Tech

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon. You’re towing your race car merrily along with your diesel-powered rig, when you suddenly encounter a hilly, winding stretch of highway. You pump the brakes […]

In the great big book of automotive clichés, the phrase, “There’s no replacement for displacement,” can be found at the top of page one. But as much as the phrase […]