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Preventing Late Season Failures (Part Two)
When it gets to crunch time in the points battle, the last thing you need is a parts failure. We have some more tips and tricks to help ensure that nothing preventable takes away those precious points...
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The Fun Of the Surprise Flat Tire
Tired Out “Wow, those are really bad. You probably shouldn’t drive this until we replace those.” My fella, Tom, and I had the Dodge Polara on the lift and we were looking at the front tires. A combo of...
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Rutledge Wood’s Flared 1970 Charger
Numbers-Matching 383 Four-Speed With Petty Family History Rutledge Wood has been joining us on Power Tour for as long as we can remember, always bringing something cool. For 2017’s route, he worked...
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A Hot Rodding Hero: The Legacy of Vic Edelbrock Jr.
When 26-year-old Vic Edelbrock Jr. took over aftermarket manufacturer Edelbrock Equipment in 1962 after the untimely death of his father, Vic Sr., many in the performance industry were skeptical Vic...
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Hot Rodders Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun Create Their Own Scratch-Built...
Mutant Monster: The Aardema Developments V-12 Making a 20 litre-1200ci V-12 completely from scratch seems beyond most all of our reach, so here’s a couple of hot rodders in San Diego that have done...
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They Turned This 1967 Chevy C10 Into A ’60s Muscle Car
The number 67 has special significance for Rick Zipperian. For one thing, 1967 is the year he graduated from high school. For another, he’s also always been a fan of 1967 Chevy C10 pickups. This year...
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2017 Power Tour: Top 5 Freaks
Power Tour has always brought out a few freaks, and we applaud that. You might get locked up anywhere else, but on Power Tour you’re just considered a little freaky. We had so many this year we decided...
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HOT ROD Drag Week’s Geriatric Cruiser — Sleeper ’84 Caprice
Without doubt Gear Vendors HOT ROD Drag Week, powered by Dodge, brings some of the most hardcore, like-minded and hardcore people together. This eclectic group brings with them some of the most...
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Custom Instrumentation From CON2R
Located in Beaverton, Oregon, is a company by the name of CON2R, and it is without a doubt one of the most diverse automotive aftermarket companies you’re likely to find. Their offerings include...
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Road Tour Chevy Gets its Seats Covered
Pity the trimmer. It’s only after all the fabrication is done, the budget is spent, and time consumed before they get the chance to ply their craft. It’s enough to take the fun right out of the thing...
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New Products for Your Ride!
Holley Offers Classic Weiand Finned Oil Pans Holley // 866.464.6553 // Holley.com Intended as a direct replacement for stock, factory-style oil pans, Holley/MSD announces it now carries classic finned...
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Pit Stop: 1987 Monte Carlo Timing and Cooling Problems
Running 100-percent Evans waterless high-performance coolant is said to prevent engine boil-over as well as the formation of localized internal engine water-jacket hot-spots. This is said to offer much...
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Tom Bailey Walks Away From Crash at Milan — Sick Seconds 2.0 Still Due for...
Tom Bailey, our 2013 and 2015 champion of Gear Vendors HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Dodge, walked away from a crash at Milan Dragway yesterday. The situation began around the 330-foot mark when Sick...
View ArticleRacing Around: July’s Short Track Racing News
Sparco Buys Impact Racing Indianapolis, Indiana—Sparco, headquartered in Volpiano, Turin, Italy, has purchased Impact Racing, Inc., and its associated brands MasterCraft Safety and MasterCraft Defense....
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: Skittles Engine
Not all freaks are freaks from the outside. Behold this Skittles engine compartment with all of the colors of the rainbow. You could say this is detailed, and you could also say it looks like someone...
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Back To The 50’s 2017: The Action From The Land Of 10,000 Street Rods
When the Minnesota Street Rod Association organized its first Back To The 50’s show in 1974, they attracted about 150 cars to the Midway Shopping Center in St. Paul. In 2017, the 44th Annual Back To...
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Installing a Parabolic Leaf Spring Setup on a Ford F1 Pickup
When it comes to upgrading the rear suspension on a classic truck, there are number of options to be had, ranging from the mild (new springs and shocks) to the wild (independent rear suspension)....
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Homebuilt Insanely Fast Small Tire Cars from the 2017 Car Craft Midnight Drags
Just when we thought we had slowed down the competition using a tire restriction, Mike Goodman showed up with his show-car quality 1969 Nova SS and flattened the field with an 8.01 at 163 mph on a...
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HOT ROD October 2017 Print Issue Sneak Peek
The theme for the October 2017 issue of HOT ROD is “One of None,” car builds that represent cars that Detroit never actually built, but could have. Take a sneak peek of what the issue has to offer...
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The 2017 York Nostalgia Weekend Honors the Drag Racing Stars and Cars of the...
For fans of East Coast racing history, the second weekend of July has been the best time to come to the hills of central Pennsylvania, as the combined York Nostalgia show and accompanying York US30...
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