Garage Goal: Adding and Installing the Right Air Compressor
If you’ve been doing without an air compressor, the extra time you’ve been spending the garage lately may be providing just the push you need to add a shop compressor. […]
Build Your Own Budget 355ci Small Block Chevy, Part 1
The cost of even mild high performance engines is escalating—along with everything else in this post-Covid world. Even the traditional small block Chevy crate engines are no longer as kind […]
Top 10 Engines of All Time (#2): Chrysler 426 HEMI
Editor’s Note: This series counts down the Top 10 engines of all time—see how the voting was done by reading our initial post. “That thing got a HEMI in it?” Yes, […]
Best of Both Worlds: Building a Gen 1/LS Hybrid with World Products’ Motown II LS Block (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: Mike Mavrigian must do nothing but build engines and write stories about them. We have visions of his shop, Birchwood Automotive, set deep in the woods with Mavrigian […]
Mailbag: Exploring Possible Cures for Pre-Ignition
Got questions? We’ve got the answers—the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re dialing in timing and straightening out a few cam/valvetrain issues.. D.B. • Basom, […]
Chevy Reveals All-Electric 2024 Silverado Pickup Truck: Available 660+ HP & 400 Mile Range
After Ford pulled the wraps off the electric Ford F-150 Lightning last year, we knew it wouldn’t be long before the folks at GM would have a response. And in […]
Inside Job: Protecting Your Jeep Wrangler’s Interior From The Elements
Many Jeep owners enjoy taking their vehicles off-road with the doors and tops removed to take in the sun and scenery. While this is one of the advantages of owning […]
How to Properly Fit Engine Bearings
We asked the bearing brainiacs at Mahle for some tips on fitting engine bearings. The first thing they emphasized was the importance of getting an accurate measurement. “When measuring bearing […]
Mailbag: Detuning a Chevrolet 454 for Better Drivability
You’ve got questions. We’ve got the answers—the Summit Racing tech department tackles your automotive-related conundrums. This week, we’re helping a reader dial back the performance of his 454 for street use. […]
Ron Wood’s 1967 Chevelle SS
Editor’s note: This story appeared originally at SummitRacing.com on 8/26/2005. Ron Wood was Pro Street when Pro Street wasn’t popular. Back in the early 1970s, he ran Goodyear Indy oval […]