Performance Tech Articles

How To Pick The Right Spring Rate - Rated A For Fun

"Everything" may be a rather vague term, but when trying to figure out what factors determine the ideal spring rate for a car, it's pretty darn accurate nonetheless. To put it succinctly, anything that adds or removes weight from a car affects the optimal stiffness of a spring. more

1994 Pontiac Formula Circle D Specialties Converter Update - LT1 Formula Project Update

Following some last minute changes at Tune Time Performance in Toms River, NJ (before its chariot ride down the coast to our new home base in Tampa, FL), our LT1 Formula project car got a little help in the sixty-foot department thanks to Circle D Specialties. more

2001 Chevy Camaro SS Rollcage & Interior Makeover - Safety Fast

If you have been following along with our '01 Camaro SS, known as the STi Killer, you should be all too familiar with its current state of affairs. more

2010 Chevy Camaro SS Magnuson TVS Supercharger Install - Wake Up Maggie

As impressive as the new 2010 Camaro is, there are few who would argue it doesn't need a bit more power. OK, a lot more power. Now in its fifth generation, the Camaro has become more refined, more sophisticated, and unfortunately, substantially heavier. more

Chevy Small-Block, Big-Block & Transmission Building Books - Web Exclusive

How to build small-block Chevy engines for maximum performance. more

Summit Racing World Speed Shop - CHP Insider

It's a drill every gearhead can relate to: turn 18, get a credit card, order up go-fast goodies from Summit Racing, and then repeat on a monthly basis for the rest of your adult existence. more

Chevy El Camino Steering Components Upgrade - Directional Change

It's hard to believe-and it won't be long now-but the El Camino is nearly on its feet, literally. Originally, our plans for Project Brutus blueprinted a corner-carving street car. more

Detroit Speed Subframe Connector Kit Install - Project Gets Integrated Rails

A lot of good things can be said about the evolution from the first to second generation Camaro. For example, the '70-81 cars had vastly improved suspension geometry, larger factory wheelwells, and a more aerodynamic fuselage style body. more

1992 GMC Typhoon LS1 Engine Upgrade - Conversion Immersion

If you've been into performance for a long time, it's very possible that the following applies to you as well. Like many performance addicts, Dan Marks of Wonder Lake, Illinois, caught the bug in his teens and he's never been able to shake it. more

Supercharger Kits - Properly Prepping For Boost

Supercharging the engine in your Mopar can be a fun way to add power, but it's not as easy as simply bolting on the blower. more

Installing Procharger HO Intercooled System - Hemi Under Pressure

We Install Procharger's New HO Supercharger Kit On Our '09 Challenger R/T For Impressive Results more

Performance Front Subframe and Suspension Swap - Makeover!

While the ultimate objective for Project F73 has been pretty clear in our minds since the beginning, we've only recently gotten serious about making solid progress and final decisions on the parts needed to get there. more

The Tuning School's EFI Tuning Class - Knowledge Is Power

And, yes, your friends in the parking lot won't notice your new books or technical abilities, but this is much more important than those things. more

1999 Chevy Camaro Street Legal Cylinder Head, Camshaft & Intake Manifold Upgrades - Bookin' By The Book, Part 4

When CT joined the project car fleet, it was a bone-stock 1999 Camaro SS. more

2001 Pontiac Firehawk ACT's Street Clutch Kit Install - From The Hip

This is especially true when you purchase a modified car like the 2001 Firehawk Melvin Benzaquen recently acquired. more

2010 Chevy Camaro Induction & Exhaust Upgrades - Bump, Fiddle, And Flow

We first sampled a 2010 Camaro SS six-speed car in the September 2009 issue as Howard Tanner of Redline Motorsports (Schenectady, NY) brought his car to Englishtown Raceway Park for some quarter-mile fun. more

3 Different Ways To Supercharge Your Mopar - There's No Bad Way To Be Blown

Roots-Style, Screw-Type, And Centrifugal Superchargers Offer Three Ways To Supercharge Your Mopar more

Boss 351 Cylinder Iron Blocks - Big Brother - Boss 351 Block

Meet The Ford Racing Boss 302's Sizable Sibling more

Installing A Hemi D.U.I Distributor - Fire That Hemi

New One-Piece Distributor For Your Hemi more

January 2010 Chevy Performance Parts & Accessories - CHP Parts

If you want to stray away from custom one-off cylinder heads but still retain and match OE specs for valve angle, intake port size, and configuration-as well as combustion chamber design, the RHS Pro Torker is the ticket. more

Installing MPG-MAX G Water-Meth System - More For Less - Methanol-Injection Mileage

Water-Meth Helps An '07 'Stang Make Better Mileage And Ping-Free Power With Regular Unleaded Gasoline more

Coker Vintage Tire Insight - CHP Insider

There's good reason why his friends call him the Indiana Jones of the tire business. That's because until Corky Coker came along, collector car enthusiasts were in a real pickle. more

1972 Chevy Nova Alternator Replacement - Mr. Amp - CHP Step By Step

While most DIY-ers out there don't necessarily have a car full of expensive electronic devices to run, we do, however, still need a properly charged battery for cold-cranking in the winter months. more

Oval Port Small Block Cylinder Heads - Little Package, Big Hero

Cylinder head technology is an ever-growing evolution and these days, conventional 23 degree heads have never been better. more

1966 Chevy Chevelle Gear Vendor Unit Install - Split Decision

It shouldn't be this way though. Running through the streets is always a good time; however, drivers should also be able to experience the open road where cruising at 70 mph and above (if you dare) is the norm. more