Gap Rap: How to Measure and Set Piston Ring End Gap
When you shop for high performance piston ring sets, you’ll no doubt find there are many different sets and styles available (no big secret). And many of these ring sets are […]
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.
Fuel Pump Finder (Part 2): A Look at Fuel Pump Options for Street-Strip Applications
It’s probably easier to pick a fuel pump for a Pro Stock car than it is for a street-strip machine. Think of the Pro Stock car for a minute: The […]
Weight Plan (Part 2): How to Properly Place Ballast for Drag Racing
Plenty of racers use ballast to meet specific class weight breaks. Clever racers use the ballast as a tool to effectively tune the car too. As we covered in Weight […]
Figure Four: A Guide to Tuning Your Four-Link Suspension System
Over the years, drag racers with door cars have gone through all sorts of suspension arrangements. Lift bars, slapper bars, Super Stock springs, leaf links, ladder bars, three-links, four-links, and […]
Valvetrain Harmony: The Hows and Whys of Jesel’s Belt Drive System
Not that long ago, you had two choices when it came to driving a camshaft: timing chain or gear drive. While timing chains and gear drives are still in use […]
Mr. Clean: Quick Guide to Prepping a New Engine Block for Assembly
Let’s assume you bought a brand spanking new block and it’s back from the machine shop. It’s machined and it’s ready to go. Or is it? Probably not. You need […]
The Straight Scoop: The Inside Story on Drag Race Wheel Alignments
For most racers and enthusiasts, a wheel alignment is something that you seldom ponder, especially when it comes to performance. After all, horsepower has become cheap and easy to get. And wheel alignments–well, those are for […]
Ghosts of Christmas (Trees) Past: Reliving a Time when Racing and Hot Rods Ruled
Editor’s Note: Christmas often makes us feel nostalgic, so we asked one of our most-veteran contributors, Wayne Scraba, to tell us about some of his favorite experiences in hot rodding. In the post, […]
Pinion Primer: How to Achieve Proper Pinion Angle and Why it Matters
What’s with big deal with pinion angle? It is a very big deal. In order to keep the driveshaft and U-joints operating in a (more or less) straight line, the […]
Oil Well: Choosing the Proper Pressure and Volume for Your Oil Pump
When picking an oil pump for an engine build, what do you select: standard replacement, high pressure, high volume, or both (high pressure and high volume)? That’s a question we […]