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Spec Tires Come to Super Dirt Late Model Racing
One of the things that’s always set the dirt Super Late Models apart from other racing series is the thin rulebook. While other racing series almost always seem to be adding pages to the rulebook...
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Identifying Coyote Motors
When Ford introduced the 5.0L Ti-VCT (Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing) V-8, better known as the Coyote, it was an immediate success with Mustang fans, and when Ford Performance introduced...
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Larry Larson Feeds his S-10 Corn at the Street Car Takeover Ethanol Nationals
Street Car Takeover ran their first annual Ethanol Nationals this last July, an ethanol-only event that took place between cornfields at the Kearney Raceway Park, in Kearney, Nebraska. Larry Larson ran...
View ArticleAll the Fantastic Fords from the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise
Forget about Ford fans during our coverage of the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise? Never! Great examples of the Blue Oval’s historic nameplates going back to their “Total Performance” era and beyond were...
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Steve Kinser Announces Retirement
One of the most heralded careers in auto racing appears to have come to an end. After the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions event at Lebanon Valley Speedway Monday night, Steve Kinser announced...
View ArticleLos Angeles Car Dealer Locates Ford F-100 Owned by Ed Roth
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth is a name known far and wide in hot-rod circles thanks to his iconic Rat Fink series of art and his well-known skills as a painter and pinstriper. His 1956 Ford F-100 was an...
View ArticleHow to Start a B-17 Bomber
Next time the neighbors give you the side-eye while you are sitting in your hot rod flipping switches and pumping the throttle linkage, give them the “hand signal to connect external power” as seen in...
View ArticleBrittany Force Finds Footing in Top Fuel With her Third Career Win at Brainerd
With the blown motor, Brittany Force crossed the finish line at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals to earn her third win of the year — and her Top Fuel career. She took her first win at the 2016 NHRA...
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He Built His Own ’64 Max Wedge—From the Factory Directions!
Before you know it, baby steps turn into one giant leap right before your eyes. Without the Wright Brothers’ first flight that spanned just 120 feet, there would never have been Saturn V rockets...
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Here’s a Small-Window 1956 Ford F-100 customized like no 1956 F-100 Before
In the realm of classic trucks and the devotees that admire and desire classic trucks the most in demand cab configuration across the makes is a custom cab big-rear window with the exception of only...
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Jerry Wassenaar’s 1966 Ford F-100
Before tearing into an ol’ pickup project, it’s best to thoughtfully weigh things out. When it comes to faded finishes, some will tell you, “they’re only original once.” On the flipside, others may...
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Exclusive! Behind-the-scenes first look at the 2016 COPO Camaro
The Bow Tie brigade is never one to rest on its track success, and when it comes to the NHRA Factory Showdown class, the company is playing for keeps. Chevrolet’s “old” 2015 COPO claimed “World’s...
View ArticleCombustion Patterns
You’ve seen the evidence. You disassemble an engine and witness the appearance of deposits—or their absence—on piston crowns and combustion chambers in the cylinder heads. You can relate the presence,...
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Ask Anything Answers Reader Questions on Military V8 Uses, Jaguar XJ-S V12...
Buncha One-Barrels for a Hemi Reed Gibson; CarCraft.com: I’m building an intake manifold for a 331ci Chrysler Hemi. The plan is for individual intake runners with eight one-barrel carbs. My questions...
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Check out the SuperSwap: 2012 Shelby that Looks Like a 1967 Mustang Fastback
It takes a lot of guts to cut into a new car, but Dan Burback didn’t hesitate when he made the first slice into his 2012 Shelby, just weeks after bringing it home from the dealer. Burback knew from the...
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RK Motors Brings the 1966 Le Mans-Winning P/1046 Ford GT40 to Lime Rock
There were Ford GT40s before it, and there were GT40s after it — but no other GT40 was P/1046, the first of the three all-American punches to Ferrari’s gut after Ford won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans...
View ArticleSummit Racing Equipment Will Open a new Super Store and Shipping Center in...
This is big news for the Lone Star state, with Summit Racing Equipment announcing that they will open a new retail store and distribution center in the Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) area. This builds on...
View ArticleFeast your eyes on how to lay down a TIG bead.
On this episode of Weld Candy, we have…um…a radiator. Before you throw your phone, take a long look at the beads, and the polish, and the billet cap with a polar bear engraved on it. Why would someone...
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Reliving the dream with a 1932 Ford three-window highboy coupe
The one that got away. Everyone has a story about it. I can vouch for only the men’s perspective but for most of them it’s usually about a girl or a fish (which raises some interesting questions if you...
View ArticleInside Look! Trophies In Progress for Triple Crown of Rodding
The STREET RODDER Triple Crown of Rodding presented by Painless Performance Products is only weeks away as this is being written. Here at STREET RODDER world headquarters, we’ve been hearing from many...
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