Let’s establish a few important things. Some of the most expensive stuff you can break on your quad is located in the undercarriage. If you’re not running hard enough or in terrain where you need to be worried about protecting those components, then you’re probably doing it wrong. Protecting those parts is simple. Not cheap,
The mission was pretty straightforward: Take a brand-new quad and make it better. So, the gang at PowerSports Place identified the upgrades they wanted to make to their 2012 Suzuki KingQuad 750 AXi and assembled the parts. They were kind enough to let us tag along for the build. To do the job, the first
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—Mondays when the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re examining the right place to install an X-pipe on an exhaust system. From: B.F • Davenport, IA Q: I bought an X-pipe kit for my 1982 Buick Regal. Is there a certain spot in the exhaust
OnAllCylinders proudly presents a movie about a car that only runs on seven cylinders. Yeah…the irony isn’t lost on us. Editors from Hot Rod magazine drove an ailing El Camino 500 miles on seven cylinders, so they could swap out the engine in the parking lot of Summit Racing’s Sparks, NV store. We provided updates and
With apologies to Dupli-Color, its latest project vehicle is quite half-baked. Actually, the paint pros at Dupli-Color are the first to admit it, and in fact, they’re quite proud of the results. That’s because they purposely completed only half of the project, a 1979 El Camino, to prove a point. The run-down Elky was restored
(Editor’s note: Al built this cage when he worked for exhaust manufacturer Stainless Works) My automotive pride and joy is a 1967 RS/SS Camaro. I have owned my car for several years and have autocrossed and drag raced it, but have not had the opportunity to run it at one of the local Ohio tracks
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,
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
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
[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
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