Videos & Galleries

Video: How to Tune Electric and Manual Carburetor Chokes

Learn how to tune electric and manual carburetor chokes to help you start your carbureted vehicle on a cold morning. You’ll also learn how to find the correct choke position on your carburetor. It’s 11 minutes of the geniuses at Summit Racing spitting knowledge. Get some.    

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Super Summit 2013: BIGFOOT Rules the Day!

Got a case of the Mondays? Enjoy two minutes and 10 seconds of stress relief by watching this Summit Racing/BIGFOOT video captured at this weekend’s Super Summit show. And then forget about the fact that someone (Dan Runte) gets paid to do this while you sit at your desk and fill out TPS reports.

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Super Summit 2013: Gallery of Trucks

This year’s Super Summit saw the gang at Summit Racing combine their annual car show with TruckFest. There were some outstanding rigs, as always. While there was a wide variety of music being played over the loudspeakers, Joe Diffie’s “Pickup Man” really stood out as we watched the truck owners roll in like bosses. Check

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Super Summit 2013: Saturday Walkaround

Day Two of Super Summit 2013 looked, sounded, and felt exactly how its designers intended. Lots of people. And lots of cars. Magnificent ones, at times. The Manufacturer Midway was jamming. Bigfoot was crushing cars. Team FMX was doing their motocross assault on Summit County fairgrounds airspace. The weather cooperated. And the masses were rewarded

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Super Summit 2013: Friday Walkaround

TALLMADGE, OH — The 2013 installment of Super Summit, Summit Racing Equipment’s annual show celebrating hot rods, muscle cars, classic show cars, and much more kicked off with a bang Friday at the Summit County Fairgrounds. The two-day event featured the sights and sounds of Super Summits past, but included some new features this year,

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Lot Shot Find of the Week: 1947 Plymouth Special De Luxe

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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Power Tour Rewind (Part 2): Inside the Coker Tire Museum

Stop #6 of the Hot Rod Power Tour included a visit to Coker Tire world headquarters in Chattanooga, TN. Jeff Lee snapped a few pics while touring the Coker Tire museum, which includes an array of vintage cars, cycles, and autobilia. Check out the photos below and  follow Jeff on Twitter at @JeffLee (twitter.com/JeffLee) to see more coverage and

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Video: An Introduction to Differentials

Watch this Summit Racing Quick Flicks video and learn the basics of differentials, including the differences between open, limited-slip, and locking, and how each style works in your vehicle.    

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Like Father, Like Son, Like Car: Father-Son Builds

Everyone’s heart strings are tugged by different things. Maybe you have a soft spot for cute puppies, Nicholas Sparks novels, or sappy love songs. Us? We’re moved by great father-son stuff. Our friends at Summit Racing asked you to share some of the project vehicles put together by father-son tandems. And, as always, you guys

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Ram Introduces “Man of Steel” Truck to Celebrate New Superman Film

Check it out. It’s the Man of Steel Power Wagon Ram pickup. We haven’t confirmed whether or not it flies. Chrysler and Warner Bros. created this one-of-a-kind rig as part of their cross-promotion efforts for the new Superman film which opens in theaters today. This unique truck is not for sale. Sadly. It’s going to be

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