How to Choose an Alternator
Good thing: Kickin’ audio system with megawatt amps, big subs, zillions of speakers, crossovers, and enough wire to hook up your average city. Bad thing: Melted, smoking, fried vehicle electrical […]
Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: How Much Power Can I Make By Adding Ported Vortec Heads to My SBC Engine?
You did a tech answer around two years ago which was about adding a set of Vortec heads to a small-block Chevy. How much of a horsepower gain could you […]
Top February 2017 Fan Ride: Travis Evans’ 1969 GMC C1500
Kellen Allemani first contacted us with hopes of getting his boss’s truck on the cover of a Summit Racing Equipment catalog. “Maybe a cover shot or feature in a magazine!?” […]
ADRL Driver Berner Says First Event is Solid Foundation for Successful Season
The ADRL Dragpalooza IX was Pete Berner and the Summit Racing Equipment team’s first race out with new Crew Chief, Tom Pierson, and new major associate sponsor, CarSafe. With so […]
One Mean Martian: Scott Leber’s 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Gasser
You’d assume the owner of ScottRods—a company that specializes in creating custom fiberglass gasser bodies—would race something. Especially since he also runs ScottRods AA/Gassers, a nostalgia drag racing organization packed with […]
Fit-All Tools: Using Adjustable Wrenches
Usually few folks admit to using an adjustable wrench. Some won’t even claim to own one (I confess: I own eight of them). The reason is, the adjustable wrench has […]
A Closer Look at the All-New Next Gen NASCAR Race Car Competing in the 2022 Daytona 500
For over a year now, NASCAR has been teasing its new Next Gen stock car. Officially revealed last spring, the Next Gen Chevy, Ford, and Toyota race cars have endured […]
A Look Back at the History of the Corvette C4 (1984-96) Generation
On June 30th, 1953 the first production Corvette rolled off the assembly line. And after building its performance pedigree in the 1960s, the long-running C3 Corvette endured the gas shortages, […]
What is a Brougham? We Explore the Carriage Design, the Guy Behind It & How the Name Evolved in the Automobile Era
Want to impress your gearhead pals with some obscure automobile trivia? You should learn about a guy named Henry Peter Brougham. Brougham was a lawyer and British statesman who ultimately […]
Mailbag: Adding Performance to a Stock 305 in a G-Body Monte Carlo SS
You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. We work with the Summit Racing tech department to help you tackle your auto-related conundrums. In this week’s Mailbag, we’re discussing removal of emissions controls on, and […]