The Plymouth Road Runner beep-beeped its way into the hearts of the Mopar faithful in 1968—a mostly no-frills mid-size performance machine on Chrysler’s B platform shared by many classic Mopar muscle cars. Plymouth paid Warner Bros. $50,000 in order to use the Road Runner name and likeness, as well as a special beep-beep horn inspired
Depending on who you believe, hub centric rings are either: A) essential to the performance and longevity of your wheels, or B) a scam created by the wheel industry to charge the customer more money. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between. A hub centric ring is used to help a wheel stay centered during
Editor’s Note: Mike Mavrigian’s shop, Birchwood Automotive, specializes in street performance and racing engines as well as vehicle restoration. We covered his last build, a 499 cubic inch Mopar 400 big block. This time, he’s building a 408 cubic inch LS engine based on a 6.0L cast iron block. In this final installment, we’ll highlight
August used to be the slow season for tourism in Reno, NV. In fact, back in 1986, Reno officials were so concerned about August slow season that they created a special event at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to fill the tourism void. The event was not a car show, but a concert featuring the 1950s and ’60s
When the gang at COMP Cams decided to swap the camshaft in a 454-cubic-inch V8 L29 L.4-liter Gen. VI motor with an aggressive profile, they were also forced to upgrade the engine’s valve springs to accommodate it. You can see that cam swap video here. There are three important considerations when choosing valve springs: Matching
Q: I have a small block Chevy engine. Unfortunately, I don’t know what size it is! The bore is 3.87-inch so I assume it is a 283 or a 307. There is a canister type breather in the lifter valley; I understand that means the engine is a 1967 or earlier. I copied down the casting
The two winningest drivers in their respective classes in NHRA history, John Force and Tony Schumacher, scored historic victories Sunday at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway near Denver. Allen Johnson in Pro Stock, and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle, were also winners at the first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
Beer muscles will only take you so far. Heavy-duty jobs like engine swaps, involved engine rebuilds or upgrades, crate engine installs, engine bay rehabs, and other serious jobs require real brawn. And you won’t find that brawn by looking in your beer fridge. Instead, you’ll need to look around for a good quality engine hoist. Seasoned gearheads already know the value of
I was working on my engine the other day when I pulled the distributor cap and noticed what looked like grease around the inside of the cap. But what really caught my eye was the strange buildup of crud on one end of each spark plug wire terminal on the cap. What causes this and
There are many myths and misconceptions about engine cooling, but the truth is your engine’s cooling system must perform a balancing act. It needs to extract enough heat to keep your engine happy, yet maintain enough heat to keep it operating efficiently. That means keeping the engine in the 180- to 210-degree F range. To achieve and maintain optimum temperature range, a good cooling
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