Automotive
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7 Key Things to Consider When Building a Performance Short-Block
Building a performance engine isn’t difficult, and it doesn’t have to be expensive, but it does take knowledge and planning.
10 min |
December 2020
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What's a Throwout Bearing? We Tell You Here!
HOT ROD Explains What a Throwout Bearing is and How it Works
3 min |
November 2020
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How To Repair Your Dash and Flock the Top!
Flocking is a simple, DIY process that adds a custom touch that is highly functional.
5 min |
November 2020
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The Rake
Rolling Into the Past With This Nostalgic 1934 Ford Coupe
3 min |
November 2020
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LS CYLINDER HEADS: SHOOTOUT AND CAM TEST
More than 20 years after the first Gen III LS1 V8 rolled off the assembly line for the 1997 Corvette, it seems there are LS cylinder heads everywhere, and even more stories that have tested and recommended various performance upgrades in the LS cylinder head department.
8 min |
November 2020
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THE DAY ORGANIZED DRAG RACING WAS BORN
Organized drag racing celebrates its 70th birthday on July 2, 2020.
3 min |
November 2020
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Build a Muscle Truck
GM’S POPULAR GMT400 PICKUPS ARE SEEING A SURGE IN AFTERMARKET PERFORMANCE PARTS
10 min |
November 2020
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ON THE SCENE: Rare “Big Daddy” Roth Photos!
1950 Olds Rocket 88Powered Mysterion.
3 min |
November 2020
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The Brute!
We make 875 hp with a 565-inch Big-Block Chevy
4 min |
November 2020
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GUIDED MISSILE
THIS PRO MOD ’67 MUSTANG PULLS MORE THAN 3G OFF THE STARTING LINE AND CAN RUN THE EIGHTH-MILE IN 3.66 SECONDS.
5 min |
November 2020
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A SCOT'S HONOR
Persistence Pays off With the Build of this 1959 Studebaker Scotsman Pickup
4 min |
November 2020
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New Life for Old Gauges
How Redline Gauge Works Updates Old Factory Gauges to Work with Modern Electrical Accessories While Retaining Their Original Appearance
10 min |
October 2020
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The Kookie T Is Back!
The Restoration of Norm Grabowski’s 1922 Ford, The World’s First and Favorite T-Bucket
10+ min |
October 2020
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TWO DECADE DEVOTION
Lovingly Restored, This R-Code Galaxie Has Been Modified to Modern Performance Standards
3 min |
October 2020
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The HOT ROD Archives
The HOT ROD Archives
2 min |
October 2020
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THIS 150 MPH HOT ROD CHANGED HISTORY
Stu Hilborn (1917-2013) was one of the pioneers of hot rodding and the performance parts industry.
4 min |
October 2020
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Homeless Hemi, Part 4: How Does Intake Manifold Design Affect the Power Curve?
WE TEST A STOCK INTAKE AGAINST THE DRAG PACK SINGLE PLANE INTAKE WITH A CARBURETOR. GUESS WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER.
1 min |
October 2020
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THE JUNKYARD CIRCLE OF LIFE
Though the notion is strange to my non–car-enthusiast friends, HOT ROD readers will appreciate this—I like to go to junkyards, whether or not I’m actually looking for a specific part.
3 min |
October 2020
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HOT ROD Drift Truck Project: The Fuel System
We Build a Performance Fuel System to Support 1,200 HP on E85
2 min |
October 2020
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IS “CAR-GUY TV GOOFING JOURNALIST” A JOB?
I still view myself as a gearhead journalist, but the reality is that I’m a TV guy.
4 min |
October 2020
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CADDYFAST!
Five-Time Drag Week Winner Larry Larson Built a Unique Race Car for No Prep Kings
3 min |
October 2020
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STOP BUYING THESE CARS!
Too many cars are overpriced, and I’m here to do something about it. I’ve picked my top ten most ridiculously overvalued old vehicles, and if we stop buying them for six months to a year, demand will evaporate and prices will plummet. Are you with me?
3 min |
September 2020
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The HOT ROD Archives
20 YEARS AGO September 2000: 156 pages, $3.99
2 min |
September 2020
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RARE X 6
Scratch-built 1936 Willys Runs a Rare 800hp V6 Hemi
4 min |
September 2020
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Hot Rod's First Primered Cover Car
It was a bold move to put a primered car on the cover of HOT ROD in 1982. That prime piece of car magazine real estate was supposed to be reserved for the hobby’s brightest, most pristine stars. Cars with nice paint, anyway—like a 1972 ’Cuda with a retina-sizzling color combination. But check out the other car on HRM’s cover from November 1982.
2 min |
September 2020
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ON THE SCENE Quarantine Car Weekly Cruise in SoCal draws nearly 1,500 cars!
Like many good ideas, it started out of boredom.
1 min |
September 2020
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DEFCON 3
This Rusted Out 1963 Chevy II Becomes An Epic ProTouring Ride.
5 min |
September 2020
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Inspired by Greatness
This Pro Street 1978 Mercury Zephyr is a Gen-Xer’s Missing Link
3 min |
September 2020
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What Is Octane Creep?
New engines on the dyno and regularly refreshed race engines run OK with higher static compression ratios compared to otherwise similar, regularly driven, identically-fueled street engines.
2 min |
September 2020
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CANDY APPLE CHIEF
Hot Rodding A 1955 Pontiac Chieftain
3 min |