What if you have some crazy super-secret head that just doesn’t want to work right with a conventional piston dome design? You’re going to need JE’s help, and they’ve outlined some tips for making combustion chamber casts that will allow them to precisely craft a dome to match your exact needs.
If you’re an engine builder, you know that boring and honing a block is an exact job requiring precise specifications. RHS Torque Plates replicate engine stresses and bore distortion, ensuring accurate boring and honing. RHS also offers its Multi-Layer Steel Head Gaskets for its line of engine blocks.
Cherry Bomb has you covered whether your left brain hemisphere insists on hard numbers or the right half insists that it knows what it likes when it hears it with their sound and dyno page.
Lucas Oil Gears Up For a 1/8 Mile Drag Strip To Lake Havasu City
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Chris Taylor
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September 8, 2010
Looking for some all-out drag racing action, along with dirt and paved oval racing to go with it? Get ready to head on out to Havasu 95 Speedway next spring, when the Lucas oil-backed project is planned to be finished and opening up to the public..
Hamstra Teams With McCoy For Return to Pro Extreme in Rockingham
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Andrew Wolf
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September 8, 2010
Over on the ADRL website, Agent 660 is reporting that Pro Extreme driver Jason Hamstra will return to competition this weekend at the Simpson Dragstock VII at Rockingham Dragway behind the wheel of Andy McCoy Race Cars’ 1970 Plymouth Duster formerly driven by Thomas “Tom Slick” Myers.
During an open test session at Cecil County Dragway on Friday prior to qualifying for the Yellowbullet.com Nationals on Saturday, Tim Lynch pounded out an all-time best 4.17 at 183 MPH lap to the eighth mile, sending a collective groan through the Outlaw 10.5 pits.
Pat Spangenberg’s outrageous ‘66 Impala Super Sport, a massive 4,000 pound Impala rides on stock suspension, 10-inch wide tires, and is propelled by a 540 cubic inch big block Chevy making 1,400 and runs 8.77 passes!
There can only ever be one “first.” Everybody remembers the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, as well as the first mass-produced car, the Model-T. There are many firsts in the automotive world, though some seemingly-important cars get lost to history.
They may be “rare” by definition, but we’ve seen a lot of them churned out from some big names and small shops abroad. With such a popular car, is making one stand out still a feasible task? Take one good look at Mack Reeves’ new Drag Pack Challenger, and you too just might be convinced that standing out is..
For the longest time, drag racers always went the heaviest duty transmission available. For Ford owners, this meant the C6. This transmission has fallen out of favor over the years, however, due to its heavy weight and the versatility of the lighter C4.
A total of fourteen Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak drivers showed up this past weekend at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, IN. Four days of ideal weather led to record-breaking performances on the racetrack and near-capacity crowds for the event.
“07 PSM Champ Matt Smith May Return To ADRL PXM Competition In 2010
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Chris Taylor
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September 7, 2010
We know Matt Smith is one of the best when he grabs the handlebars of good equipment, as proven by his NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Championship in 2007, along with his many other National event wins, but Smith has got something else on his mind – becoming competitive in ADRL Pro Extreme Motorcycle.
Jimmy DeFrank Earns First Indy SS Win, Personett Takes Pro Mod
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Paul Huizenga
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September 7, 2010
NHRA SS/BS racer Jimmy DeFrank has the #1 on his car, and is no stranger to the winner’s circle, but one achievement has eluded him until this past Labor Day weekend – A Super Stock win at Indy. In Pro Mod, it was another significant first at Indy – Brad Personett took his Camaro to victory.
If you’ve been in the sport for any length of time, you’ve run across Chris Alston’s Chassisworks, and you’re probably familiar with their VariShock line of competition dampers. What you might not know is that they’ve got a website full of useful information on suspension construction and setup.
Few racing machines in drag racing’s storied history have been as well-remembered and truly unique as the 1966 Mercury Comet flip-top Funny Car campaigned by who’s who of legendary racers such as “Dyno Don” Nicholson, Ed Schartman, Ron Leslie, and Jack Chrisman.
Phil Bonner got his start in the sport in the formative years of the 1950’s around his home state of Georgia, where he was drawn to the sport through his involvement in an Atlanta Ford dealership with the intent of having a little fun and meeting prospective new customers.
Flashback Friday: Nostalgia Floppers At World Series of Drag Racing
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Andrew Wolf
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September 3, 2010
While many may think that the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis is the sports longest running continuous race at 56 consecutive editions, it is in fact the independent World Series of Drag Racing at Cordova Dragway in Cordova, Illinois that holds that dubious honor.
It would appear that there has been a truce called in the SFI Foundation / Impact Racing battle that has waged in the press. Both sides have published press releases this morning stating that Impact Racing will remain a participant in the SFI programs.
Hump Day Holeshot: Turbo Chevy Express Van Beats Corvette ZR-1
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Chris Demorro
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September 2, 2010
Vans have been making something of a comeback in terms of coolness lately. Or maybe that was wagons. Most vans on the road these days are used by businesses, whereas twenty or thirty years ago living out of your van was the “hip” thing to do. Still, some of these vans can move out, thanks to modern powertrains…
After several months on the jig at K&K taking shape, Ron Schlessinger and Larry Wood finally got their absolutely stunning creation on the racetrack this week with some testing hits at Atco Raceway in New Jersey with Proline’s Steve Petty calling the tuning shots.
