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Harvey Crane, Jr., Passes Away at the Age of 81
Crane Cams Founder Leaves Behind Knowledge that Set the Foundation of an Industry
By Jeff Smith
Crane Cams Founder Leaves Behind Knowledge that Set the Foundation of an Industry

GM Power-Steering Secrets
Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Power steering is often taken for granted. As long as the pump doesn’t leak or growl, it’s rarely given much thought.

Car Craft Wins the Goodguys Editor Shootout in Del Mar!
Luck is where preparation meets opportunity
By Jeff Smith, Nikolas Kolenich
Car Craft Wins the Goodguys Editor Shootout in Del Mar!

How To Eliminate C-Clips for an Excellent Axle Upgrade
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith

Torque Wrench Testing - Shop Tools
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith

This Guys Garage
Jeanne Chase / Concord, NH
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Brian Chase
This month’s This Guy’s Garage should instead be called This Girl’s Garage. This is Jeanne Chase’s shop.

2012 Real Street Eliminator Late Model Winner
Joel Route/Eagan, MN
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Joel Route and his 2007 Ford Mustang take top honors

Chevrolet 454 Blue Collar Build - Part 4
How to Make 800 HP with Nitrous and a Tunnel-Ram Blue Collar 454
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
We go hands on with how to make 800 HP with nitrous and a tunnel-ram on our Blue Collar 454 build!

HEI Distributor Tune-Up
Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If there is a standard in the world for a stand-alone electronic ignition distributor for GM engines, it has to be the High Energy Ignition or HEI.

Six Budget Ford Heads That Work
Bolt-On Power For Less Than $1,350
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Today’s small-block Ford street engine builder has it easy.

Ask Anything - February 2013
By Jeff Smith
For car crafters, it's as if Tech Editor Smith is writing poetry in this section.

Chevrolet 454 Blue Collar Build - Part 3
How To Make 589 HP From A Blue Collar 454
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
It's easy to get carried away with horsepower plans. The "more is better" approach to horsepower and torque is as hard to ignore as the promise of stylish new shoes to a Hollywood starlet.

Car Craft’s Real Street Eliminator VII
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
An event designed to reward power and consistent performance.

Weiland 6-71 Blower powered 383 Small-Block
How To Make 700 HP With A Small-Block Chevy And A Little Help From A 6-71 Blower
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
How To Make 700 HP With A Small-Block Chevy And A Little Help From A 6-71 Blower

Horsepower! - 203ci, 235hp Ford Inline-Six
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
203ci, 235hp Ford inline-six from Jim Grubbs Motorsports

Insider Look - 450 HP, 6.2L Gen V LT1
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Courtesy GM
SIDI, AFM, VVT

Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Power-Steering Rehab

This Guy's Garage - Brad Smith / Sunland, CA
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Getting back to reality in Brad Smith's "car hole."

Project Sten, Part IV
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Seat, wiring, and hydraulic-clutch details.

780 American Horsepower...with A Little Help From A Blower And E85
...with A Little Help From A Blower And E85
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
With a little help from a blower and E85.

702ci Thunder V12 GMC - Horsepower!
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Thunder V12 Engines
A true heavy-metal engine.

How To Build A Kick-Ass, Pump-Gas, NPAA* 680HP Small-Block Chevy
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Greg Smith's small-block Chevy - with *no power adders allowed.

This Guy's Garage - Jerry Robinson / Harwood, MD
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Ken Finch
Check out the pinball machine. 'Nuff said.

Project Sten Part III
By Eff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Finding the V8 and five-speed.

This Guy's Garage - Rick Baumgart, Swisher, IA
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Rick Baumgart
Don't hate on Rick Baumgart's mega garage - be inspired!

Used Posi Rebuild - Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Rebuild that used Posi the right way.

Do-It-Yourself E85 Testing
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Quick Fuel Technology has an easy way to test E85 fuel.

E85 Carb Conversions - Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith
E85 carb conversions are easy, says Tech Editor Smith.

1970 Chevy Camaro - High On 9s
Scott Chvosta’s Nitrous’d Rat Motor Camaro
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Wes Allison
This 3,300-pound Camaro should make all car crafters proud.

Shop Tools
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Comparing dial-bore-gauges.

Tech Questions Answered - Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith
Has anyone noticed that Tech Editor Jeff Smith has never been seen in the same room as The Most Interesting Man in the World?

This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Ken Echols
Ken and Kim Echols' garage certainly has a lot of character.

