The Protouring Network

Borgeson Steering Install: Doing It Right The Second Time Around

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Borgeson Steering Install: 1955 Bel Air Being cheap rarely pans out in your favor. On our project 1955 Bel Air, we keep finding parts on the car from the previous owners that were bought cheaply and now we are having to replace them. They say that being cheap costs more than double because you buy the cheap part, then have to pay again for the good and more expensive … [Read more...]

Clutch Diagnostics Guide by American Powertrain

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American Powertrain is known as the leader of overdrive transmissions. One thing we noticed recently on their site is that they now sell Centerforce Clutches. Clutches, especially in a car that sees cruising, auto crosses, and maybe even strip duty can be hard to figure out. Even harder than figuring out the right clutch, is figuring out what went wrong, when things go wrong. … [Read more...]

Project Way-Gone: Installing The Fine Details With Lokar

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Stopping and Going With Lokar Performance Products A crucial part of getting our Project Way-Gone '66 Chevelle Wagon going is being able to give it some gas by stomping on the gas pedal! For that we called up one of our favorite manufactures, Lokar Performance Products. While we were placing our order we also picked up a floor shifter to get that transmission in gear, awesome … [Read more...]

Plug and Play Power for 2003-’04 Mustang SVT Cobra ‘Terminators’

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AMP EFI’s MS3Pro ECU adds customized control for these special supercharged pony cars. GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA –When Ford’s Special Vehicles Team dubbed the supercharged Mustang Cobra “Terminator” in 2003, it was a nod to the pony car’s at-the-time incredible power numbers. Seventeen years later, it’s doubtful that SVT team could have ever imagined the added customized control … [Read more...]

The epic Big Red Camaro Build Book by Team Killeen

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Originally built for Dan Gottlieb and his son RJ in the fall of 1987 by Bill Osborne of Inland Chassis Design-Rialto, CA, Big Red was born with its Stock Car inspired frame tucked into the all steel ’69 Camaro body. RJ and Osborne unleashed the newly completed car at the 1988 La Carrera where it won, handily defeating all the Porsche Turbos and Ferraris. Big Red was later … [Read more...]

Air Ride Install With Ridetech Part Two: Installing Air Ride

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The Full Air Ride Install With Ridetech The time has come to really see what this Ridetech air ride is all about! Back in Part One we discussed some of the common misconceptions of air ride and how Ridetech has fixed all of those. We wanted to show that anybody can complete an air ride install so we did it ourselves in a driveway with fairly basic tools. We went ahead and took … [Read more...]

Truck Feature: Waylon Krumrie’s 1967 C10 “Able”

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Waylon Krumrie's 1967 C10 "Able" For over 15 years, Waylon Kain Krumrie, Sales Manager at TMI Products has been surrounded by some of the baddest cars and trucks in the automotive world. He's worked with the biggest builders  in our industry and helped come up with some of the coolest interiors out there. All while doing this though, he didn't have a ride of his own to tinker … [Read more...]

Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational 2019!

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Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational 2019! Every year we’re surprised by the level of competition at Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational. The level of drivers and cars increases exponentially as everybody strives to make their car the best of the best at OUSCI. This year, Chris “Smitty” Smith took the points championship for the series with the RideTech Track1 … [Read more...]

SEMA 2019 – The Biggest and Best Pro Touring Rides!

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SEMA 2019 Another year, another SEMA Show. I think every year we seemed to be blown away by the level of cars, but it just keeps getting better. What also keeps getting better is the Bluetooth driveshafts, unusable pinion angles, shoddy welds, and more Bro-Dozers than you could shake a stick at. If you’re on Facebook, make sure to go check out the new Facebook group, “SEMA … [Read more...]

Flying Sparks Garage’s Newest Ride: 1969 C20 “Garfield” Truck!

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Flying Sparks Garage's 1969 C20 Garfield Truck! It's been awhile since we've checked in with the Husband and Wife duo of Flying Sparks Garage. They have been busy! During Power Tour we caught up with them a bit and saw their latest build, a 1969 Chevy C20 truck with a utility bed. The paint job reminded them of a sly cartoon cat, so it's now named "Garfield!" Naturally this … [Read more...]