Jeep is celebrating its 75th birthday by building a World War II concept vehicle honoring the original Willys-Overland vehicle which the company started producing on this date in 1941. The Willys MB is widely credited for its instrumental war in the Allies winning WWII. To commemorate the occasion, Jeep built a Wrangler which takes most
Q: My ’72 C10 has a TH-700-R4 transmission. I want to run braided AN line to an aftermarket transmission cooler with -6 AN ports. What fittings will I need to adapt the braided line to the radiator and transmission? A: Your TH-700-R4, and most other GM transmission cases, accept 1/4-inch NPSM (National Pipe Straight Mechanical) fittings. Summit
NHRA Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson won his sixth race of the 2016 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season Sunday to help Team Summit and KB Racing tie the NHRA record for consecutive wins by a racing team. Anderson notched his 84th career victory, putting him just one shy of the great Bob Glidden who
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 has stopped by the store. On Wednesdays, we’ll share our parking lot find of
Q: I’m building a fuel system for my 1969 Chevelle. I plan on running an electric fuel pump that puts out a maximum pressure of 14 psi. What type of fuel pressure regulator should I use? A: You can use a bypass (return) on a non-return style fuel pressure regulator. A bypass regulator sends unused fuel back
The NHTSA is now investigating a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S with the Autopilot system activated — the first known fatality involving the Tesla Model S Autopilot. The accident occurred on a divided highway, when a tractor trailer drove across the highway perpendicular to the Model S. Neither the driver nor the car noticed
The U.S. Justice Department and Volkswagen AG have agreed to a $14.7 billion settlement over the German automaker’s cheating of diesel emissions tests. The settlement will be filed today in a San Francisco, CA federal court, Bloomberg reported. As part of the deal, VW will offer one of two options to U.S. owners of diesel
Q: : I have a 1967 Pontiac GTO with a 400-cubic-inch engine that originally came from a 1968 Grand Prix. The 10.75:1 compression engine is rated at 340 horsepower. The car has an M-20 four-speed transmission and 3.55 rear-end gears, and curb weight is about 3,500 pounds. What I really want is a strong, daily-driven
NORWALK, OH — Jim Kramer once ramped his BIGFOOT monster truck into the air, and through the That Doesn’t Look Wide Enough! archway of the main peristyle at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It was part of a Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Series event. One of those moments we motorsports fans might take a little bit for granted
The Southeast’s premier automotive festival will continue for at least five more years after Summit Racing and Atlanta Motor Speedway agreed to a five-year extension of Summit’s title sponsorship of the Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama. Born in 2014, the Atlanta Motorama is held at the speedway each April and features a ton of custom
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