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Circle Track Tire Selection And Stagger
Selecting tire sizes and predicting changes in stagger is somewhat a “black art.” The top teams always have a... more |
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N352 Heads & N351 Heads - Cast-Iron Confusion
Who needs soap operas when we’ve got racing? Mostly, the wild rumors, back-room dealings, and unsubstantiated gossip are... more |
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NASCAR Winston Cup Engine - Technology Transfer, Part I
Editor’s Note: Months in planning, this multi-part series deals with fundamental areas of engine building used in... more |
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Circle Track Tire Selection.and Stagger
Managing Front And Rear Stagger more |
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Crankshaft Tech - Let’s Torque About Crankshafts
Converting cylinder pressure into crankshaft torque, particularly since these pressures produce intermittent loads,... more |
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Maximizing Your Carburetor
How do you turn your out-of-the-box carburetor into a Street Stock performer so you can edge out the competition?... more |
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Building A Better Pit Crew
Being a pit crew member in today’s motorsports world is much akin to being a professional football player. Making a... more |
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Custom-Painted Helmets - Beautiful Bucket
Mark Kerttula makes it look easy. With nothing more complex than an airbrush and an idea in his head, he regularly turns... more |
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What You Need To Be A Pit Warrior
Every warrior has his uniform. Knights of old had suits of armor and modern-day soldiers have their battle gear. Today’s... more |
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Carburetor Tuning - Deep Breathing
The problem with racing—at least from a promoter’s point of view—is racers have gotten good at it. The... more |
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Fire Extinguisher - Snuffing Out The Fire
Every time you strap into your race car and there's fuel in the tank, the possibility of a fire exists. The last thing you... more |
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Head And Neck Restraints
If you’ve followed racing for the past two years, then you know what a head-and-neck restraint system is. You know why... more |
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Transmission Weight Reduction - The Tranny Diet
Everything that has mass has a “moment of inertia,” the energy required to spin an object about its axis. The... more |
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World Products Race Heads - World Beaters
Cylinder-head design can be a tough code to decipher. Port volumes, runner lengths, chamber and bowl designs, valve sizes and... more |
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Your Racing Seat: An Intro To Selection
There is a lot more to your racing seat than having a comfortable place from which to race. Comfort is... more |
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Brake System Efficiency - Short Track Brakes
It may not seem obvious at first, but it’s an undeniable fact in circle-track racing that you’ve got to have good... more |
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Piston Ring Tech - Ringing Up New Power
For years piston rings were paid little attention by either racers or engine builders. They are small, fairly straightforward... more |
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Advanced Piston Ring Configuration - Ringing Up New Power
Check out the huge advancements made in the design of piston rings used in some high end engine configurations! more |
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Clutch Basics 101
If you’re a racer, you know that the clutch is the vital linkage between the engine and the transmission. If you... more |
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Cylinder Block Honing - Honed To Perfection
It is widely recognized that cast, machined metal parts tend to have “memory” created from internal stresses. In... more |
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Dirt Car Shock Tuning
Dirt racing is increasingly becoming a buy-it-and-bolt-it-on sport. One of the few ways to get an advantage over the next guy... more |
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Shock Absorber - Shock Dyno - Reading Between The Lines
At every level of racing shock tuning is becoming increasingly important. These days it’s the rare NASCAR Winston Cup... more |
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Understanding Your Shock Absorbers
What’s inside your shocks and what can you do with them to help your race car’s handling on the track? To get a... more |
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Need A New Front Clip?
Don’t worry, it happens to everybody. Bumps and scrapes, that type of thing. We’re not talking about your... more |
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Anti-Dive - Suspension Tech
Anti-dive is a suspension parameter that affects the amount of suspension deflection when the brakes are applied. When a... more |
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