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Midway Mustang & Midwest Fox Rods teaming up on next level Fox build
It is said “Competition Breeds Excellence.” These days, in the Fox Mustang game, next-level builds are becoming commonplace. With every build, the elevator keeps going up. Coyote swaps, wheelwell...
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Highlights From 20, 40, and 60 Years Ago in HOT ROD Magazine
20 Years Ago October 1997 (128 pages, $3.50): Among other things, this package is notable for cover-blurbing “ass.” It’s not every issue that finds a staffer hitting 156 mph on the road in a...
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Chris Holstrom’s Story on Building Hot Rods For a Living
Picture the classic dinner party or BBQ where you are meeting new people. For us guys the conversation usually comes around to, “What do you do for a living?” When I explain that I own a hot rod shop...
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Wheels Aplenty: A Buyers’ Guide to Aftermarket Mustang Wheels
When it comes to modifying our Mustangs, there is a phenomenon known as “Day One” and “Day Two” builds. The first day or two when you get a car, there are several things most people do first to...
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Who Entered the History Books This Weekend?
Last week we outlined three historic short track races taking place this weekend. With ideal weather situations in Barre, Vermont; Rockford, Illinois; and Nashville, those three events are now in the...
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Hot Chevys Converge on Rockingham NC for the 2017 Super Chevy Show – Large...
Friday may have been for test-and-tune at the drag strip, but the main deal on Saturday was the Chevy-powered car show and hundreds of rides showed up to show off and try to take home a trophy, or...
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Installing Old Air Products’ HURRICANE Heat & A/C
There was a time not so long ago that driving a classic truck was an endurance contest of sorts. When it was cold it was time to break out the winter wear to supplement the lame excuse for a heater...
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Custom Autosound gets you affordable sound system options you can install in...
Classic, American pickup trucks tend to be more challenging than their automotive counterparts when it comes to what type of sound system you should choose and how best to put it in a pickup. Custom...
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Rare SS454 Chevelle Sat in Huge Car Collection for 40 Years!
No other car symbolizes the automotive nirvana of the muscle car era better than the 1970 Chevelle SS454. In 1970, the RPO (Regular Production Option) LS6 SS454 engine was rated at 450 horsepower,...
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Fine Tuning the Stock Division
When I learned that my friend needed help setting up his dirt hobby stock car, I jumped at the opportunity. This little project allowed me to apply some of the technology we provide in CT to a car with...
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GALLERY: 55th Vermont Milk Bowl
Chalk it up as a massive win for the hometown kid. Jason Corliss notched the biggest win of his career by capturing the Vermont Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl. See the full gallery:...
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The First Four Competitors of the 2017 Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge
Engine Masters Challenge is sponsored by AMSOIL, Presented by HOT ROD, and Operated by the University of Northwestern Ohio. The first four teams of 2017’s Engine Masters Challenge have recorded their...
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October Sunoco Young Racers Club Winner: Dillon Groover
Congratulations to Dillon Groover of Beaver Dams, New York – our Sunoco Race Fuels Young Racers Club Winner for the month of October! Dillon will receive a drum of race fuel and a 5 gallon utility jug...
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A Quick Look at the HOT ROD Magazine on Newsstands Now!
If you haven’t yet, be sure to run to your local grocer or bookstore and pick up the latest issue of HOT ROD Magazine before they replace it with the next issue in less than two weeks. The November...
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We Rescue a Smog-Era Nova and Give the Engine a Tune-Up
Sometimes you just feel sorry for an old car. At that point you have two choices: you can put it out of its misery or you can rescue it. The subject of this tech article is a 1974 Chevy Nova four-door,...
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Michigan Garage Find Gold
After the Woodward Dream Cruise, I was able to see a collection of cars, trucks and even a motorcycle or two. In the owner’s driveway was a C3 Corvette and a 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T convertible that he...
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Bam! Get 18 HP With New DiabloSport P2 Predator Hemi Tuner!
When it comes to hand-held tuners that modify the factory tune on a mildly upgraded Mopar Hemi, the Predator was the tuner of choice for nearly a decade. At the time of its introduction, the Predator...
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Highlights of Denny Seward’s Super Stock Hemi
360CI Super Stock Drag Pak Denny Steward / Port Orange, FL When Chrysler unleashed the Hemi on the world in 1964, any car dressed in aluminum would have required the legendary cross-ram intake to be...
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Highway Hello: The Art Of Conversation At 80mph
Say What? We need a better universal sign language for highway use. I’ve written before about shouting answers to car questions at stoplights, but it’s an entirely different process to grasp what’s...
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Power Test and SuperFlow buddy up
Other than the quality components and craftsmanship, dyno testing is a key component to any performance build and now two powerhouses of the tuning and engineering world have come together to pool...
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