[portfolio_slideshow id=5266] Ignitions have come a long way from the breaker points and coil setup Charles Kettering designed before World War I (and starting the Delco company in the process). Now there are electronic distributors, megawatt coils, ignition control boxes, crank triggers, timing computers, and other gadgets designed to give you a bigger, more precise
In the great big book of automotive clichés, the phrase, “There’s no replacement for displacement,” can be found at the top of page one. But as much as the phrase is overused, it’s also pretty much dead on. Outside of bumping up compression, adding displacement to your engine is one of the fastest ways to
Take a heaping cup of cubic inches. Add in lots of compression, big horsepower, and a dash of extreme operating conditions. Mix well and pour into your race car of choice. Congratulations—you’ve just created a hearty recipe for Starter Suicide. Sound terrible? It oughta. Using a stock-style or aftermarket “mini” starter on a large cubic
Chasing down electrical gremlins in a motor vehicle can be an exercise in frustration—the kind of frustration that makes young men old and old men talk to themselves. But many times, an electrical problem can be traced to a single source: a bad ground connection. A bad ground can cause noise in an audio system,
It’s a wonderfully wacky world we car people live in. The things that turn our cranks would only puzzle those outside the fraternity. After all, who but a fellow gearhead would understand why we’re excited about—nay, salivating over—a hunk of cast iron with eight big holes in it? The hunk of cast iron in question
[portfolio_slideshow id=5223] It’s easy to dream about turning your daily driver Mustang into a tire-smokin’ horsepower-house with looks to match. Finding the time and money to do it all can be another story. But with some planning and budget-friendly performance parts, you can take your daily driver to a high level of wow and have
[portfolio_slideshow id=4926] Although the 8.8-inch rear axle found under zillions of 5.0L and 4.6L Ford Mustangs is a pretty good piece right from the factory, there are a couple of drawbacks: a dismal selection of factory gear ratios (ranging from 2.73 to 3.27) and somewhat weak 28-spline axles. We found out just how easy it
[portfolio_slideshow id=4916] The most popular automatic transmission in drag racing is GM’s two-speed Powerglide. A lot of those ’Glides have trans-brakes in them. Put those two thoughts together and voila—instant tech story. So, we decided to show you a few tricks on installing a TCI trans-brake in an aluminum-case Powerglide. We’re not going to take
Nothing says horsepower quite like rowing through the gears in a 1960s vintage, big block-powered muscle car. But like all good things, there is a price to be paid for mechanical nirvana. The acceleration-oriented rear axle gears in many muscle cars can put the hurt on top-end speed (not to mention fuel economy), and the
[portfolio_slideshow id=4858] This story originally appeared in the Summit Racing catalog and also appeared on SummitRacing.com. It’s a minor miracle Denny Terzich Jr.’s head isn’t about 10 times larger than it is. After all of the ego-massaging he got over his 1956 Chevy—the one that won Goodguy’s 2002 Street Machine of the Year honors—we wouldn’t
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