'72 Plymouth 'Cuda - E Ticket Ride
Scott Kruger’s Blown Hemi ’72 ’Cuda
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Wes Allison
A car that's much more hip than a dated Disneyland reference.

The Great $299 Carburetor Shootout
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
See how seven budget carbs perform under the pressure of a grueling comparo.

Anti Tour 2012
Car Craft Takes It on the Road
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
The car Craft crew drives up central California coast to spend the weekend with some serious enthusiasts for the Anti Tour 2012.

The New 625-CFM Street Demon Carburetor
This new Street Demon cabureretor is the best one yet
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Checking out Demon Carburetor's new product.

Eight-Budget-SBC-Head Shootout
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Comparing and contrasting eight heads and taking a look at their horsepower-per-dollar values.

Ford FE 427 - Horsepower!
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Scott Dapron has some nice Mickey Thompson goodies to look at.

The Fix For Noisy Hydraulic Lifters
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
How to quite those noisy hydraulic lifters

August 2012 Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith waxes poetic about all things technical.

Compression Ratios - Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith, our in-house car genius, answers your urgent questions.

PMGR Starters - Junkyard Builder
The Hunt For Lightweight Starters
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
OMG, another acronym to learn: PMGR. LOL!

Scott Dapron's Shop - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Warren Tracey
This is the first instance in memory that we call out a guy's T-shirt collection in his garage. Don't worry, there's way more than shirts in there, though.

Tech Questions Answered - Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Go ahead ask. We dare ya.

New Pontiac Clyinder Heads
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Tech Editor Smith snags a set and runs them through the ringer.

Quick Fire-Extinguisher Facts That Could Save Your Shop
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Yes, you read that right. Don't worry, we're not going nanny-state on you. Just think of it paying it forward. No one wants to see his shop/warehome burn to the ground.

How to Build a Street/Strip 350
How To Run 11s With Stock Iron Heads And A Simple Shot Of Nitrous
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
We yanked the 404 LS engine out of our Orange Peel Chevelle, dropped in a budget 350 SBC, and hit the track for some good old-fashioned carburetor, ignition, and nitrous tuning.

Hands On - Saturday Night Slayer
Think of this as a Saturday Night Specail small-block with the amp turned up to 11.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Think of this as a Saturday Night Specail small-block with the amp turned up to 11.

Budget GM Rear Disc Brakes
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Want a rear-wheel disc brake upgrade for your car? Tech Editor Smith shows you the easy way.

This Guy's Garage - Leigh Gordon
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Leigh Gordon
There's a flathead V12 hiding in this picture.

Takin’ A Bullitt
Mike Wolfson’s ’01 Mustang Bullitt
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Wes Allison
Here's the power-adder Mustang. 400 hp at the wheels is a good number for this SOHC 4.6

1967 Plymouth Fury I cop car - Exhibition Of Speed
Warren Iverson’s two-door ’67 Plymouth Fury I cop car
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Wes Allison
Yes, it really is a two-door car with a police package. There were some cool police cars available in the '60s.

You like vintage Trans-Am race cars? We like them, too.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
You like vintage Trans-Am race cars? We like them, too.

Ask Anything - May 2012
By Jeff Smith
Ever wonder what the different ratings for brake fluid mean? Tech Editor Smith sets you straight.

Cracked Engine Block - Crack Repair
Is your local machinist your BFF? If he saves your cracked block, he better be on your Christmas car...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Is your local machinist your BFF? If he saves your cracked block, he better be on your Christmas card list.

Build A Stronger 8.5-inch 10-Bolt For Less
Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
The first line of copy is awesome. And true.

This Guy's Garage - Murray Pfaff
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Will Handzel
Murray Pfaff builds all those cool cars here? What's our excuse?

Tech Questions and Answers - Ask Anything
Cam timing tricks and the advantages of an S-60 rear are the topics this month.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Cam timing tricks and the advantages of an S-60 rear are the topics this month.

Transmission Controllers - In Control
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Tech Editor Smith runs a bunch of stand-alone transmission computers through the ringer. Which one holds? Read to find out.

1971 Ford Maverick - More Than Just A Name
Thomas Hackmann’s ’71 Maverick
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
An amazing amount of custom work went into this Ford.

Seth Wagner's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
You can throw a football as hard as you want. In this guy's garage.

1967 Chevy Malibu - The Unlikely Hero
Scott Parkhurst’s RSE-winning ’67 Chevelle wagon
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
A wagon won Real Street Eliminator? You'd better believe it.

