05.08.2009DI Engine Guide - Direct Injection
DI Engine Guide - Direct InjectionIn a few years every new engine will feature direct injection. Here's what it is, how it works, and why it's a good thing for hot rodding.Gasoline direct injection [
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Corvette Z06, Fahrbericht Corvette Z06 1539
Heimlich, still und leiseHeinlich, still und leise geht mit einer Corvette Z06 eigentlich gar nichts. der 512-PS-Bomber ist, wenn man ihm die Sporen gibt, das pure Gegentel dieser drei Attribute. Ganz [...]
First On Race Day (and in muddy alleys, too)
I grew up with Fords. In fact, the first car I ever drove was this '72 Ford F-250, and I drove it hard. Me and my buddy, Van Tune (who went on to become editor of Motor Trend magazine), [...]
Toyota Supra von Titanracing
Auf eine Leistung von 900 PS bringt es dieses orangene Monster aus Berlin - mit TÜV versteht sich. Tempo 300 liegt nach zügigen 14,4 Sekunden an. Na Porst Mahlzeit. [...]
The Final Fred Files ... and a great surprise
OK, race fans, here's my final installment of the Fred Files, select images from a CD offered to me by former Division 1 Photographer Fred von Sholly. Fred had only offered them to the National [...]
The Fred Files, part 3
Based on the volume of e-mails received, a lot of readers of this column seem to have attended East Coast match races in the early 1970s. I'm pretty sure that Fred von Sholly could get elected [...]
We interrupt your regular programming
Gosh, I hate to miss a deadline. In the 27-plus years of working for National DRAGSTER and a few years before that freelancing for various magazines, I can probably count on my fingers (though I may [...]
The Seattle Time Machine
Al Kean has been a loyal reader of this column from the start and also of National DRAGSTER. The Canadian race fan might best be remembered by his fellow fans for grabbing this amazing [...]