When NASA's space shuttle first went into service 30 years ago-yes, it's been that long-nobody ever intended it to be flying for three decades.
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This is kind of a "because we can" moment, as Magnante and Mr. Rich go Match Bashing again, mercilessly hacking an otherwise sano '64 Fairlane into a retro Funny Car
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These days, it's hard to argue the merits of modern conveniences like independent suspension, fuel injection, power steering, and air conditioning without someone mentioning how it's not traditional...
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We test the new EZ-EFI from FAST
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Revisiting the HOT ROD Test Car Camaro with ported heads, a bigger cam, and long tube headers
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Throughout the history of SRM, we've built just about everything under the sun; from roadsters to coupes to sedans to phaetons, hell we've even built a school bus (see SRM August 1993), but classic trucks...
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Fabricating, or building, goes hand in hand when building a hot rod. But for many of us, we don't have welding skills, nor do we have a shop full of fabrication equipment...
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Recently a company called RCD Classics figured out a way to install a conventional cover on a Bilstein shock. It's actually a noteworthy achievement. Though a Bilstein looks like most other shocks...
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Even before Henry's breakthrough V-8s, and decades before the introduction of the Chevy small-block...
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For those of us old enough to remember '80s Reaganomics and learning about new math in school (what was the point of base 8 numbering anyhow?), our idea of tricking out a car used to be adding a set of Cherry Bombs and a Holley 750 double-pumper to the requisite '79 Camaro...
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Whether you dig the Pro-Touring movement, and its attendant propensity for big g-force turns or not, you will at some point need to turn the corner. Even drag racers need to turn, and if your tires...
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Just about any engine builder, whether a pro or a backyard hobbyist, looks at the completion of the short-block as a milestone in a performance engine build...
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A pile driver is a mechanical device that smashes the earth with tremendous force, and the term is a fitting description of this 509ci street big-block Chevrolet unleashed by Outlaw Racing...
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Ford Racing has been producing 351ci Windsor-based blocks for years, but when it came time to start fresh with all-new tooling, they decided to make some major changes...
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When brothers Dale and Glenn Robinson decided to take up the gauntlet and enter the 2008 Engine Masters Challenge, they knew they needed every advantage they could get...
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In Stock Car racing, every last fraction of a horsepower matters-and that's why you see an X-pipe from Dr. Gas on every single Cup car in NASCAR. Although the exact science of why...
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Every project we tackle on this car gets us one step closer to having it run and drive. It feels like we're inching toward a finish line a mile away but this step is a big one...
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Muscle car magazines have rarely been advocates for progressive and socially responsible behavior, but our past transgressions of apathy are about to change with Project Fox. PHR's '93 Mustang notchback...
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This is the place to get all of the Information on the 2009 Engine Masters Challenge Including the just released Dyno Run Schedlue, be sure to check out the action starting Monday Oct. 5th...
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If you've ever driven your hot rod for an extended period, that heavy-footed feeling you get from constantly mashing down the 'go' pedal can certainly be fatiguing...
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To insulate our Chevy's passengers from the elements the crew at Woody's Hot Rodz turned to SoffSeal for the windshield and back window gaskets, weatherstripping, and various rubber gaskets...
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Introducing Factory Five Racing's latest kit, a kick-ass '33 Ford that handles. This month, we paint the fiberglass body.
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Building a gasser has been a departure from the type of car we're familiar with, so some creativity was required to set up the suspension. When construction began, the car put on a hoist...
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Putting together a neat homebuilt hot rod is a heck of a lot of fun, but being able to do so without spending a king's ransom makes it an even more enjoyable endeavor to say the least...
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In the last couple of years, I've met three people who are experimenting with a process that is so new that it doesn't have an "official" name yet. I'm calling it Low Pressure Press Forming...
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