Aluminum Block - All-Alloy Indian
It ain't cheap, but this 535ci, 650hp Indian could rule the street.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by H-o Racing
Ken Crocie built a monstrous Pontiac engine. It costs a fortune, and it doesn't do is weigh a lot. How does barely 400 pounds sound?

Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Tech Editor Smith answers your questions as if he were born to do this job. Actually, working here for 33 years, he really was born to do this job.

3,000hp, 632ci, Twin-Turbo Big-Block Ford - Horsepower!
"It's righthand drive--the correct side." - Con Elfes
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Con Elfes
A 5-second 260mph Mustang twin-turbo big-block Ford from Down Under.

1998 Chevy Camaro - The Burnout King
Scott Miller's 11-second Camaro.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Eric McClellan
It goes low 11s without trying too hard.

Junkyard Builder
Budget Oil Filter Relocation
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Why pay retail for oil filter relocation kits when they are an S-10 away in the yard?

Real Street Eliminator VI
Tearing it up in Car Craft’s three-way shootout
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes Allison, John McGann
Last month, we overwhelmed you with a tome on the Car Craft Summer Nationals. This month, Tech Editor Smith presents a scholarly paper on the Real Street Eliminator competition that took place at the Nats.

Jeff Smith Technical Questions and Answers - Ask Anything
By Jeff Smith
Tech Editor Jeff Smith talks about Dart Blocks, Break In Oil, and more.

540ci, 850hp (estimated), All-Aluminum Big-Block Chevy - Horsepower!
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Here's an old-school, Roots blower, big-block Chevy to counteract some of the LS/modular/new Hemi stuff we've been running lately.

400ci Engine Blueprinted
400ci Engine Blueprinted
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Remember our ultralow-compression 400 from May? Here's part two: More compression and better parts equal much more power.

Power Steering Coolers - Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Just in time for winter—an exposé on fluid coolers.

Street Rod Center - This Guy’s Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Do you think we should put a 468 big-block in our Project Sten?

Project Sten Small-Block V8 Swap - Project Sten Stuffing The Small-Block Between The Fenders
A V8 for the Sten
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
In our last update, Tech Editor Smith documented the buildup of the TPI engine. Now he actually has to stuff it into the truck.

Electric Radiator Fans - Affordable Electric Fans
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Who'd have thought some of the best OE electric fans were on a Lincoln?

1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Convertible Engine - 928HP, Pump Gas 434 LS
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Yikes! This 928hp LSX is going into a convertible? You're gonna need to box that frame.

1965 Big-Block Chevrolet Chevelle 300 - The Postman
Tim McCurdy’s ’65 big-block Chevelle
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
This car is kinda on the opposite end of the spectrum compared with Dale Snoke's car. Tim can chug his 427-powered Chevelle around town at 2,000 rpm.

How To Repair Cracked Cast Iron
Cast Iron Repair
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Douglas R. Glad
Don't throw that cracked block out just yet.

Project Sten TPI Engine Buildup
A V8 for the Sten
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Jeff's been enjoying the miserly fuel consumption of the Sten's Iron Duke four-banger. We're not sure if he can actually force himself to yank it out and drop in this low-compression, iron exhaust-manifold TPI engine.

1,262-rwhp, 360ci Small-Block Ford - Horsepower!
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
With a supercharger this big, it's hard to find room for the radiator, grille, headlights, turn signals, and bumpers. Whatever—who needs all that stuff when you're running 7s, anyway?

Mike Moran Motorsports /Taylor, MI - This Guy’s Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If you don't find something to lust after in this picture of Mike Moran's shop, you have no business reading this magazine.

Wood Bandsaw Conversion - Junkyard Builder
Converting A Used Wood Bandsaw Into A Heavy Metal Hero
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Used wood bandsaws are cheap. Figure out how to slow the blade speed down, and suddenly you've got a metal bandsaw.

This Guy's Garage - John Wolf / Kingman, Arizona
By Jeff Smith , Photography by John Wolf
John Wolf, a Long Island native has spent his last few years in Arizona, and he has a squad of Mopar cars in his garage to keep him company. Be jealous.

Horsepower! - 353-RWHP, 306ci ’65 Ford Falcon Ranchero
Mike Eddy / Torrance, CA
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
This month on Horsepower! we bring to you Mike Eddy's Ford Falcon Ranchero, all the way from California.

Car Craft Road Trip - Anti Tour ’11
Car Craft’s annual road trip
By Douglas R. Glad , Photography by Jeff Smith
Taking it to The Man and still enjoying the roar of the engine. That's what an Anti Tour is all about.

