Launch Control: The 6 Acceleration Forces You Must Control to Win at the Dragstrip
When your race car is staged and the last yellow light blinks off, the car experiences a number of forces — all of which you must control for at least […]
Author: Wayne Scraba
Wayne Scraba is a diehard car guy and regular contributor to OnAllCylinders. He’s owned his own speed shop, built race cars, street rods, and custom motorcycles, and restored muscle cars. He’s authored five how-to books and written over 4,500 tech articles that have appeared in sixty different high performance automotive, motorcycle and aviation magazines worldwide.
Wheeling & Dealing: How to Set Up and Adjust a Wheelie Bar
Nosebleed wheel stands are the poster children of drag racing. Everyone likes to see them, but for the most part, they’re not all that conducive to running a low ET […]
Figuring Out the Track: How to Read the Track Surface and Make it Work for You!
Anyone who has ever drag raced knows that weather and track conditions can pretty much change by the minute. We also know that days at the track can be long, so […]
Trans-Brake Tell-All: What a Trans-Brake Does & How to Use It
Before the advent of the trans-brake, racers using automatic transmissions were at the mercy of the foot brakes installed in their respective cars. The stick shift guys had a big advantage, […]
Laterally Linked: Understanding Chassis Roll Center and How to Limit Lateral Movement
Lateral control is how the rear axle housing is kept in a side-to-side alignment with the chassis as the rear suspension moves through its travel. And it’s more important than […]
Hose-End How-To: How to Assemble Cutter-Style Hose Ends
There have been plenty of articles penned on how to assemble AN hose (and hose ends). The process is pretty straightforward. Get it wrong and you’ll have a leaky fitting. Get it […]
Header Theory (Part 2): Tuning Header Collectors for Optimum Performance
In the first part of our Header Theory posts, we dug into the whys and how of header primary tube length. If you recall, Hooker Headers and Reher-Morrison Racing Engines gave […]
Header Theory (Part 1): Looking at the Science Behind Exhaust Header Tuning
We regularly field questions regarding headers. Common header questions are centered around tube diameter, tube length, collector diameter, collector length, and so on. Some folks will tell you none of […]
Spring Training: Figuring Out Proper Coil Spring Rate for Your Drag Car
Springs? What’s so important about coil springs? Quite a bit actually. Coil springs tend to be one of the most important and most misunderstood components on a modified street or […]
The Straight Scoop: Exploring the Science Behind Hood Scoop Design
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, […]