Selecting the proper turbocharger for your engine involves many considerations. Not only are the facts about your specific engine necessary, but equally important is the intended use for that engine. The most important approach to these … [Click here to read more...]
How to Build Racing Engines: Ignition Systems
As a rule, racing ignition systems aren’t particularly complicated. All you need is a power source and a means of distributing a high voltage (spark) to each cylinder at the proper time. In reality, it is far more complex. Racing ignition … [Click here to read more...]
Automotive Painting Guide: Commercial One Day Paint Jobs
You’ve got a car or truck that needs painting. But you can’t afford—or don’t want to pay—the two, three, or five thousand dollars it realistically costs to have a local body and paint shop do the work. Or maybe the vehicle in question really isn’t … [Click here to read more...]
Powder Coating: Supplies, Equipment and Preparation Guide
Powder coating requires substantially more investment in equipment and preparation than simply painting a part, but the results are worth it. When you have set up your powder coating area and prepped your first pieces for coating, it’s finally time … [Click here to read more...]
Drag Racing Warriors: Kroona & Sandberg
Kroona & Sandberg Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota, the team of Bruce Crandall, Dave Sandberg, and Dave Kroona took their drag racing seriously. Crandall and Sandberg partnered in the early 1960s and campaigned a number of Modifi ed Production … [Click here to read more...]
Automotive Bodywork: How to Clean, Model and Cut Sheetmetal
This chapter discusses the best ways to clean, model, and cut sheet-metal. These tasks are basic to all panel sectioning jobs, and to many fabrication projects. They are crucial to everything that follows. This Tech Tip is From the … [Click here to read more...]
Fundamentals of Automotive Electrical Connections and Connectors
In my opinion, this is the single most important chapter of this book. Nothing is more telling of your wiring skill than the quality and integrity of your connections. In addition, your connectivity makes or breaks the reliability of the circuit … [Click here to read more...]
Fine-Tuning Suspension for Maximum Traction
This chapter explains some of the methods to correct or adjust the rear suspension of your ill-handling race car. I discuss methods to improve the car’s 60-foot times. Once those are within reason, the rest of the run will be greatly simplified. … [Click here to read more...]
The Rise of Drag Racing
Looking back on the glory days of drag racing, it’s easy to see where the hobby got its roots, even though modern-day drag racing is so far away from its earliest beginnings. These days, drag racing is a highbrow business, with big-money … [Click here to read more...]
How to Build Racing Engines: Engine Bearings Guide
Virtually all modern engines use bearing shell inserts for the crankshaft, rods, and camshaft. Mains and rods use a split bearing with upper and lower half-shells. Cam bearings are mostly single-piece, ring-style inserts that are pressed in place … [Click here to read more...]