Alternator Upgrades - High-output Alternator Tricks On The Cheap
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Upgrading is obviously a very important part of the car world, and the biggest growing segment of adding performance is now adding electrical components to early muscle cars.

Roller Lifter Install - Solid Roller Power From Hydraulic Lifters
Bullwinkle wishes he had it this easy when it comes to how to deal with roller lifters
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Bullwinkle wishes he had it this easy when it comes to how to deal with roller lifters

Small-Block Chevrolet LS Conversion - Coil Conversion Therapy
DIS for SBCS
By Jeff Smith , Photography by GM High-Tech Performance
Converting your first-gen Chevy to an LS-style, coil-on plug ignition.

Budget Chevy Performance Cars - 3 Chevys For 10k
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
We take a look at three budget Chevy performance cars

Mark Stielow's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Will Handzel
Mark Stielow builds cars in a normal garage! We were thinking they just materialized from some exotic race car shop on Mars.

Budget Relays - Junkyard Builder
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Why pay retail for relays when they are sitting at the junkyard?

Camshaft Break-In Guide - How To Break In That Flat-Tappet Cam
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Break-in your cam right or risk going broke rebuilding the engine

Turbocharged Vortec Inline-Six - Horsepower!
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Kurt Kile
Check out this turbocharged inline-six. It will embarrass a few V8s.

Mike and Corena Molgard's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Cory Van Pelt Photography
Fisheye lenses make shooting long, skinny shops easy.

Budget Paint Job - The $375 Paintjob
How We Painted This '65 Chevelle for $375.00
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Tech Editor Smith overhauls his Chevelle (the blue one) with one of those fashionable satin paints. It's all one color now; just don't call it Smurf blue.

1965 Chevy Chevelle - Mom's Ride
What started out as a street beast became the Lau family cruiser
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Eric McClellan
Brian's mother, Louise, is one seriously cool mom. She loves this 383-powered Chevelle as much as her son does

Camquest Online Cam Selector - Quick Tech
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
The new gizmo from Comp Cams really works

Make 561 HP Using AFR's Composite Intake And 195cc V2 Heads
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
The EFI guys have benefited from comoposite manifolds for years. AFR's new manifolds allow carburetor to join the fun

Bob O’Bryant's Garage - This Guy’s Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If diversity is the spice of life, then Bob O’Bryant’s home shop is downright tasty

Turbo Camshaft Guide - The Truth About Camshafts And Turbochargers
Tech Editor Smith debunks some long-held turbo cam myths
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Tech Editor Smith debunks some long-held turbo cam myths

Thomas Payne's Automotive Shop - Thomas Payne And His Journey Into The Restoration Of Automotive Sou...
Restoring A '30s Shop Resulted In More Than Just New Brick And Mortar.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Thomas Payne
Thomas Payne is the gearhead version of the Renaissance man. It was his goal to restore a '30s auto repair and welding shop that had long ago fallen into disrepair.

How To Build A 400ci SBC Torque Monster For $2,500!- Hands On
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If you're a hard-core small-block Chevy guy, the good news about all the attention the LS engines are getting is there's never been a better time to build a budget Gen I small-block.

2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational - Racin' The Big Dogs
The '10 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, John McGann
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) has quickly become the preeminent Pro Touring street car competition with barely three years under its belt. As the name suggests, you can qualify to compete in the OUSCI, but ultimately you have to...

Holley Carburetor Rebuild - Save That Swap Meet Holley
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Sometime about 25 years ago, car magazines began doing stories on electronic fuel injection. They also began counting the days before carburetors would become extinct.

Ed Danneberg's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Ed Danneberg
We just couldn't resist a reference to The Guess Who's song Runnin' Back to Saskatoon to start this month's garage quest after learning this Canadian is all about fast cars.

TFS Cylinder Head and Cam LS1 Package - Bolt On An LS1 TFS Head And Cam Package That Makes 500 HP -...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
It took less than 30 seconds for the performance industry to respond to the power potential of the new generation of LS engines with a raft of cylinder heads, camshafts, and intake manifolds.

Chevy S-10 V8 Engine Swap Project - Project Sten: A Budget V8 S-10
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
The editor's call went out across the land: "We need new project cars and anything is fair game as long as (this means you, Smith) it's not a Chevelle!" The gauntlet had been thrown down, and we had to come up with a suitable vehicle.

