There is a good and bad thing about the use of an enclosed trailer.

The good part obviously is that your pride and joy stays safe and secure inside. The bad part is that it’s not always secure especially while traveling on the fine American highway system.

The problem is such that you really have no idea what’s happening inside your trailer as you ride down the road. We all have stories of things falling off walls and benches, tie downs coming loose, cars moving around, etc. If you don’t have a “story” yet, you will at some point in the future. All of which leads to this, tying your car down properly inside your trailer may be of equal importance to securing your seat belts before a run. Each car has their own idiosyncrasies and finding yours is the key. However, there are some basic steps you can follow to at least help alleviate some of the concerns.

Terry Cook's first two books bring to mind an African proverb lamenting, "When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground." Cook's figurative "library" is larger than most because he lived more lives than most cats, all the while collecting the kinds of insider stories that passed among the power players of hot rodding, drag racing, publishing, and the wider aftermarket industry that they were collectively creating. Luckily, this 79-year-old started gathering and typing them up before a vast and unique "library" of previously-unreported tales burned to the ground.

The automotive aftermarket continues to embrace the popular Big Block Chevrolet engine, as new cylinder head configurations and block designs are introduced on an ongoing basis. Industry-leading fastener manufacturer ARP —which currently has over 80 head stud kits to cover the myriad BBC block/head combinations— strives to cover the many new offerings and has recently introduced kits designed for use with Dart Pro 20°, Edelbrock Big Victor 12° and Big Victor 24° aluminum cylinder heads.

Basically speaking, there are two different harness design closures, a Latch & Link or what’s termed as a Camlock model. Both perform the same job as attaching each part of the harness together, but they offer varying pros and cons.

So why choose one model over another?

Strange Engineering continues to innovate with the addition of its new dynamic 2-piece stainless steel rotor- designed for today’s most abusive drag racing applications.

The Strange 2 piece rotor design has established itself as a superior brake option to the conventional one-piece and bolt-together rotor designs. As the speeds of today’s race cars continue to increase, the brake system experiences abusive loads that diminish the life of the rotor.

Sit back as EFI University's Ben Strader and Keith Jones from Total Seal discuss protecting your engine's surface finishes in this informative video presented during the Engine Performance Expo early in January.

Thanks to our friends over at the Engine Performance Expo, we are pleased to offer some of their finest instructional videos.

In this episode, veteran Ford-specialty engine builder Jon Kaase presents some tips to the art of engine assembly. You will get to see some of the tips and tracks its taken him 50 years to perfect.

GP-1 Assembly Gel is a specialized No-Drip formula designed to stay exactly where you apply it.

Not a traditional assembly lube nor a grease, it's a unique Gel compounded from Pennsylvania Petroleum. The GP-1 Assembly Gel contains Driven Racing Oil's proprietary zinc and molybdenum additive package contained within the compound for added wear protection at startup.

Driven Racing Oil's Kyle Fickler says many of the questions he fields throughout the course of the year pertains to break-in oil.

McLeod continues to expand their frictions and steels kits with the addition of the 2020 Chevrolet Mid-Engine Corvette C8 application. Each kit contains high performance frictions and steels for the TR-9080 DCT 8-speed. The kits are available to order now and are expected to ship in January.