CarTech Authors at Petersen Automotive Museum Book Signing

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has announced that it will host its first Automotive Authors Book Signing on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The event, which will benefit the museum’s library and educational programs, will give automotive enthusiasts the chance to meet their favorite automotive book authors. The authors will discuss the history of the automobile, in addition to talking about their own books and experiences, according to the museum.

Among the authors will be Pat Ganahl, author of Lost Hot Rods: Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found, and Michael Harrington, author of Rusty Pickups: American Workhorses Put to Pasture.

The authors will be introduced and give their presentations in the museum’s Racing Corridor from 2–3 p.m. The book signing will run from 3–5 p.m. in the museum’s Grand Salon.

For more information, please visit http://www.petersen.org

CarTech Editor Wins Real Street Eliminator Competition

CarTech Editor Scott Parkhurst and his 1967 Chevelle Wagon (yes, wagon) took home the gold in this year's Car Craft Summer Nationals "Real Street Eliminator" competition.



Scott's car made 579 horsepower and 594 ft-lbs of torque at the rear wheels on the dyno run. He scored a 4.26 in the speed-stop, actually setting a new record! The launchbox was a 130-foot launch and stop within a small box at the end. Scott finished fourth overall on the unbelievably tight autocross course.

All this earned Scott and his '67 Chevelle Wagon enough points to win first place in the pre-1985 muscle car class.

Congratulations Scott!




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David Vizard Seminars

The latest seminar to be presented in September 2011 and hosted by Myron Cottrell TPI Specialities at Chaska Minnesota follows on from the highly successful three day event held at the University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) March 2011.

This seminar is a streamlined version of the Ohio event and will take place over two days.

Sponsored by Goodson Tools and Supply and Engine Builder Magazine, it is about finding additional output from high performance and competition engines by dealing with the concepts involved in a way unique to David Vizard. In a word it’s about combinations.

For more information, please visit
www.davidvizardseminars.com

Click here to purchase a copy of David Vizard's How to Build Horsepower.

Click here to purchase a copy of David Vizard's How to Build Max-Performance Chevy Big-Blocks on a Budget.

David Vizard Seminars

The University of Northwestern Ohio and Engine Builder Magazine have teamed up to sponsor a weekend seminar presented by engine guru and CarTech author David Vizard. The seminar is scheduled to begin the evening of Friday, March 11 through the mid-afternoon of Sunday, March 13, 2011.

The “How to Build Horsepower” seminar is about how to find additional output from high performance and competition engines by dealing with what Vizard calls "combinations." He claims that a pile of "trick" parts do not make a winning engine, rather it is about finding the perfect combination and optimization of individual engine components.

Throughout the seminar Vizard will discuss the secret to optimal intake-to-exhaust flow ratios, why making more Dyno Horsepower may be a mistake, how you can win races by slowing down the rest of the field, and what the most important number is when dealing with camshafts.

For more information, please visit
www.davidvizardseminars.com

Click here to purchase a copy of David Vizard's How to Build Horsepower.