Hot Rod
Take Five: John Hotchkis
THE PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION PIONEER DISCUSSES HIS ROOTS IN DESIGN, RACING, AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF THE PERFORMANCE AFTERMARKET
9 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
Shop Talk: How to Check Piston to Valve Clearance
In all but the most mild engine builds, taking extra time to check piston-to-valve clearance is good insurance. In any four-cycle gasoline engine, there is one point in the combustion event where the piston and valves can be very close to each other—at top dead center (TDC) of the exhaust stroke.
2 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
ONE OF A KIND
BRETT HANKINS OWNS THIS HAND-BUILT ALUMINUM-BODY WILLYS
3 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
Build a 501-Inch Ford Big-Block Torque Monster
In the five decades since Ford’s “Lima” series V8 first debuted with 460 cubic inches under the hood of the 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III, the mighty canted-valve big-block has earned a solid reputation for durability and ease of modification. Though factory high-performance development maxed out in 1971 with the 370hp 429 CJ-R, you don’t need a rare muscle car core engine to get plenty of power.
6 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
TEN YEARS AFTER
Murray Pfaff’s Genre-Defying Imperial Speedster Continues to Drop Jaws and Defy Convention
6 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
Build an 800hp 6.4L Hemi, No Boost, No Nitrous
Byron Walker at Modern Muscle Xtreme (MMX) built a 14.0:1 compression, 7,000-rpm, 454-inch Gen III Hemi screamer that makes 800 hp.
4 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
Automotive Artifacts
I’m going to need everyone to conform to my morals when it comes to automotive artifacts, ok? This rant is a followup to my last column in which I described a road trip I recently executed upon old Route 66. Dozens of glorious ruins of America’s roadside history were spotted, but one of them hit me extra hard. It was just an old sign. In Carthage, Missouri, lies a shambled building with the hand-painted name G&E Tire Co. ghosted through the bricks, and at the building’s corner at Oak Street and McGregor Boulevard there’s a fascinating protuberance: a simple brown, metal fabrication with remnants of neon tubes and lettering that says De Soto Plymouth.
2 min |
June 2020
Hot Rod
ALPHA OMEGA
HOLLEY’S LATEST PROJECT LEADS THE PACK FOR EFI PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
3 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
TWO ERAS TWO ICONS
AN UNBROKEN SPIRIT SEPARATED BY ONE DIGIT AND 45 YEARS
10 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
Oom Pah Pow!: Affalterbach Takes the Gloves Off
AMG'S MIDDLEWEIGHT SUV BRAWLER HITS HARD
3 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
Interview: Joe Eberhardt
President and CEO, Jaguar Land Rover North America
6 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
THE ORIGINAL VERSUS ITS MOST-INTRIGUING VERSION
7 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
Master of Illusion
BMW BULDS A5, 400-LB SPORTS CAR SHAPED LIKE AN SUV
4 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
JUST IN CASE
THE MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT AND MOST POWERFUL CR-V IS FINALLY HERE
3 min |
June 2020
Motor Trend
FACTORY BACKED
THESE OVERLANDING TRUCKS AND SUVS WILL GET OUT AND BACK WITHOUT DESTROYING YOUR WARRANTY
8 min |
June 2020
Street Trucks
LAID BLACK
Hondo’s Street Machine Going for Gold
3 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
THE SECOND ANNUAL F-100 REUNION
IT WAS GREAT THE FIRST TIME. LET’S DO IT AGAIN!
2 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
Protect Your Patina
TIPS AND TRICKS TO RETAIN YOUR RUST
5 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
PHARR OUT
1958 Chevrolet Apache Dream Comes True
5 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
LUCY
Perfection, Perfected
3 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
FAMILY AFFAIR
Building an ’86 Mazda B2000 and a Life Together
5 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
DIY OR DIE
A Hands-on Approach to Building a Classic Chevy Truck
7 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
BAREMETAL
Reinventing What’s Cool
8 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
FUN IN THE SUN
LONESTAR THROWDOWN 2020
2 min |
May 2020
Street Trucks
BARBECUIN' WITH BOW TIES
ANOTHER VISIT TO DINO’S GIT DOWN
2 min |
May 2020
Diesel World
PROJECT OBSESSED
PART SIX: BUCKBOARD DELETE
10+ min |
June 2020
Four Wheeler
Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
PICKUP TRUCK OF THE YEAR
4 min |
June 2020
Four Wheeler
BACKWARD GLANCES
Frozen In Time: A Like-New, Unrestored ’77 Bronco
4 min |
June 2020
Four Wheeler
WORKING REMOTELY
Aaron Meyer’s ’06 Jeep Wrangler works well at both four-wheeling and Overlanding. You might be surprised to learn it also tows
6 min |
June 2020
Four Wheeler
High Five
LS-powered, 1-ton K5
3 min |