Closer Look: Percy’s Adjust-a-Jet Metering Plate
[portfolio_slideshow id=12472] Remove fuel bowl, swap out jets, replace fuel bowl, start car, and test. Remove fuel bowl again, swap out jets again, replace fuel bowl, start car, and test again. Remove fuel bowl yet again, swap out—well, you get the idea. Making fuel adjustments to your carburetor can be tedious and frustrating, not to
Plymouth Rocks! A Thanksgiving-Sized Serving of Mopar Classics
[portfolio_slideshow id=12360] What could be a better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than by revisiting Plymouth? Since it’s too late to plan an educational trip to historical Plymouth, MA, we’ve revisited some of our other favorite Plymouths from the past year. Instead of Nina, Pintas, and Santa Marias, you’ll have to settle for this photo gallery of Roadrunners, Barracudas,
Thanksgiving Photo Gallery: Automotive Turducken
What’s on your Thanksgiving menu this year? Turkey? Chicken? Duck? Why choose when you can have “turducken”—a dish that consists of a chicken stuffed into a duck, which is in turn stuffed into a turkey. Yep, it’s a real dish, and it’s essentially a combination of multiple ingredients to form one odd yet fascinating creature—a rare bird, if
Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1965 Dodge Coronet
[portfolio_slideshow id=12492] A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. Each Wednesday, we’ll share our parking lot find of the week—another
SEMA Purchases IMIS, Unifies Racing Industry Trade Shows
First it was PRI, now it’s IMIS. The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) has acquired the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) and will consolidate it with Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show. While you take a moment to digest all those acronyms, we’ll also tell you the expanded PRI show will return to its roots in Indianapolis for
Heat Advisory: Spark Plug Heat Range and What You Need to Know
The spark plug is the Rodney Dangerfield of the hot rodding universe. It gets no respect—or at least very little. As performance enthusiasts, we tend to focus on power builders like high-flow cylinder heads, big camshafts, and mandrel-bent exhaust components. Fact is you can throw thousands of dollars worth of speed parts at your engine,
Holy Horsepower, Batman…Six Batmobiles in One Place!
[portfolio_slideshow id=12226] Six Batmobiles and the Bat-Pod are currently finishing up a tour of sporting events across America to mark the upcoming home entertainment release of The Dark Knight Rises on December 4. The tour started October 27 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX and included a stop at the LSU-Alabama football game earlier this month.
Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood
[portfolio_slideshow id=12183] A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. Each Wednesday, we’ll share our parking lot find of the week—another
Head Games (Part 4): Everything You Need to Know About Vortec Heads
Vortec cylinder head castings first hit the high performance scene in 1996 and provided GM owners a healthy, budget-friendly option for boosting horsepower. According to Summit Racing, Vortec heads still remain a popular choice among GM enthusiasts today. But are they right for your application? While it’s true that Vortec cylinder heads will deliver seat-of-the-pants
6 Heroic Muscle Cars that Helped Shape Our Hobby
When you think of the United States military, a few words immediately come to mind: Power. Muscle. Heroic. What better car-guy way to honor the qualities of the U.S. Military than by compiling a list of our all-time most heroic muscle cars—cars that went above and beyond to enhance the hobby we love. See what we




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