Automotive
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The Great Garage Clean Out
I’m writing this on April 15, 2020—perhaps significantly, as it’s the anniversary of the Titanic sinking and that seems allegorical of humanity these days.
3 min |
July 2020
Hot Rod
COOKIE'S 32
When he was a kid, William Lind would often sneak out of his house to a bakery across the alley and ask if he could have a cookie. The little guy did it so often the bakers nicknamed him Little Cookie.
5 min |
July 2020
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PERSEVERE!
This is a tough one to write. More than a month into quarantine from this virus that threatens to crash the world’s economy, what could I possibly say to help, inspire, or support anyone who is struggling?
2 min |
July 2020
Hot Rod
Hammer Time
LEARNING HOT ROD BUILDING FROM MASTER CUSTOMIZER GENE WINFIELD
3 min |
July 2020
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DODGE STORIES
The Ever-Evolving Chase for the Story Behind This Very Rare Mr. Norm–Built 1965 Dodge Coronet 500
4 min |
July 2020
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Bolt-On Boost
A FEW POUNDS OF PROCHARGER-INDUCED AIRFLOW DELIVER 177 REAR-WHEEL HORSEPOWER FOR THE SIXTH-GEN CAMARO SS
2 min |
July 2020
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How Do I Prevent Low-Speed Overheating on a 500HP, GM LS3-Powered Datsun 240Z on 110-Degree Summer Days?
Mike Mileski from Tucson, Arizona Asks…
9 min |
June 2020
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The Homeless Hemi, Part 1
WE ADOPT A MOPAR IN NEED AND FEED IT SOME SPEED
5 min |
June 2020
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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
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ONE OF A KIND
BRETT HANKINS OWNS THIS HAND-BUILT ALUMINUM-BODY WILLYS
3 min |
June 2020
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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
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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
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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
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ALPHA OMEGA
HOLLEY’S LATEST PROJECT LEADS THE PACK FOR EFI PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
3 min |
June 2020
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Why I Want A New Corvette
By now, the first 2020 Corvettes will be reaching Chevrolet dealership showrooms and happy customers will be taking delivery of this highly anticipated, mid-engine C8 platform. I wouldn’t mind being one of those people, though there’s no way I could afford one right now.
3 min |
May 2020
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This Ultra-Rare Essex Terraplane
Stands Out in a Crowd
6 min |
May 2020
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TRIPPY FISHY
The Latest Masterpiece from the Super Stock Legends
5 min |
May 2020
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Take Five With Moonshine Runners, History, and Their Cars: Looking Back at Junior Johnson
Hero is Junior Johnson. Yes!” published in his book The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby, Junior Johnson, 1931–2019, was the prototypical NASCAR hero.
7 min |
May 2020
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THE NOVITIATE
For a First-Time Build, This Camaro Sets a High Bar
4 min |
May 2020
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Route 66: Worth the Kicks?
Route 66 adventure is absolutely worth it
2 min |
May 2020
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Alexander Wesley Asks… What's Available for Swapping a 5.7L Gen III Chrysler Hemi into a 1984 Chrysler M-Body?
What’s Available for Swapping
7 min |
May 2020
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Accelerated
WE BUILD A CLASSIC 1955 CHEVY USING ALL MODERN PARTS IN JUST SEVEN DAYS!
4 min |
May 2020
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Take Five With Kyle Tucker
Former GM Engineer and Founder of Detroit Speed Discusses Performance Aftermarket Manufacturing in the Modern Era
8 min |
April 2020
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Jamie Johnson Asks…Do Similar Duration Cams All Perform About the Same, or Differently?
QUESTION My favorite article is “Affordable Horsepower: Building a Low-Buck Small- Block” at HotRod.com. I like it because it shows how to get cheap, usable horsepower with lots of beautiful torque.
10+ min |
April 2020
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Make 800 HP With a Boosted 5.3
We all know how well the LS engine family responds to bolt-ons.
6 min |
April 2020
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The Blood of CHRISTINE
This 1958 Plymouth has been created as the ultimate Christine tribute
7 min |
April 2020
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ICONICUS MAXIMUS
If you were asked to repaint the Mona Lisa, could you do it?
10+ min |
April 2020
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ON THE SCENE - The RPM Nationals
Right around the time this very magazine was formed, hopped-up flathead V8s were considered the pinnacle of speed.
1 min |