It doesn’t matter whether you log miles at the track or in the grocery store parking lot, your vehicle needs gaskets. You do, however, get a lot of choices when it comes to materials, and that can get confusing. Your confusion ends here, because below is a comprehensive list that explains the different materials so
What better grand finale for our Strokers Wild series than a Ford 460 stroker project? Like we said when we kicked this project off, there’s no replacement for displacement—and this final installment gives you 520 cubic inches worth of displacement! We’re gong to show you how to punch an ordinary 460 out to 520 cubic
Call us soft, call us lazy, but we like power stuff on our cars. We can’t think of any sane reason to use old-fashioned cranks and handles when there are kits on the market that let you open doors, roll down windows, and pop open trunks at the touch of a button. Electric-Life, for example,
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—every Monday when the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re talking vacuum leaks, torque converter stall speed, and setting the proper valve lash. From: S. Arikian • Montauk, NY Q: I have a 1970 Challenger with a 440. The short block was internally balanced and
You spent a lot of time searching the Internet for the right camshaft for your latest engine project. You drove your friends crazy babbling about intake, duration, and lobe separation, and then you talked the ear off of who knows how many tech guys asking for advice. So why not spend a little more time
If you’re thinking of buying a gear drive, chances are it’s for one of two reasons: you want more accurate cam timing than a chain can provide or you want that cool gear whine. Both are good, logical rationalizations for spending the grocery money on a car part. Milodon makes some nice gear drives worthy
Allow us to make a big giant generalization: building a dedicated drag race engine is pretty cut and dry. Since the aim is to cover a quarter-mile of straight asphalt in the quickest amount of time, you want an engine that makes its power at wide open throttle, all the time. But build a multi-purpose
Water/methanol injection is nothing new. Like nitrous oxide and superchargers, it has been used as far back as World War II to help power German fighter planes. Yet it never seemed to catch on as a mainstream power adder in the hot rodding world—until now. Companies like Snow Performance and AEM are now offering easy to install water/methanol injections systems
After you build a serious 347 cubic inch Ford 5.0—like we did in our first installment of Project Strokers Wild—what do you do for an encore? You build it a bigger, badder brother. In this second installment of our Stroker’s Wild engine series, we’ll show you how we built a 393 cubic inch 351 Windsor.
Elbow grease. It’s valuable stuff. That’s why professional mechanics and serious auto enthusiasts love their air tools; one squeeze of the trigger blows away all of the drill-it-/hammer-it-/shear-it-/sand-it-yourself muscle you can muster. Plus, there’s no better way to feel like a full-fledged NASCAR mechanic than with a few blasts of an air-powered impact wrench. Decking
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