Easy F-150 Makeover: Dressing up a 2009 Ford F-150 with Budget-Friendly Weekend Bolt-Ons
We bet you can’t drive five miles down the road without seeing a Ford F-150. Some of you probably can’t even step outside without bumping into a couple of them. It’s no wonder since the Ford F-Series truck has been the top selling pickup in the U.S. year after year. The roadways are flooded with new F-150s, and the market
Iron Eagle: Building an Iron-Block LQ4 LS Engine
Chevy fan or not, you can’t deny the performance potential of GM’s LS series engines. They share most internal and external components with each other and fit in nearly any place a Gen I Chevy small block can fit. When you see Mustang folks run LS engines, you know GM hit a home run. We
Shakedown at the Summit Results and Photo Gallery
Courtesy of SummitMotorsportsPark.com/Mary Lendzion: While rain was nonstop for the first half of the Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, action was nonstop for the second half of the event September 16-18, 2016 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH. At stake was a $150,500 purse,
NHRA Adds Four Southeast Dragstrips to Track Network
(Image/Las Vegas Motor Speedway) Three Florida dragstrips and a fourth in southern Georgia have joined the NHRA Member Track Network, and will be part of the racing league’s Division 2, the NHRA announced this week. The four tracks include: Orlando Speed World Dragway – Orlando, FL Lakeland Drag Strip – Lakeland, FL Emerald Coast Dragway
Video: Installing a Spartan Locker in a Dana 30 Axle Carrier
Follow step-by-step how to install a lunchbox-style Spartan Locker into a Dana 30 axle carrier by watching this video, and learn the tips and tricks to the pros use to make the job simple and fast. From taking stock of all the pieces and parts, through pins and springs assembly, how to line up couplers
Mailbag: Choosing Fuel Lines for a Street Rod Build
Q: I’m getting ready to plumb my ’33 Ford with new fuel lines. What type of line should I be using? A: It’s no secret, the formulation of pump gas has changed dramatically over the years. Your next fill up is likely to contain a blend of gasoline and ethyl alcohol (ethanol), plus an ever-changing recipe of
NHRA Wrap-Up: Line Wins First 2016 Playoff Race, Joins J. Force, Brown & Ellis in Winner’s Circle
(Image/NHRA) Team Summit’s NHRA Pro Stockers Jason Line and Greg Anderson got back to their winning ways Sunday, with Line outrunning Anderson in the Pro Stock final to win the first of the six-race Countdown to the Championship drag-racing playoffs. John Force in Funny Car, Antron Brown in Top Fuel, and Chip Ellis in Pro
The Danish Invade Hot Rod Drag Week 2016
Drag Week is taxing enough. Each participant needs to get his or her street legal racecar to the official check-in, get it approved for both race and street use, race it at the track, drive several hundred miles to the next track, and repeat the process for five consecutive days. Now, imagine shipping your car
Interview: Summit Motorsports Park’s Bill Bader Looks to Grow Shakedown at the Summit
Photo by Andrew Courter With hundreds of racers and thousands of race fans at last year’s Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels at Summit Motorsports Park, it seemed that the rules packages, payouts and pavement pounding action were prime. But as president of the globally known
Quick Tech: An Intro to Isotropic Finishing and How it Could Benefit Your Ring and Pinion Set
US Gear recently announced it will sell off-the-shelf gear sets with Isotropic Superfinishing (ISF) treatment. For many, this news begs the question: What the heck is Isotropic Superfinishing? For those of us who spent high school science class playing paper football and doodling in our Trapper Keeper, the concepts of isotropy and isotropic finishes is a bit of




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