DIY Projects
How To Build Your Project Car On A Budget
It’s done. You’ve pulled the trigger on that project car or truck and dragged it home. Here’s what you can get done with a budget from $50 to $2,500. [More…]
Technical Info
Technical Info
Speed Secrets ~ From Junkyard 5.3L to 600HP 383 Stroker Engine
How to get Major Power out of a Junkyard 5.3L Engine? Turn it into a 383 Stroker! COMP Cams shows you the way to the 600HP range. [More…]
DIY Projects
DIY Budget Cylinder Head Rebuild
These tips will work on SB or BB Chevy, Ford and Mopar engines – pulling valve stem seals, removing valve springs, lapping valves, checking valve seat seal, cleaning aluminum heads and more… [More…]
DIY Projects
Budget Sound Deadening Alternatives to Dynamat
Nothing ruins a sweet ride more than vibrations and doors that rattle. Here’s how to sound deaden and insulate your ride on a budget. [More…]
Roadkill Muscle
Chevy Monte Carlo ~ Everything You Need to Know
The car built to destroy Ford Thunderbirds on the oval. Here’s everything you need to know about the Chevrolet Monte Carlo. [More…]
Technical Info
Racing Your 700R4/4L60E? START With THESE Basic Upgrades
You want to race your 700R4/4L60E transmission, here are the minimum upgrades to help your driveline stay in one piece at the race track. [More…]
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Will a Gas Engine Run on Charcoal Lighter Fluid?
Charcoal lighter fluid is tested as a gasoline substitute in EFI, carbureted, and (see-through) Wankel rotary engines. [More…]
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The Science Of Flatness
Flatness is an often misrepresented property of our own intuition. Many of the objects we consider flat, pale in comparison to surfaces manufactured to actually be flat. It’s also a property that our industrialized world [More…]
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The Spark Plug Story
The first documented use of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine was attributed to the Belgian Engineer Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir in 1859. Lenoir is known for developing the first internal combustion engine, [More…]
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4L60 vs 4L80 Transmission for Your LS Swap
The Driveway Engineer helps you answer the 4L60 vs 4L80 transmission question for your LS swap, but cautions; stop wasting $ on Built 4L60’s. [More…]
Roadkill Muscle
Barracuda ~ Everything You Need To Know
Plymouth gave us the Barracuda! A car so cool that the rock band Heart wrote a song about it. [More…]
Technical Info
The Surprising Reason Cars Sound Different
Why does a Ford Mustang with a V6 sound nothing like a Nissan 350z with a V6 as well? And why does a Mazda RX-7 just sound so sick? [More…]
Roadkill Muscle
David Freiburger ~ Great Zip Tie Moments
We’re all in agreement that the humble zip tie is one of the most helpful tools you can have around if you’re working on a car. These are favorite zip tie moments… [More…]
Technical Info
What’s the Power Difference: 2.5 Inch vs 3 Inch Exhaust
Decide if 2 1/2 inch or 3 inch mufflers make more sense for your application with answers about power, tuning, and weight differences. [More…]
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Automatic vs Manual Transmission ~ Which is Faster in a Drag Race?
It’s an age-old question in drag racing: is an automatic faster than a manual transmission? [More…]
Roadkill Muscle
AMC ~ Everything You Need To Know
Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford — we all know them, but what about the small American company that gave them a run for their money? [More…]
Technical Info
Tri-5 Chevrolets ~ What Makes Them So Great?
Ridetech goes to the 2019 Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Kentucky to find out why 1955-1957 Chevrolets make such great Hot Rods. [More…]
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5 Cars You’d Never Guess Shared Engines
A common presumption is that all expensive sports and supercars have unique and complicated engines. While that may be true in many cases; Ferrari, Lamborghini or McLaren, for example, there are many other sports cars with much more humble motors borrowed from ordinary vehicles… [More…]
