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Q: What is valve overlap? … A: Overlap is when the intake and exhaust valves are open at the same time. It is expressed in degrees of crankshaft rotation. Not […]

They are not who we thought they were. This is not the championship match-up we expected to see in the finals of the 2018 Muscle Car Match-Ups (1968 Edition). And […]

Q: I built a 350 engine using parts from Summit Racing. At about 3,000 miles the engine would make a clacking noise at startup, but only when the engine hadn’t been […]

How did Grypmat tool trays—the hottest new tool in automotive—come to be? The same way most awesome things do, because as the old proverb says, necessity is the mother of […]

LAS VEGAS, NV — Like many performance parts manufacturers, the exhaust experts at Borla incorporate mountains of vehicle data, advanced math algorithms, and precision measurements into their product design. But […]

In today’s video, our friends at Summit Racing introduce you to one of their latest project vehicles—a 2018 Can-Am Maverick X3 X DS Turbo R, which underwent several exterior and […]

In most cases, the pushrods in your engine drop into a guide plate of some sort in the cylinder head, with the lower end fitting directly into the cup of […]

Separating ball joints from spindles is common when working on the front end of a car. The usual practice goes something like this: Slip a jack under the A-arm to […]

I’m having a problem with the small block 383 in my Impala. The engine was new about two years ago, but I keep having problems with the spark plugs loading up […]

You might think that lug nuts are lug nuts. The reality is that there are a lot of different lug nut types. You can’t just toss a set of OE-style […]