The Easy Way To Change LS Engine ValveSprings - Step By Step
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Changing valvesprings used to be a hassle. In the old days, you had to really lean on that lever arm tool to compress the spring, and if it was a race spring, you needed a WWE wrestler to help keep that lever down while installing the keepers.

How To Degree A Cam In An LS Engine - Step By Step
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Horsepower has never been easier to make, and the motor leading the charge is the new LS engine. What we've learned is that just the simple addition of a more aggressive camshaft can easily add 50 to 100 hp to an otherwise stock LS engine.

Tom Hanley's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Tom Hanley
When you live in Wisconsin, the winters tend to get long and cold, and a man needs a nice, warm place to spend his time spinning wrenches when it gets too nasty to go outside.

The Giant Car Craft LS Engine Swap Challenge
A Heads-Up Wrenchfest Where The Winner Takes Home A Brand-New LS6!
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, John McGann
You could tell from the first moment you walked under the Car Craft Engine Swap Challenge tent that the team from Williamsburg, Iowa, had come prepared.

Chevrolet 5.3L LS Budget Engine Build - 644HP Junkyard 5.3L
Buy A Budget LS Engine, Add A Cam, Carburetor, Headers, And-Oh Yeah-A Procharger Centrifugal Blower,...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
It's a recurring theme from which we just can't seem to escape. We discovered an iron 5.3L truck engine on Craigslist for $300, handed the owner three bones, tossed the greasy long-block in the back of our trusty GMC pickup truck, and headed for the...

Randy Johnson's 1970 Chevrolet Camaro - Two For Two
The Only Way To Top Winning Car Craft's Real Street Eliminator Is To Do It Twice.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes Allison, John McGann
It's a common story: Boy meets car, boy falls in love, gets his first magazine feature with his first love, sells the car, and then regrets that decision for the rest of his life.

Oldsmobile Hemi Engine - Rear View
Olds Hemi
By Jeff Smith , Photography by CC archives
Back in the late '60s and early '70s, the Big Three were all heavily immersed in experimenting with all kinds of different engine concepts. This was the era of wild theories that sometimes led to full production pieces.

Real Street Eliminator Competition - Real Street Eliminator V
Fourteen Muscle Cars And Late Models Twist It Up In Car Craft's New Three-Way Shootout.
By Jeff Smith, Wes Allison , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes Allison
One downside to magazine publishing is that it takes so long to roll out our annual Real Street Eliminator competition story.

2000HP 441CI LS2 Engine - Horsepower!
By John McGann , Photography by Jeff Smith
Walking through the pits at Holley's LS Fest last September, we were drawn to Mark Koehler's engine like zombies to a fresh skull of brains. Dunno about you, but this is one of the biggest turbochargers we've seen.

Tom Millard's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Tom Millard
It would be a very boring world if everybody was into the same things. So when Tom Millard sent us his This Guy's Garage submission, the sheer uniqueness of his collection made our decision pretty easy.

Project 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 Engine Swap - F-85 Street Fighter
Our Low-Dollar '64 Olds Returns With A New 455, Better Brakes, And Better Steering All As Part Of Ou...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Our Low-Dollar '64 Olds Returns With A New 455, Better Brakes, And Better Steering All As Part Of Our . . .

Moser Killer 12 Bolt Rearend - Quick Tech
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Douglas R. Glad
The last factory passenger car 12-bolt probably rolled off the assembly line under a Chevelle or Monte Carlo nearly 40 years ago. While cars and hemlines have changed many times, the GM 12-bolt is still considered the preeminent performance rear axle...

Dennis Taylor's Shop - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Dennis Taylor
The square footage of a shop probably isn't a good indicator of how intense a car crafter you are-but then again, it's not a bad barometer, either. A quick glimpse at Dennis Taylor's shop reveals how deeply he is immersed in the world of fast cars an...

1965 Pontiac GTO - Rear View
Road Testing in 1965
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Car Craft Archives
In 1965, Car Craft put a little different twist on road testing by utilizing local car clubs to evaluate the new iron coming out of Detroit.

Corner Balancing With Proform Digital Scales - Scale Your Car
Corner Weights Are Not Just For Race Cars Anymore. If You Are Serious About Going Fast, We'll Show Y...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Corner Weights Are Not Just For Race Cars Anymore. If You Are Serious About Going Fast, We'll Show You How Easy It Is To...

Pontiac 400 Poncho Engine Build - A 650HP Hard-Core Pontiac Stroker
If You Own A Pontiac And Were Considering Bolting In A Big-Block Chevy To Make Some Real Horsepower-...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Douglas R. Glad
There was a time not long ago when if you wanted a really quick street Pontiac, you dropped a Rat motor between the fenderwells.

