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WHICH AFFORDABLE SUBCOMPACT SUV SHOULD YOU GET?
How Do I Prevent Low-Speed Overheating on a 500HP, GM LS3-Powered Datsun 240Z on 110-Degree Summer Days?
Mike Mileski from Tucson, Arizona Asks…
The Homeless Hemi, Part 1
WE ADOPT A MOPAR IN NEED AND FEED IT SOME SPEED
Take Five: John Hotchkis
THE PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION PIONEER DISCUSSES HIS ROOTS IN DESIGN, RACING, AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF THE PERFORMANCE AFTERMARKET
Shop Talk: How to Check Piston to Valve Clearance
In all but the most mild engine builds, taking extra time to check piston-to-valve clearance is good insurance. In any four-cycle gasoline engine, there is one point in the combustion event where the piston and valves can be very close to each other—at top dead center (TDC) of the exhaust stroke.
ONE OF A KIND
BRETT HANKINS OWNS THIS HAND-BUILT ALUMINUM-BODY WILLYS
Build a 501-Inch Ford Big-Block Torque Monster
In the five decades since Ford’s “Lima” series V8 first debuted with 460 cubic inches under the hood of the 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III, the mighty canted-valve big-block has earned a solid reputation for durability and ease of modification. Though factory high-performance development maxed out in 1971 with the 370hp 429 CJ-R, you don’t need a rare muscle car core engine to get plenty of power.
TEN YEARS AFTER
Murray Pfaff’s Genre-Defying Imperial Speedster Continues to Drop Jaws and Defy Convention
Build an 800hp 6.4L Hemi, No Boost, No Nitrous
Byron Walker at Modern Muscle Xtreme (MMX) built a 14.0:1 compression, 7,000-rpm, 454-inch Gen III Hemi screamer that makes 800 hp.
Automotive Artifacts
I’m going to need everyone to conform to my morals when it comes to automotive artifacts, ok? This rant is a followup to my last column in which I described a road trip I recently executed upon old Route 66. Dozens of glorious ruins of America’s roadside history were spotted, but one of them hit me extra hard. It was just an old sign. In Carthage, Missouri, lies a shambled building with the hand-painted name G&E Tire Co. ghosted through the bricks, and at the building’s corner at Oak Street and McGregor Boulevard there’s a fascinating protuberance: a simple brown, metal fabrication with remnants of neon tubes and lettering that says De Soto Plymouth.
ALPHA OMEGA
HOLLEY’S LATEST PROJECT LEADS THE PACK FOR EFI PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
TWO ERAS TWO ICONS
AN UNBROKEN SPIRIT SEPARATED BY ONE DIGIT AND 45 YEARS
Oom Pah Pow!: Affalterbach Takes the Gloves Off
AMG'S MIDDLEWEIGHT SUV BRAWLER HITS HARD
Interview: Joe Eberhardt
President and CEO, Jaguar Land Rover North America
WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
THE ORIGINAL VERSUS ITS MOST-INTRIGUING VERSION
Master of Illusion
BMW BULDS A5, 400-LB SPORTS CAR SHAPED LIKE AN SUV
JUST IN CASE
THE MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT AND MOST POWERFUL CR-V IS FINALLY HERE
FACTORY BACKED
THESE OVERLANDING TRUCKS AND SUVS WILL GET OUT AND BACK WITHOUT DESTROYING YOUR WARRANTY
LAID BLACK
Hondo’s Street Machine Going for Gold
THE SECOND ANNUAL F-100 REUNION
IT WAS GREAT THE FIRST TIME. LET’S DO IT AGAIN!
Protect Your Patina
TIPS AND TRICKS TO RETAIN YOUR RUST
PHARR OUT
1958 Chevrolet Apache Dream Comes True
LUCY
Perfection, Perfected
FAMILY AFFAIR
Building an ’86 Mazda B2000 and a Life Together
DIY OR DIE
A Hands-on Approach to Building a Classic Chevy Truck
BAREMETAL
Reinventing What’s Cool
FUN IN THE SUN
LONESTAR THROWDOWN 2020
BARBECUIN' WITH BOW TIES
ANOTHER VISIT TO DINO’S GIT DOWN
PROJECT OBSESSED
PART SIX: BUCKBOARD DELETE
Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
PICKUP TRUCK OF THE YEAR