Prove It!- Heatshield Sticky Shield Heat Barrier
Heatshield’s Sticky Shield is supposed to reject 90% of radiant heat, but how will it fare against extreme direct flame? Heat is the enemy of just about everything in [...]
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Holley Introduces Color Display for Holley EFI Systems
At the 2014 SEMA show, Holley introduced a new, color digital display that works in conjunction with their EFI computers (HP, Dominator, Eliminator, Avenger). It is a cool [...]
Don’t be dirty. with grease.
One of the biggest complaints that a gearhead faces with our spouses is greasy hands. While being elbow-deep in 40 year-old engine grease and road grime is not a big deal to [...]
Introducing the Street Tech Fold-Up Cruisers Series
The RDR Corvette looks almost as good on paper as it does in real life! Growing up in the 70s and 80s, my generation was the last of the low-tech kids. We actually played [...]
The 2014 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational
100 of the Nation’s Highest-Performing Street Cars Duke it Out After the SEMA Show By Scott Parkhurst Images Courtesy of OPTIMA Batteries For the seventh consecutive year, [...]
An Unfortunate Series Of Fluid Dynamics
I’d rather deal with a spun rod bearing than a fluid leak. Over the past couple of years, the garage concrete underneath my 1966 Mustang has been freckled with little red [...]
Holiday Special!
Gearheads can be hard to buy for. Either they already have all the stuff they want, or the stuff they want is too pricey or complicated for the non-gearhead to buy. Make it [...]
GM EFI Tuning for Beginners
If you’ve been around the GM EFI scene, whether it is perusing the messageboards, races, car shows, etc. then perhaps you have heard of the dreaded torque management. This [...]
2014 Mustang GT vs 1967 Mustang GTA Agility Test
Classic cars are the subject of many tales of misadventure and performance. Go to any cruise night and you will hear all about how “my brother had one of those 67 [...]
The Science of Speed, Pt 1
Cutaway rendering of the all-new LT4 supercharged V8 engine for the 2015 Corvette Z06. Seen in the rendering is componentry that makes the new engine one of the most [...]