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Car Craft New Product Spotlight: Mopar Trunk Floor Seals
What it is: Fuel tank filler neck to trunk floor seals from Inline Tube. Why you care: Mopar enthusiasts in need of replacing fuel tank filler neck to trunk floor seals will find a perfect fit with...
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Meet You in Indy
Swap meets, to any car enthusiast, are cool for lots of reasons. Maybe you find that one year-only bracket or gauge, or other item you really need that no one makes anymore. Or you see some price on...
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New Dodge Challenger Paint Schemes Harken Back to the Glory Days
It’s always exciting when manufacturers offer customization options for a vehicle that can be bought new and maintain a warrantee. Although the new heritage-inspired paint options from Dodge won’t...
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What’s that, ShopHOTROD.com has NEW Inventory?
We’re relaunching ShopHOTROD.com in 2018 with a fresh array of new designs, old favorites, and a wider selection than ever before with a full-time inventory of shirts, tanks, and hoodies! We’ll also be...
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What’s in the HOT ROD studio today? A $500,000 Chevy Bel Air.
Have $500,000 to spend? That was the estimated total cost of this 1955 Chevy built by Tom Nelson of Nelson Racing Engines (NRE) for a client’s 16-year-old son. You might know Nelson for his twin-turbo...
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The Science Behind Piston Rings and Grooves Explained
Piston ring grooves serve a larger purpose than simply supporting the rings. They impact combustion sealing, oil control, friction, and many more engine attributes. Wiseco is a world leader in piston...
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OPTIMA’s 2018 Search for the Ultimate Street Car series starts up soon!
The Winter Olympics may be capturing the attention of the world right now, but competitors in OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car series are already focusing on the pentathlon of activities...
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755hp from the inside out, supercharged C7 ZR1 LT5
You can opt for a 420hp engine in a Tahoe, but it’s worth remembering that it was only a little more than 10 years ago when the C6 Z06 stunned the world with 505 race track-derived horsepower from the...
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Shave weight & stopping distance with Baer’s affordable Deep Stage Drag Race...
In the search for quicker acceleration, Mustang owners often add power as the first measure of attack. Next comes improvements to traction, and finally, it’s common to beef up the drivetrain to handle...
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Chicago World of Wheels Sneak Peek: See the Cars First in our Massive Photo...
The Chicago World of Wheels is here again at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, and all the cars have been loaded into the show! The Chicago show is home to a variety of...
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1965 Corvette Convertible Bought New Found 45 Years Later by Original Owner
In 1983, when he was 10 years old, Rusty Brock was intrigued with an old color slide he saw of his father’s 1965 Corvette his father bought brand new. “Oh, I used to own that car back in the day,”...
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Vintage Road Test: 1959 Chevrolet Corvette vs. Porsche Convertible D
The Motor Trend staff apparently was aghast in late 1958 when associate editor Wayne Thoms suggested a comparison test pitting a Corvette against a Porsche. “You’ve really stuck your foot in it now,”...
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Repairing Your Corvette’s Minor Fiberglass Damage
A sound that a Corvette owner never wants to hear is a siren wailing from behind. Another is the sickening sound of crunching fiberglass. And the latter is likely to be even more painful than the...
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Foxcast Media’s Project Road Warrior is Getting a Coyote Swap
The Fox Mustang’s popularity is at an all-time high. Prices are on the rise, even for an entry-level Fox not in prime shape. It wasn’t long ago you could pick up a decent Fox for $3,500. These days it...
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Here’s What it Takes to Bring A Hot Rod Back from the Dead
The popularity of barn finds and survivor hot rods has created a whole new segment of the hot rod hobby. Cars with history are much more interesting than something built in the modern era, but we had...
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Wheel rubbing, tire rubbing, interference, steering rack, clips, travel limiters
The lowered stance and wider rubber on your Mustang looks great…but the rubbing and scraping when making tight turns is a buzz kill. Besides being annoying, rubbing tires and wheels on suspension or...
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How to Replace a Leaking Rear Axle Pinion Seal
When a vehicle is driven regularly, rarely is it in one spot long enough to detect more than an occasional driveline fluid drip. So, unless something beneath necessitates crawling under to repair, the...
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Rebuilding 1968-’82 (C3) Corvette headlight door assemblies
It doesn’t matter what kind of classic muscle car you’re restoring; concealed headlights are a huge frustration to service and repair on any of them. C3 Corvettes are no exception. Like most concealed...
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A Dodge Drag Pak in the 7s and a $10000 purse.
This past Saturday, March 10, 2018 in Bradenton Florida, Geoff Turk’s Dodge Challenger Drag Pak rocketed to a 7.996-second pass at 170.10 mph, making it the first NMCA Factory Super Car to break into...
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Springfest 2018 Crowd Pleasers
The crowd just keeps growing and for good reason. If you’re the owner of a late-model rear-wheel-drive Mopar, you have a lot to be excited about. We’re talking about Chargers, Challengers, Chryslers,...
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