Speedway Tech Team Articles

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Instructions on how to install a PerTronix Ignitor Kit in an old flathead distributor for a flathead V8.

The history behind the Edelbrock Slingshot Intake Manifold for a Flathead Ford V8 engine. Learn why it was designed and how you can add it to your hot rod as a conversation piece.

A guide on maintaining a sprint car front suspension. Learn tips and tricks on how to prevent problems at the track. Clean and inspect your bearings, spindles and hubs for ultimate success.

You can slip these Finned Aluminum Buick Brake Drums on to any one of our 1937-48 Ford hubs or 12x2 Bendix brakes. No machining. No re-drilling. Not a cover. Just classic hotrod style.

Do you have a project that will require you to build your own 4-link bars? Here's a demonstration on how to determine the bar length, weld the parts and assemble the links using steel tube ends weld bungs and forged 4-bar rod ends.

Learn the proper steps in upgrading your air cleaner assembly to ensure clean air, allowing your engine to more easily make the power that it should.

Follow along as Kyle Vanover share tips on how to keep your shocks clean.

Kyle Vanover explains the results of tires rubbing on shocks. Check out this video and give the Speedway Motors Shock Tech department a call for assistance.

In this episode, we crunch the numbers to see which engine really gave us the biggest bang for the buck! Between our BluePrint 383 crate engine and our junkyard special LS, which one will come out on top?