Hot Rod - May 2023

In this issue

Where It All Began
Shelby’s Cobra Is Born.

Flashback: What We Said
Smokey Yunick’s Hot Vapor Iron Duke.

Performer Four
BluePrint Engines’ 340hp LS-Headed Four Cylinder..

HOT ROD WAS THERE WHEN SHELBY'S COBRA WAS BORN

To help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Carroll Shelby's birth, we thought we'd take a look at arguably his most famous creation.

2 mins

BUILT TO BE BEAT ON

It may look like a show pony, but this first-gen Camaro was...

4 mins

JERE'ST TRIBUTE

This 1966 Plymouth Belvedere Street Hemi is a tribute to Jere Stahl.

7 mins

RARE FINDS

BARN FIND 1971 MUSTANG 429 SUPER COBRA JET MACHT

3 mins

Smokey's New Hot Air Engine...THE NEXT STEP

Smokey Yunick Has Devoted More Than Three Decades to Developing a System to Take Us to the Next Stage for Internal Combustion Engines. Now It's Ready.

10+ mins

BIG INCHES BIG FUN

THIS HIGH-COMPRESSION 427 LS MAKES SERIOUS POWER ON THE DYNO.

5 mins

DUST TO DRIVER

We rouse this '84 Buick Grand National from a 15-year nap.

5 mins

PERFORMER FOUR

CHECK OUT BLUEPRINT ENGINES' 340HP 3.6-LITER FOUR-CYLINDER LS-HEADED CRATE ENGINE.

2 mins

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