Got a weird noise, shimmy, or other unpleasantness coming from your disc brakes? Before you start throwing money at the problem, step one is to pull your wheel off and check things out. But what do you look for? This video from the brake brains over at Raybestos will show you how to visually inspect
Q: I have a 1986 Chevy El Camino SS with a Chevy 350, a single exhaust, and power steering and brakes. I’ve had it for 10 years and it has 138,000 miles on it. I garage it every winter. There’s nothing wrong with it, save for a minor oil leak. What improvements would you suggest?
The fans over on Summit Racing’s Facebook page continue to share some fantastic muscle cars, trucks, street rods, and customs. Below are the 10 most popular Summit Racing Facebook fan ride submissions of August 2018, according to the number of likes and shares by fellow fanatics. Now it’s time for you to determine the #1
OK, gearhead community, we get it. You want to swap GM LS-series motors in everything—muscle cars, hot rods, imports, trucks, Jeeps, coffee makers, pinball machines, CD players, pipe organs, houseplants, etc. Problem is, after you pluck your LS from the junkyard, there’s a good chance its wiring harness has been hacked to bits. And even
PowerNation TV’s Engine Power is finishing up the UMP DIRTcar Modified race car which will be sold at auction September 29 during the Summit Racing Modified Mania at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL scheduled for September 27-29. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Shriners Children’s Hospital. “The racer who buys this car will have
Having the capability of monitoring what’s going on inside a hot rod or race car is pretty important. Gauges are critical—that’s no secret, but when you start digging you’ll soon discover there are all sorts of gauges available. There are really big differences between various gauges too, and what works for a pro might not
After the Episode 1 introduction of the Horsepower Wars: $10K Drag Shootout, the cars have been chosen and build plans have been set. Now, it’s time to put the proverbial rubber-to-the-road. The goal is building the fastest car down the dragstrip, in ten days, while staying within a $10,000 budget. Learn more on the rules
Mechanically similar, General Motors’ LS and LS-based Vortec engines wound up on almost every branch of the GM family tree: Chevy, Pontiac, GMC, Cadillac, Buick—heck, even Saab, Hummer, and Isuzu got some LS love. Since LS and Vortec engines are so common, they’ve become the go-to performance and swap engines of the modern era. These motors are
Today’s pickup truck market is a pretty crowded space, with competitive entries from Ford, Chevy/GMC, Ram, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. But before the Japanese got into the full-size game, they were making compact light trucks that appealed to folks who wanted the utility of a pickup bed, but couldn’t spare the space (or expense) of
In honor of our favorite automotive parts company’s 50th anniversary, we’re looking at half-a-century of automotive history in this year’s edition of our fabled Readers’ Choice Awards Want to participate? Here’s how: Write your choices for each category in the comments section below (and yes, write-ins are welcome!). Vote on each individual category as it’s shared
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