Go Purple for World Cancer Day!

[portfolio_slideshow id=27969] February 4 is World Cancer Day. Purple has been designated the official color to signify cancer survival, so we’ve put together this gallery of purple (and purplish) vehicles to mark World Cancer Day. While we hope you enjoy the cars and trucks in the gallery, we’d also love for you to check out these

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Photo Gallery: February 2014 Caffeine & Octane Show

[portfolio_slideshow id=27973] The monthly Caffeine & Octane show took place this past Sunday in Alpharetta, GA. We first told about this event back in December when we ran a photo gallery from the show. Sponsored in part by Summit Racing Equipment, Caffeine & Octane takes place the first Sunday morning of every month and has grown

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Sneak Preview: See All the Auto-Related Super Bowl XLVIII Commercials Now!

Are you ready for some football? The “Big Game” is still three days away, but many of the Super Bowl commercials have been strategically posted to YouTube. We took the liberty of finding all the automotive-related spots and have posted them conveniently below. We then took the further liberty of ranking them from first to worst—at least according to

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Animated Infographic: Basic Engine Operation Explained Like Never Before!

Oxford Dictionary defines the word infographic as a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data. Folks like Jacob O’Neal have since redefined the concept of infographics by adding animation to the diagrams. We bring this up because O’Neal recently created an animated infographic on “How a Car Engine Works.” Unlike a

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BangShiftin’ & RoadTrippin’: 2014 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage

[portfolio_slideshow id=27781] It’s roughly zero degrees here in Ohio. In Southern California, it’s—well, Southern California. While we’ve been staring mostly at snow plows and non-descript, road salt-covered SUVs and sedans, our friends over at BangShift spent the weekend looking at beautiful roadsters, customs, and classics of all kinds. As we’ve mentioned before, the BangShift crew

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Top 10 Engines of All Time (#1): Small Block Chevrolet (Gen 1) 350

Editor’s Note: This series counts down the Top 10 engines of all time—see how the voting was done by reading our initial post. The small block Chevrolet changed the hot rodding world forever. It was the small block Chevrolet 265 that started the revolution back in 1955, but the Chevrolet 350 is the standard-bearer for this

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Sounds Like Trouble: A Quick Guide to Diagnosing Common Engine Noises

What do you hear when you listen to your engine? The primal roar of high performance? Or is it more like a cry for help? OK, we never want to think of our engines doing anything but chewing up asphalt and waking up the neighbors—let alone crying! But even the manliest of mills can have problems, and the sounds

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Top 10 Engines of All Time (#2): Chrysler 426 HEMI

Editor’s Note: This series counts down the Top 10 engines of all time—see how the voting was done by reading our initial post. “That thing got a HEMI in it?” Yes, your Top 10 Engines of All Time list does have a HEMI in it—and it’s the legendary Chrysler 426 HEMI “Elephant.” History Mopar is celebrating the

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Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1971 Dodge Charger

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

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