Month: June

Sportsman Spotlight: Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

The Bader family knows how to put on a show. The longtime track owners and promotors, including team leader Bill Bader Jr. and his sister Bobbie, have hosted the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals for eleven years, and this season’s event took place June 22-25 at illustrious Summit Motorsports Park. Spectators enjoyed a pound of

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First Glimpse of the 2019 Chevy Silverado 1500 Diesel?

Word has it the Chevy Silverado will get a diesel option on the half-ton models. Currently, heavy-duty trucks are equipped with the Duramax diesel, but early rumors have placed the Navistar 3.0L inline six-cylinder diesel, upgraded 2.8L four-cylinder diesel, or possibly a 4.5L diesel V6 in the Silverado 1500 for 2019. A couple of spy

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Video: Intro to Exhaust Component Pipe Sizing and Fitting

When piecing together a custom exhaust system from various components, it’s important to understand how the industry sizes them, and how each component fits together so that your exhaust system performs as you want it to. Summit Racing tech adviser Carl Pritts will cover four exhaust components in today’s video: Piping Mufflers Reducers Exhaust tips

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Mailbag: Solving Sluggish Engine Performance After Carb Secondaries Open

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers — when we work with the Summit Racing tech department to help you tackle your auto-related conundrums. In this week’s Mailbag, we help a reader troubleshoot sluggish engine performance he’s experiencing when his Holley carburetor’s vacuum secondaries are activated. Q: I have a Chevy 383 stroker with a Holley 600 cfm vacuum

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From Model T’s to Modern Muscle — Ford Owners’ Association Bleeds Blue

[portfolio_slideshow id=65450] For even casual car enthusiasts, it’s easy to understand how just four letters could ignite a lifelong fascination with the automobile: F-O-R-D. In Bill Howell’s case, a 1972 Gran Torino Sport was his first Ford of many — the same muscle car that spawned the title of Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film “Gran Torino.”

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