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While most gearheads probably already know the difference between a leaf spring and a coil spring in a car or truck suspension, we wanted to provide a simple 101 for […]

Ian Johnson from Big Tire Garage likes turning Jeeps into serious off-road rigs. And he’s built a lot of them, from the venerable CJ all the way to modern Wranglers. […]

Setting valve lash on an engine with a mechanical cam is a necessary evil. Most pro engine builders will tell you the lash on a race car should be checked […]

It’s the classic rhetorical question: “How high is up?” Luckily, finding Top Dead Center (TDC) in an engine is far less taxing from a theoretical standpoint. TDC refers to the […]

The Chevrolet Corvette C5 Z06 was produced between 2001 and 2004 and has been a formidable weapon at autocross and road racing since day one. As depreciation sets in, these […]

There’s nothing in the world like firing up your project car for the first time. The thrill, the excitement, the smoke…the smoke?!  Well, hopefully not too much smoke. After seven […]

I have a 302 Windsor V8 EFI engine that I converted to a 600 cfm carburetor with a Street Warrior intake manifold. It runs smooth but seems lazy. I’m now […]

New 4X4 pickup trucks and SUVs are everywhere today. And many of those 4X4 buyers have zero intention of ever taking their truck off road. We suspect a lot of […]

The Ford V8 engine family tree has a lot of branches. You’ve got the venerable Windsor small block, plus the 385-series and FE-series big block branches, along with a trio of […]

Returnless fuel systems are becoming more common in new vehicles. As we learned in a recent Jeff Smith Ask Away! column, the increased use is due in part to tightening federal […]