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The One That Got Away: The Family Car You Wish You Still Had

Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference in the world. For Patrick McKay, one of those little things was a 1956 Nash Ambassador. After moving to the States in 1959 he saved his...

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Learn about Cobra Jets at Anghel Restorations’ Open House

You’ve probably seen Marcus Anghel’s name in Mustang Monthly magazine and on this website, since he’s an occasional contributor to Mustang Monthly. His shop, Anghel Restorations, is responsible for...

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Wild 1969 Widebody Camaro is a Modern Custom

There are restomod Camaros, and then there’s this. There are Pro Touring Camaros, and then there’s this. There are widebody Camaros, and then there’s this. It’s not too often we run across a Camaro...

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Add 77 Horsepower to Your Mopar Slant Six with Basic Bolt-Ons!

There’s no law saying every engine featured in Car Craft has to smash the dyno with huge power numbers. You can get as much satisfaction extracting more power from a mild engine as a supercharged big...

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Miles Fierro’s Garage in Wyoming

Lots of enthusiasts have their own garage built off of their house, but then there are folks who need their own dedicated space. Miles Fierro is one of those guys who had the room to grow and decided...

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Surprising HP Numbers From Our Stock LS Cylinder Head Test

Having tested endless aftermarket and ported stock LS cylinder heads for our sister title Hot Rod, it seemed odd that the stock stuff was never included. A test of the popular factory cylinder heads...

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Parts Don’t Fit? It’s Not Always the Fault of the Aftermarket

I hear it all the time, and it tweaks me: “Aftermarket parts fit like crap … This fender must be made for a different car … The distributor wouldn’t even drop into the intake … You could throw an angry...

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Imaginations Run Wild at the 2017 SEMA Show #TENSEMA17

October 31 is the day most people recognize as Halloween—the night we take our kids out trick-or-treating. But to us aftermarket industry peeps and car folk, milling through our kids’ stash looking for...

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How to Weld In a Perfect Patch Panel

In some ways, we live in possibly the best time to own and restore a classic muscle car. This is especially true with sheet metal parts. Not since the time when these cars were daily drivers has there...

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10 Questions with Dina Parise, 2015 IHRA Pro Mod Champion

You had an unorthodox or unconventional start in drag racing. Tell us about it. I was a professional figure skater before, so I was already an adrenaline junkie. I was a performer in the Ice Capades...

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Killer-Looking and Running 1,100-Horsepower 1982 Chevy Camaro

In October 2015, Brian Wise crashed his racer to scrap—but he was able to walk away from it without wounds. He sorely wanted to get right back up on the horse … but didn’t want to build one from...

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Picking the Boost: Buying the Right Supercharger

Bigger is not always better…in terms of power adders. Planning for power expectations can help properly size a supercharger for your goals. Today we look at two of the biggest blowers from Vortech...

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Detroit Speed’s ’67 Chevy II Rules the Road & the Track!

When Bob Gawlik wanted to transform his V8 four-speed 1967 Nova hardtop from a clean daily driver to a track terror capable of eating up highway miles, he went right to the source of some of the most...

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Pit Stop: Run Modern Heads on an Old 11:1 LT-1 Short-Block

Are Original 1970 11:1 Chevy LT-1 Pistons Compatible With Edelbrock Aluminum Heads? QUESTION For street and occasional play, I have a New Old Stock 1970 LT-1 short-block I want to build and put into a...

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A Love of Mopars and Pickups were the Insipration for this Build

Seven years ago, Jody Holdren had a pretty crazy Mopar street machine that graced our April 2010 print issue. That 1970 Barracuda (read about it here) cemented his love for all things Mopar. He owned...

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The First Big-Block Chevy … Where Were You?

It was January 1965 when Chevrolet introduced what was to become a legend … the first big-block Corvette (and the Chevelle). The L78 engine produced 425 horsepower with 396 cubic-inches, well above the...

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Best Appearing Cars of 2017

After much anticipation, we at Circle Track are happy to bring you the best appearing short track cars of the 2017 season. We searched through all of our available photos and even grabbed some that our...

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Rare Find 1966 Corvette Race Car Complete with hi-po 427

00“Some people tell me to leave it as a race car. Some people tell me to restore it. There’s no log books, and it wasn’t Tony DeLorenzo as a driver, or Roger Penske, or Mickey Thompson. It wasn’t a...

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Twin Turbos Make This Daily-Driven C10 One Powerful Pickup

It started with a click and ended with a bang. The click was when Tim O’Neil placed an eBay bid on the 1975 Chevy C10 stepside you see before you. The bang was the twin turbocharged muscle truck he...

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Dad’s 1970 Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda Is Back in the Family Garage After More Than...

Back in the day, Northland Dodge and Bob Caldwell Chrysler-Plymouth were across the street from each other on the 1700 block of Morse Road in Columbus, Ohio. Karl Kirk, who worked as service manager at...

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