Didn’t make it to the Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Autorama? Made it to the show and want to revisit your favorite rides? Want a preview before you can make it to the show? Whatever your reason, you should enjoy this gallery of cars and trucks from the 50th edition of the Piston Powered Autorama.
A Cummins-powered Peterbilt Rat Rod Semi?? That’s maybe the best way to describe one of the most unique vehicles at a show full of them. The 855-cubic-inch Cummins-powered Peterbilt is proudly on display in the Hot Rod Asylum at the 50th edition of the Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Autorama, which runs through Sunday at the
“If a piston makes it go, it’s in the show!” is the theme of the Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Autorama, and part of what makes it so unique. The show, which runs today through Sunday at the Cleveland I-X Center, is famous for featuring everything from show cars and trucks to military vehicles, boats, planes,
The Ridetech StreetGrip suspension was one of the most talked-about new products at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas last November. You can find out what all the buzz was about by reading this article, but the Cliff’s Notes version of the story is the complete suspension package brings modern handling to classic muscle cars. Ridetech offers the StreetGrip suspension
Is a Hellcat-powered Ram HD pickup on the way? The spy photographers at SpiedBilde spotted a heavily modified Ram HD that has fueled speculation that a Ram HD Hellcat might be in the works. The truck sports a heavily modified front-end with large central air scoop that could hide the 707-horsepower, supercharged V8. A Hellcat-powered
Machinists and engine builders have long been taught that, when balancing a crankshaft, its counterweights should equal the weight of the rotating mass, and equal half the weight of the reciprocating mass. Machinists have used this formula to calculate bobweight for decades. While this technique works extremely well for most street and race 90-degree V8 engines, the truth
You can help protect your hobby against the EPA’s proposed rule prohibiting the conversion of street vehicles into dedicated race cars. Find your representative using these links: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ and http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/. Then, use the template below to craft your letter opposing the EPA rule. You can copy and paste the text into an email, fill in the appropriate information where
Some folks are good with numbers. Some of us forget our own work phone extensions and occasionally blank on our PIN codes at the bank machine. For the latter group, OnAllCylinders contributor Lori Sams created this illustrated guide to engine firing orders. Firing order is important because it helps evenly distribute the power strokes along the
You’ve got great wrenching skills. You may even have good fabrication or painting skills. But do you have organization skills? Most professional mechanics will preach the importance of an organized shop area. Organization is key to productivity, efficiency, and even safety in an automotive work environment. Fortunately, it really doesn’t take much to get your tools organized — just a
Beware the Ides of March? Not if you love ridiculously fast Chevy Camaros with all-new, smooth-shifting 10-speed transmissions. Chevrolet gave the world its first official look at the 2017 Camaro ZL1 Tuesday, and even for those who correctly guessed the car would be powered by the same supercharged LT4 under the hood of the new
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