NHRA-Sanctioned Drag Strip Goes Underwater—Like, Literally This is how Raceway Park of the Midlands normally looks. (Image/Raceway Park of the Midlands)

NHRA-Sanctioned Drag Strip Goes Underwater—Like, Literally

Comprising a 2.23-mile road course and an NHRA-sanctioned drag strip positioned just outside of Pacific Junction, IA, Raceway Park of the Midlands is rooted in its community as one of […]

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Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: Camshaft and Cylinder Heads Recommendations for a Ford Windsor 302 These are Ford iron GT-40P heads. You can find them on later model Mercury Mountaineers and several other Ford SUV applications. These are a great head but do need some machining mods to make they really work well. (Image/Harrison Creamery)

Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: Camshaft and Cylinder Heads Recommendations for a Ford Windsor 302

I have a 302 Windsor V8 EFI engine that I converted to a 600 cfm carburetor with a Street Warrior intake manifold. It runs smooth but seems lazy. I’m now […]

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LY2 4.8L Engine Specs: Performance, Bore & Stroke, Cylinder Heads, Cam Specs & More (Image/2040-Parts)

LY2 4.8L Engine Specs: Performance, Bore & Stroke, Cylinder Heads, Cam Specs & More

Mechanically similar, General Motors’ LS and LS-based Vortec engines wound up on almost every branch of the GM family tree: Chevy, Pontiac, GMC, Cadillac, Buick—heck, even Saab, Hummer, and Isuzu got some […]

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Video: How JE Pistons’ Grain Flow Optimized Forging Process Makes Ultra Series Pistons Super-Strong The Ultra series piston line is ready for big power and is one of the most feature-dense and technology rich piston lines available. JE officials call their Perfect Skirt coating "revolutionary." It protects the piston skirts, reduces friction, while eliminating cold-start piston slap and false knock on computer-controlled engines, JE officials say.

Video: How JE Pistons’ Grain Flow Optimized Forging Process Makes Ultra Series Pistons Super-Strong

Because people don’t always know what they don’t know, well-intentioned folk trying to build high-performance engines sometimes want things they don’t need, or that will actually cause problems. “A lot […]

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Q&A These are Ford iron GT-40P heads. You can find them on later model Mercury Mountaineers and several other Ford SUV applications. These are a great head but do need some machining mods to make they really work well. (Image/Harrison Creamery)

Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: Camshaft and Cylinder Heads Recommendations for a Ford Windsor 302

I have a 302 Windsor V8 EFI engine that I converted to a 600 cfm carburetor with a Street Warrior intake manifold. It runs smooth but seems lazy. I’m now […]

March 22, 2019 5 comments
News & Car Culture This is how Raceway Park of the Midlands normally looks. (Image/Raceway Park of the Midlands)

NHRA-Sanctioned Drag Strip Goes Underwater—Like, Literally

Comprising a 2.23-mile road course and an NHRA-sanctioned drag strip positioned just outside of Pacific Junction, IA, Raceway Park of the Midlands is rooted in its community as one of […]

March 22, 2019 2 comments
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LY2 4.8L Engine Specs: Performance, Bore & Stroke, Cylinder Heads, Cam Specs & More

Mechanically similar, General Motors’ LS and LS-based Vortec engines wound up on almost every branch of the GM family tree: Chevy, Pontiac, GMC, Cadillac, Buick—heck, even Saab, Hummer, and Isuzu got some […]

March 21, 2019 0 comments
Parts The Ultra series piston line is ready for big power and is one of the most feature-dense and technology rich piston lines available. JE officials call their Perfect Skirt coating "revolutionary." It protects the piston skirts, reduces friction, while eliminating cold-start piston slap and false knock on computer-controlled engines, JE officials say.

Video: How JE Pistons’ Grain Flow Optimized Forging Process Makes Ultra Series Pistons Super-Strong

Because people don’t always know what they don’t know, well-intentioned folk trying to build high-performance engines sometimes want things they don’t need, or that will actually cause problems. “A lot […]

March 20, 2019 0 comments

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