aeromotive Diesel Lift Pump is sure to be one of the most talked-about new products at next week’s SEMA Show, but you don’t have to wait to get your hands on one! The much-anticipated product is now available for 2001-2010 GM Duramax and 2008-2010 Ford Powerstroke applications. Following years of research and testing, Aeromotive says

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BAK Industries to Tout its Revolver X2 Tonneau Cover at SEMA

Preview courtesy of BAK Industries: The all-new and improved BAK Revolver X2 tonneau cover is a hard rolling cover that offers tough security, ingenious mechanical locking rails, and a flush “no profile” design. All-new patented automatic rotational locking rails and composite locking blocks secure the cover the entire length of the bed on each side,

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