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Some things seldom considered in a hot rod and/or race shop are “vessels.” And we’re not talking the ocean-going variety here, we’re referring to drain pans, drip pans, funnels, and […]

The drag strip has long been dominated by automatic transmissions and delay boxes. Not for Mike Loboda, though. Director of the U.M.T.R (United Manual Transmission Racers) North region, Mike is […]

Hot Rod Drag Week is billed as “the world’s toughest competition to find the ultimate street-legal drag car.” It’s a grueling five-day road trip to drag strips across the midwest […]

Back in the day, “real” race cars didn’t have hood scoops. Instead they had an array of open injector stacks poking through the hood top. Scoops were superfluous. But then, […]

I’ve been working on cars for over 50 years. During that time, I’ve had two close calls with cars falling off jacks and jack stands. The first involved preparing the […]

It all began with a cast-off 283 small-block Chevy. The ’64 El Camino limped into our garage spitting out of the carburetor and suffering from severe palpitations. By all indications, […]

The 5th Gen Camaro SS (2010-2015 model years) left the factory loaded with power—425 ponies for a manual trans car or 400 in a 6L80E equipped 5th Gen. But even […]

Drag Week is taxing enough. Each participant needs to get his or her street legal racecar to the official check-in, get it approved for both race and street use, race […]

Trick Flow Specialties Introduces New Race Carburetors The airflow experts at Trick Flow have teamed up with Quick Fuel Technologies to produce four-barrel carburetors capable of feeding high-horsepower street and […]

For many of us, the tools and equipment—and maybe a cold…err…soda—is all we need. However, if you’re looking to go next-level and use this extra time at home to turn […]