Hot Rod Magazine - February 2020

In this issue

Second Opinion: Alternative Transportation.

Boss ’9-Powered Mustang on Nitrous.

Inside Tremec’s New Seven-Speed DCT.

Take Five With LEAH PRITCHETT

The NHRA Top Fuel Driver Tells HOT ROD How Persistence Paid Off and that You’re Never too Good to Stop Learning

9 mins

HIGH 5.998 FIVES

HOT ROD DRAG WEEK 2019 PRESENTED BY GEAR VENDORS

4 mins

LIGHTNING QUICK

THIS 600ciFASTBACK MAKES OVER 2,000 HP WITHOUT THE NEED OF BOOST OR ALCOHOL

4 mins

F-BODY ELEGANCE

EAT YOUR HEART OUT FERRARI! THIS ’71 CAMARO IS THE ONLY EXOTIC WE NEED

4 mins

ON THE SCENE

The 2019 U.S. Nationals

1 min

WHAT'S INSIDE TREMEC'S ALL-NEW SEVEN-SPEED DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION IN THE NEW SHELBY GT500 MUSTANG

Does This DCT Equal Faster Shifts, Quicker Lap Times and More Fun?

7 mins

SIX ON THE FLOOR LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

A Modern Overdrive Transmission Swap for Ford Fans

5 mins

Why Does My Corvette 350 Small-Block Miss and Stall Out When the Engine Gets Hot?

C.R. Miller Asks…

8 mins

CHEAP 454 UPGRADE

I am building a budget 1935 Ford truck rat rod and wondered if you could help with some basic engine mods. I have a complete running 1973 big-block Chevy truck chassis with all the components. What would be the cheapest and most direct route to wake this engine up? I’m looking more for torque than big horsepower. I know this was the low point on the performance scale but it was too good of a deal to pass up. It has a Turbo 400 and 4.10:1 rear gears.

2 mins

The Numbers Game

[Here are our real-life examples: the destroyed “real” muscle car on the trailer and the new “fake Road Runner” in the foreground.

2 mins

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