Wheels and Tires From Street to Strip
Drag Race 101: Wheels and Tires. These essential components of your vehicle are often overlooked when changing from street to strip.
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Tuning Tips: Letting the Engine Breathe
Drag Race 101 brings you tuning tips for letting your engine breathe better for maximum power and performance.
Headers: Scavenging Games Part IV
Drag Race 101: Headers, Part IV Recall a few posts back, when we mentioned formulas and software that can help to figure out header dimensions? We’ll, […]
Headers: Scavenging Games Part III
Getting a handle on exhaust speed is extremely important (exhaust speed is the determined by the diameter and length of the primary pipe). But it’s the not only critical component in a header.
Headers: Scavenging Games Part II
Drag Race 101: Headers, Part II. We look at the effect of wave scavenging on header configuration.
The Scavenging Games: Headers Part I
There are tons of questions when it comes to headers: “What’s the real story with headers? Is header “tuning” a waste of time and dollars? […]
Is Carburetion or Injection the Way to Go?
When I started building performance engines for cars a lifetime ago, we had two choices when it came to getting the air and fuel into our engines: We could choose a carburetor or we could choose a bigger carburetor.
Paper Tigers: Dyno Testing Our LS Bracket Motor Combination
To come full circle as we build our LS engine, we run the engine through a computer simulated dyno to test its effectiveness on the strip.
Building an LS Bracket Motor from Scratch Part I
Building your LS Bracket Motor from scratch involves learning more about the engine and considering what you ultimately want from the experience and engine. Part 1 walks you through the basics.
How to Cure Carburetor Stumble
Cure the bog and sluggish response on your Holley four-barrel carburetor by properly adjusting the accelerator pump assembly.