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We love a good father and son bonding story around here—especially if it involves a race between a pair of awesome cars hatched over a glass of bourbon. And that’s […]

We recently were commissioned to build a street performance engine for AERA (Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association) to display at the 2015 Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis. We decided to build […]

On September 14, 1969 an odd-looking Mopar rumbled onto the track for NASCAR’s first-ever Talladega 500—its sky-high rear wing making it stand out like a biplane amongst the other cars […]

When you buy a classic car or unfinished project, you are bound to find some wiring issues. It’s inevitable, like taxes and grease on your T-shirt. A wiring harness tends […]

Like anyone who competes in drag racing, Rob Downing has experienced a wide range of emotions since becoming an NHRA crew chief in 1998. During his 13 years as crew chief […]

There are very few hot rodders who aren’t interested in horsepower and torque. All that power is tons of fun and internal combustion, piston engines are the center of all […]

Before modern EFI showed up, many older multi-cylinder motorcycles often used a separate carburetor to feed each individual cylinder—so for a parallel twin engine, it may have two carburetors, an […]

Ford’s first overhead valve V8, the Y-Block, remains the engine of choice for a lot of hotrodders. By modern standards, the Y-Block is dated with its stacked intake ports and […]

In our first installment of our ’68 Mustang rejuvenation project, we prepped our Blueprint 408 Windsor to be dropped in and replace the tired original 289. Since then, we did […]

A huge majority of drag race cars are equipped with electric fuel pumps. No secret, and more than a few street cars have them too. Of course, EFI cars are […]