Video: Why Wheel Spacers Might Be the Right Option for Your Ride

Can’t find the wheels you want in the correct backspacing for your vehicle? Need extra clearance for your brake caliper? Then you might want to consider wheel spacers or wheel adapters for your car or truck. This video will you decide whether a wheel spacer is the right solution for your vehicle. It covers basic

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Sway Bar Tech: Heat Treating and Why It’s Important

  How many times have you read or heard that a part has been “heat treated?” Whether you’re talking about pushrods, valvetrain components, chassis parts, or even lug nuts, heat treating is often served up as an important selling point on certain products. But is it really that important? According to the chassis experts at

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We Have a Winner! 2013 Muscle Car Match-Ups Champion Announced!

The Chinese calendar says 2013 is the Year of the Snake. So do you—at least according to the results of our inaugural Muscle Car Match-Ups tournament. You’ve voted and made the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 the first-ever Muscle Car Match-Ups champion. The Cobra overcame incredible odds to earn the championship, including near exclusion from the original field of

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Muscle Car Match-Ups: The Finals

This is it: the final round of our inaugural Muscle Car Match-Ups. It’s sort of a red-letter day for OnAllCylinders. Or maybe we should call it a Blue Oval Day, since we’ve arrived at a final round battle between the 1969 Mustang Boss 429 and the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427. The semi-finals pitted these two

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Racer Confidential (Part 1): Race Preparation Secrets from the Pros

How does Warren Johnson seem to squeeze every last ounce of power from his engines? What is the secret to Greg Anderson’s consistency race in and race out? Those are good questions. And we’ve got good answers, because guys like Greg Anderson, Don Garlits, and other accomplished professional and sportsman racers have shared some of the

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Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS

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 benefit of

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A Quick Guide to Wheel/Tire Sizing for Late-Model Mustangs

Aftermarket wheels and tires have always been popular upgrades for performance enthusiasts. For late-model owners, a wheel/tire swap is often the very first upgrade because it won’t void the factory warranty yet can transform the entire attitude and personality of a new car or truck. The trick is simply making sure the new wheels and tires fit the vehicle. We’ve taken the

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