South Elgin High Automotive Team Ready For National Competition -

South Elgin High Automotive Team Ready For National Competition

South Elgin's automotive technology engine teardown team is ready to compete in the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge being held in Las Vegas.

ElginSouth Elgin’s automotive technology engine teardown team (South Elgin High School, South Elgin, IL) is ready to compete in the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge being held in Las Vegas.

From the Daily Herald:

Five South Elgin High School automotive students will compete at the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge Tuesday through Friday in Las Vegas.

Students from throughout the country will race against the clock and each other as they tear down an engine and reassemble it. Competition participants will be eligible to win scholarships.

South Elgin’s automotive technology engine teardown team did a practice run this week. Students scrambled around a small block Chevrolet V-8 engine Thursday after school for about eight minutes, until every part of the engine was on a table.

Click HERE to read the entire article about the South Elgin High automotive team on the Daily Herald website.

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