Q: I have a 1986 Chevy El Camino SS with a Chevy 350, a single exhaust, and power steering and brakes. I’ve had it for 10 years and it has 138,000 miles on it. I garage it every winter. There’s nothing wrong with it, save for a minor oil leak. What improvements would you suggest?
Q: I have a 1970 El Camino that will be used as a daily driver performance car. I have a Chevy 350 small block that I want to assemble with the following parts: Summit Racing Engine Rebuild Kit (9.73:1 compression) Summit Racing Camshaft Kit (224° duration at 0.50″, 0.465″ lift) Stock heads with 1.94″/1.50″ inch
The Chevrolet El Camino wasn’t the first American “coupe utility pickup” vehicle—the Ford Ranchero beat it by two years—but it’s probably the most famous. Is it a car? A truck? Who can tell? And does it even matter? The distinctive Elco has a look all its own. It has been featured in auto magazines and blogs,
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
Today is Mother’s Day. You didn’t forget, did you? We don’t want you to ever forget about mom on Mother’s Day or any other mom-related occasion, so we’re going to help you always remember your mother by associating her with something else you love very much—hot rods. Stay with us here… Chances are you have can’t-miss car shows
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
Hot Rod Magazine’s 1969 El Camino was running on seven cylinders and burning three quarts of oil every hundred miles. So they’re doing what any self-respecting gearhead would do–taking the El Camino on a road trip from Los Angeles to Sparks, NV and performing an engine swap right in the Summit Racing parking lot. I
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