Aeromotive Fuels 50th Anniversary Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Dragster
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Mustang Cobra Jet, Ford Performance unveiled its new limited production, drag racing special Cobra Jet. Fueling this new machine down the track is Aeromotive’s Pro Series Fuel pump.
Video: Engine of the Week – World’s Largest 527 cid LS1 Engine
Used for race engines, endurance engines, drag engines, and for street cars, this world’s largest LS1 engine built by Erik Koenig of HorsePower Research is one impressive engine build.
Engine of the Week – 537 cid LS1
527 cid LS1 Erik Koenig | HorsePower Research McKinney, TX When it comes to engine size, people never want to go smaller – they only want to go bigger and bigger. Well, those people are in luck. Erik Koenig, the majority owner of HorsePower Research in McKinney, TX, builds the largest LS1 engine in the world
Royal Purple to Host Drag Racing Outperformers at NHRA World Finals
Royal Purple recently announced it will host NHRA drag racers and Royal Purple sponsored drivers Cade Poe, Sergeant Scott Graham and Tim Wilkerson in its Mobile Marketing Unit at the NHRA World Finals in Pomona, Calif., November 10-13.
2016 Woodward Dream Cruise To Include Drag Racing
Car enthusiasts who have dreamed of burning rubber on legendary Woodward Avenue will have their chance to do it legally during the “Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge.”
PRI Show to Hold All-new Race Industry Week Events
Known as “The Annual Epicenter of New Racing Technology,” this year’s PRI Trade Show takes place December 12-14 at the recently renovated Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Showcasing more than 1100 exhibiting companies while drawing 40,000-plus motorsports professionals from around the globe, the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show will be better than ever when it returns to
Sportsman Drag Racing Engine Rules
Dragracing – lining up next to the other guy and seeing who’s got the beststuff – remains an incredibly popular sport, for both spectators andparticipants. Although multi-lap circle track and road racingcompetition may have received the lion’s share of media attention overthe past several years, mashing the throttle and driving to the finishline is good
‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits to Return to NHRA Drag Racing
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits is making a comeback to NHRA competition forthe first time since 2003, driving his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak byMopar into the heat of NHRA Stock eliminations at the Mac Tools U.S.Nationals on Labor Day weekend. His historic first run in the Drag Pakwill be on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in A/Stock Automatic
Drag Racing Engines
From the early days of drag racing up until the recent past, racers built everything for their cars themselves, from the engines and chassis to the shop equipment. Most racing teams pulled their racecars to the track behind the family station wagon or pickup truck. The personalities who participated in the sport were as colorful
Building Drag Racing Engines and Modification Work
Although drag strips are far outnumbered by oval tracks in the United States – approximately 1,043 oval tracks to just 295 drag strips – the number of competitors in drag racing nearly equals those in the circle track ranks. The NHRA alone has more than 35,000 licensed members. One reason might be that virtually any
496 cid Big Block Chevy Engine
Mark Fisher has one badass ’32 Ford pickup. The hot rod has won twice at Drag Week and now twice at the Summit Midwest Drags, which is thanks to an 800+ horsepower Big Block Chevy engine. Check it out!
Tom Bailey’s Twin-Turbo 615 Big Block Chevy Engine in Sick Seconds 1.0
Tom Bailey is making waves recently in the go-fast world thanks to his new event Sick Week. However, Tom is no stranger to drag racing as his 1969 Camaro named Sick Seconds 1.0 has won Drag Week twice. We take a look at the Steve Morris Engines-built twin-turbo 615 cubic inch big block Chevy under the hood.
3,000-HP Twin-Turbo 427 cid LS Engine
Stefan Rossi of ACE Racing Engines recently took a month off from building customer engines in an effort to focus on rebuilding his 1966 Chevy Nova SS drag car equipped with a twin-turbo 427 LS engine to compete at Drag Week. He didn’t end up making it to Michigan this year, but he still wound up with a 3,000+ hp LS build. Check it out!
Chassis Dynos Explained: Part 2
We join Steve in his shop as he puts this twin 66mm turbo LQ9 through the paces on the chassis dyno. The customer is looking to get some more horsepower out of it for Drag Week.
427 cid N/A LS Engine
Jim Gray is an engine builder of high end drag race, circle track and street performance engines. When a business partnership in his previous business went south, he sold the shop and was quickly given a new opportunity by Larry Jeffers. Gray now builds engines like this 427 cid LS engine at Bullet Racing Engines. Find out what went into this naturally aspirated Drag Week build.
413 cid Small Block Chevy Engine
Eddie Miller first built this 413 cid small block Chevy engine 16 years ago. His customer and life-long friend recently brought it in for a rebuild due to mileage and a bad roller. Miller’s shop, The Engine Works, rebuilt the 413 SBC engine with a goal of competing in Hot Rod’s Drag Week 2018. Find out what went into the rebuild.
Twin-Turbo 572 cid Big Block Chevy Engine
Bryant Goldstone and his AMC Javelin are drag-and-drive staples. Consistently running 6-second ETs, the car is powered by a twin-turbo big block Chevy engine built by Bryant’s father-in-law Norm. We caught up with the two of them at Sick Week 2024.
Twin-TorqStorm-Supercharged 454 cid Big Block Chevy Engine
It had been more than two decades since Val Morris of Steve Morris Engines was behind the wheel of a drag car. This Chevy Malibu with a twin-supercharged 454 big block Chevy engine was her forray into drag-and-drive, and now she wants to go even faster!
Jason Sack’s Cowboy Up Nova Gets Steve Morris Engine’s SML – Part 1
Jason Sack’s Cowboy Up Nova was already a formidable drag-and-drive streetcar capable of 200 mph 7-second quarter mile ETs and 2,200 horsepower. However, the quest for more power and performance is never done, and that’s where Steve Morris Engines comes in and the new SML engine platform. Watch as Steve readies an SML for Jason’s
615 cid Big Block Chevy Nitrous Engine
It’s no secret that turbochargers dominate the power adders seen in drag-and-drive events, and to a lesser degree, superchargers. However, very few competitors resort to nitrous. Graham Hayes is one of those nitrous believers, and his Buck Racing Engines-built 615 cid big block Chevy engine put on a strong performance all five days of Sick Week 2023. Check it out.
