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 […]
The Koni roadshow pulled into Summit Racing’s retail store this week to chat with folks about the merits of proper suspension tuning. We got a chance to sit down with […]
I have an all-steel Willys coupe with an all-aluminum 498ci Keith Black HEMI with a Don Hampton 8-71 supercharger and an EFI system using electronic fuel injectors located under the […]
Take a deep breath! There’s still time! Actually, that might not be true at all. Depending on when you’re reading this, you may have already totally blown it. You should still […]
Here’s a scenario to ponder: You hand picked the best components for an engine build, had those bits meticulously machined and assembled, and ended up with a stout engine that […]
Adjustable shock absorbers are becoming popular in drag racing. You can adjust their damping characteristics to suit varying tracks and/or track conditions to eliminate wheel hop and tire shake. That […]
Our tech column seems to be gathering quite a following of guys who want to know more about their cars and engines. One reader posted a comment (below) in response […]
Hello Summit Racing addicts like me! So you’ve built a hot engine and are on a first-name basis with your local delivery drivers, but now your machine is twice as […]
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 […]