NHRA Wrap-Up: All 4 Champs Also Win Final Race of Season
For the first time in NHRA history, all four Mello Yello world champions also won the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals. Steve Torrence completed a perfect Countdown playoff in Top […]
422 Cubes of Small Block Thunder: Building a 700+ Horsepower Small Block Chevy (Part 1)
Even though it’s a GM LS world, the Gen 1 small block Chevy remains a popular choice for many builders. We’re going to show you how to build a 422 […]
Top 8 Model Years in Hot Rod History (#1): 1969
What is the best year ever for cars and why? We put that question to the performance-minded people on Summit Racing’s Facebook page. Using their answers as a foundation, we’ve compiled […]
NHRA Wrap-Up: Pro Stock Champ Butner, Funny Car’s Hagan & Top Fuel’s Kalitta Win Pomona
Pro Stocker Bo Butner wasted little time proving to racing fans that last year’s championship was no fluke when he captured his sixth career win Sunday at the season-opening Lucas […]
NHRA Wrap-Up: Millican, Hight, Coughlin & Smith Win Route 66 Nats
Clay Millican raced to his second straight victory of the season with a win on Sunday at the Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL. Robert […]
Twisted Wedge Modular Makeover! Building a 500+ HP 5.3L Ford Mod Motor from Scratch
Ford’s venerable Modular engines have been a Ford mainstay for three decades. The 4.6L “Mod’ Motor” SOHC V8 first appeared in the 1991 Lincoln Town Car and quickly made its […]
CHEV-XXL: Chris Redman’s 1966 Chevy Chevelle
It’s a great time to be a car guy. Cut a modest check to your local dealership and you can drive off the lot today in a brand new, 200 […]
NHRA Wrap-Up: Hartford Gets 1st Pro Stock Win to Join B. Force & J.R. Todd in Baytown Winner’s Circle
Pro Stock driver Matt Hartford earned his first-career Wally in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series after beating Erica Enders in the final round of the NHRA SpringNationals Sunday […]
Ask Away with Jeff Smith: Why So Many Gears in Modern Transmissions?
I’ve noticed that Chrysler is using a new eight-speed automatic transmission for rear wheel drive cars and trucks. I don’t understand how this is more efficient than a more typical […]
Ask Away! with Jeff Smith: Crate Engine or Junkyard Rebuild for a First-Time Engine Build?
I have a ’72 Ford pickup that I’m slowly upgrading. It was originally a 6-cylinder truck and still has the original automatic I want to build this truck as a […]