How To Use Testing To Improve Your Setups
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If you're going to test kit cars, you should hire KIT CAR's co-workers to organize the event. Never before have we had to attend so many meetings. We were beginning to think that maybe the KIT CAR Performance Day wasn't worth all the effort it entailed to pull
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Manufacturer concept cars are notoriously unroadworthy, having over the years gained the nickname "pushmobiles" owing to the fact that many are non-runners and need to be pushed into place on auto-show turntables. Chrysler's concepts are often exceptions to th
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August 2003: Jimmy Shine and I have a personal goal of driving the Thacker and Shine A-V8 Roadster to Bonneville and going 200 mph. We're partway there. As HOT ROD reported in the December '02 issue, we had managed to run 182 mph in August of that year with on
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Exclusive 2000 Chevrolet Corvette FRC LS1 C5 Throttle Body test, featuring 419.2 hp, 393.3 lb-ft of torque, and More!
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Check out the Comparison Test on the Comp Cams Big Block "Beehive" Valves prings for the Chevy Corvette engines. - Corvette Fever Magazine
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Throwing The GauntletIt all began with a phone call from Detroit Locker, "Hey, we have this new limited-slip differential that's
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Check out this 2004 Pontiac GTO modified by LPE brought to you by Car Craft Magazine.
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The Kit Car Challenge
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Corvettes have always been known for horsepower under the hood and handling ability. But what good is all that power and maneuverability if the brakes aren't up to the task of hauling you to a stop in short order?
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Our Sawed-Off Shotgun Stuffed In A Tuxedo
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Last year, at the behest of Chevrolet, Chuck Mallett experienced his first Power Tour as a part of Chevy’s Toy Fleet. The Toy Fleet is a rolling, real-time exhibit of current and future engine and engine management combinations as installed in various she
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At our February introduction to the ’03 Cobra in Phoenix (“Raising the Car,” Jul. ’02, p. 30), we had the opportunity to hustle the phenomenal new factory-blown model around the road course at Bondurant. We also tested its road reflexes in
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The Mach 1 name is familiar to many folks; familiar in the sense that the cars were produced from the 1969 model year through the end of 1978. The plain truth is that the only years that seem to really interest most Mustangers are those during the musclecar wa
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“So how much horsepower does it have?” he asked, eyes wide and eager. “Three hundred and ninety,” we replied. “Wow! And that Michigan tag. Are you from Michigan? I just got here from Ohio.” “No, we live here. The car
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Anyone who has even a passing interest in cars knows how much power the engine in their own car has, or more precisely, the factory power rating of the engine. And those who are really into cars-such as all us late-model Mustang lovers-always know exactly how
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Performance, as we all know, comes in many shapes and sizes. For most circle track applications, a 358-cube or so powerplant built under strict rules is the means. In drag racing, the size grows to 500 or more inches, plus volatile fuels in some categories. Sp
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There are times in life when you just know things have changed—graduation, marriage, parenthood, and so on. The world is much the same as it has been, but your feelings and perceptions of it have been altered forever. Well, in case you’ve bee
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This brand-new Ram is the latest and most intimidating Dodge light-duty truck yet, but we’re in salacious Southern California where nothing (even the meat in that taco) is really as it seems to be. So why shouldn’t there be a greedy refugee straight
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The more we run cars on the unforgiving asphalt dragstrips, the more it becomes clear that tuning is the key to performance perfection. We burn up a ton of space in this magazine waving the horsepower flag. But there’s also another form of power—the
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Frank Currie has survived several Great Races, a couple of Power Tour Long Hauls, the Pan American Road Race, and a nasty dance with The Big C a few years ago. He loves to compete for the fun of it. He loves to be behind the wheel of a special car, and he thin
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There’s nothing like wringing out an agile kit car on a real racetrack. There I was, blasting around a road circuit in a midnight-blue Birkin propelled by a hot Ford Zetec twincam, and having a wonderful time—it’s a tough job, but someone’s
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Check Out The April Cover And Contents Page!Go ahead,” urged Steve Sbelgio. “Lean back, get comfortable.” We were waiting for the light to change to make a left onto the boulevard. “I always drive like a hunchback,” I said. “I
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Even though Jack Roush might not have attended every detail of his latest Mustang iterations, you can be quite sure that all the bugs in them were eaten before these cars were offered to the public. He poured about $7 million of R&D into the current crop, test
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Jack Goodrich believes that even extremely rare tin ought to be out vulcanizing the pavement, not turning green in some kind of perverted still-life exhibit. And since hot rodders tend to be individualists, Jack’s icon is the epitome of a steel-clawed mon
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