Tool Guide: The 12 Tools Every Engine Builder Should Own
To build engines, you have to have tools. To build an engine properly, you need the proper tools. If you’re new to the high performance game and are building your […]
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.
Drag Radials 101: What You Need to Know About Drag Radials
Back in the early 1960s, the best tire you could get for a street/strip car was the Atlas Bucron. The Bucron was basically a retread bias-ply tire with a stickier […]
Harmonics 101: Understanding Harmonic Dampers
Some call it a harmonic balancer. Others refer to it as a harmonic damper. Whatever you call it, that big chunk of metal hanging off the crankshaft snout of your engine is essential to […]
Detroit Locker: History, Anatomy & FAQs About the Toughest Differential in Town
Back in the day, if you needed the toughest, most-capable differential on the street, you ran a Detroit Locker. When you want the same kind of differential today, the choice […]
Rack and Pinion Revisited: A Basic Guide to Rack and Pinion Steering Systems
When it comes to steering systems, rack and pinion systems are light years ahead of the recirculating ball steering boxes found in our favorite 1960s and ‘70s muscle cars and […]
How to Match Air Filter Size to Your Engine
When it comes to sizing filter elements, bigger is always better. If you can squeeze a 14-inch diameter air cleaner base on your carbureted or throttle body EFI engine combination, […]
Easy Wire Protection: How to Install Ignition Wire Sleeves
Even the world’s finest ignition wires have it tough. First, there are today’s high-power ignition boxes. As ignition power becomes stronger and spark plug gaps increase, the chances of crossfire […]
Triangulated 4-Links: Make Your Stock Suspension Car Work
If you have a Fox-body or SN95 Mustang, a 1980s GM G-body (Grand National, Malibu, El Camino, etc.) or something like an early Chevelle or a GTO, it has a […]
How to Build a High-Flow, Stock-Appearing Fuel System
There are a couple of ways to build a high-flow fuel system for your hot rod. You can build a setup with a fuel cell and all sorts of trick […]
Block Talk (Part 2): Why Chevrolet Performance’s Bowtie Big Blocks are a Great Foundation for Performance Builds
In the first installment of Block Talk, we told you why a modern CNC-machined block is a great foundation for a high performance engine. Using a Chevrolet Performance big block Chevy […]