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Race Car Carburetor Tuning with Innovate’s Wideband Air/Fuel Gauge

Race Car Carburetor Tuning with Innovate’s Wideband Air/Fuel Gauge
Jason Gulledge races a Street Stock on dirt tracks in the Southeast. Like most racers running out of their own pockets, he'd already maxed out the budget on the race car. So when he blew an engine unexpectedly, it was a big hit to his racing program. Gulledge was able to scrape together enough dough to…
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The World’s Only 1,000 Horsepower, 260 Cubic Inch Chevy SB2

The World’s Only 1,000 Horsepower, 260 Cubic Inch Chevy SB2
Here at The Horsepower Monster, we love unique engine builds--and this one definitely qualifies. We always enjoy visiting the shops of Keith Dorton, owner of Automotive Specialists in Concord, NC, because he's always building something cool. This particular engine came about when the Hotrod Hoodlums land speed racing team out of Texas asked Keith to…
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Building Ford Race Engines for the Daytona 500

Building Ford Race Engines for the Daytona 500
Here's a fun video I had the opportunity to produce for my friends at Roush Yates Engines a few months back. They wanted something to celebrate the beginning of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup racing season, so we came up with this concept about building a Ford FR9 race engine that will go into one…
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One of a Kind V12 Ford

One of a Kind V12 Ford
Jan Baker had an idea. A longtime racing fan, he always felt like Ford should have built a V12 engine to compete with the likes of Ferrari at LeMans back in the '60s. Of course, Ford never built a V12 for racing, so Baker took matters into his own hands and built one himself. Baker…
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Great Racing Action from Lancaster (SC) Motor Speedway

Great Racing Action from Lancaster (SC) Motor Speedway
  We love heading off to the dirt track for a Saturday night of dirty racing action. Lancaster Motor Speedway is our local dirt track in Lancaster, SC. The Late Models are usually the headlining class, but the lower levels can really mix it up too. One of our favorites is the Vintage class. The…
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Our (Mis)Adventures Painting the Horsepower Monster Project Camaro

Our (Mis)Adventures Painting the Horsepower Monster Project Camaro
Patina is popular these days, but the kind of dead silver paint, road rash and random rattle-can primer that came on our $2,200 Camaro was just plain ugly. Still, our 1978 Camaro is a project car, and the beginning of a project is no time to invest in an expensive paint job. We originally thought…
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How to Measure the Chamber Volume of Your Cylinder Heads

How to Measure the Chamber Volume of Your Cylinder Heads
Being able to check volumes is critical for anyone building engines. You can calculate your engine's compression ratio based on what you think the combustion chamber volume in your cylinder heads might be, and what the catalog says the volume of the valve pockets in your pistons should be--but you are really just hoping unless…
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