Virginia City Hill Climb 341 Challenge - King Of The Mountain
Some Of The Baddest Production Cars In The Country Assaulted 22 Turns, A 1,200-Foot Elevation Change...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Spectre 341 Challenge
The YouTube videos are downright spooky. The low-resolution moving images reveal an early Mustang standing on the throttle, banging gears, snaking through the first few turns of what used to be called the Virginia City Hill Climb.

NHRA Pro Stock Team David Reher, Buddy Morrison and Lee Shepherd - Rear View
By Jeff Smith , Photography by CC archives
When the definitive history of NHRA Pro Stock is written, the team of David Reher, Buddy Morrison, and Lee Shepherd will be among the best of the best.

BMR Torque Arm Suspension Conversion Kit - Quick Tech
By Jeff Smith , Photography by BMR Fabrication
Suspensions for Pro Touring cars have become the new darlings of the aftermarket. Less than a decade ago, the best you could find was perhaps a composite leaf spring conversion for a '70 Camaro.

Chevy Chevelle Bolt-on Suspension Performance Test - Find The Handle
Not Everybody Needs The Latest In High-Tech Suspension Technology, So We Thought We'd Take A Look At...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Brian Cox, Steven Rupp, Douglas R. Glad
If you own a muscle car, it's hard to avoid all the superlatives bouncing around the industry about custom tube chassis, adjustable shock absorbers, and the latest bumpsteer drama that seem to have taken on the intensity of a well-orchestrated soap o...

Small Block Chevy Dress Up - Dress Up Your Small-Block
Do You Have A Fugly Engine? If So, We Have A Few Tips That Will Help You . . .
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Admit it. As much as car crafting is about making horsepower and smokin' the tires, you can't deny that the visual side is important. A clean, well-executed engine compartment with a little bit of visual sizzle is always in vogue.

Tom Owens Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Tom Owen
Tom is a homebuilder in the Pacific Northwest, so when building his new home, he lowered the floor in the garage to accommodate a lift.

Car Craft Back in the Day - Rear View
By Jeff Smith , Photography by CC archives
We have to go way back for this archive photo. It was taken in the early days of Car Craft when it was as much a custom car book as it was "The Show How Magazine."

Mitchell Vannatta's 1968 Pontiac Firebird - Quick Car
The Thrash Mitchell Vannatta's '68 Firebird
By Douglas R. Glad , Photography by Jeff Smith, Douglas R. Glad
You didn't see Mitchell Vannatta's '68 Firebird in the Aug. '10 Engine Swap Drags coverage-not because the car isn't cool or it didn't fit into the rules, but because Mitchell and Brian Miller were thrashing to get the car together in time and didn't...

Doug & Angela Thomas' 1966 Chevy II Nova - Too Much Is Just Enough
Doug And Angela Thomas' 900hp, Blown, Big-Block Nova
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Wes Allison
Car Craft cars are rarely about subtlety. And Car Craft people are hardly the shy, retiring type. No accountants driving safe and secure Volvos here. Instead, Mike and Angela's Nova is about as timid as a two-by-four alongside the head.

Installing a 3-Inch Flowmaster Exhaust - Quick Tech
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
After we bolted the Lester Scruggs 404ci engine into our Orange Peel '66 Chevelle using Edelbrock motor mounts and headers, it became obvious that the leftover 2 1/2-inch exhaust system was due for an upgrade with a Flowmaster American Thunder 3-inch...

Oldsmobile 455 Big Block Engine Build - 511-LB-FT, 445HP 455 Rocket Olds
Not Every Street Big-Block Has To Be A Lumpy-Cammed, Tunnel-Rammed Animal, So We Decided To Build A...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
On the street, torque is king. One of the best and simplest ways to make gobs of frame-twisting torque is with cubic inches. Among the torque kings in the GM world are the Buick, Pontiac, and Olds 455ci twisters, but it's often the Olds that wins out...

KB Racing Team Headquarters - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jon Knapp
When you mention Mooresville, North Carolina, and racing, most motorsports fans will recognize it as the hometown for such notable circle track teams as Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI), Penske Racing, J.R. Motorsports (Dale Jr.'s organization), and the Rou...

8,000HP Top Fuel Engine
Among All Engines Of Drag Racing, The King Of The Hill Is The Supercharged And Nitromethane-Fueled M...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jon Asher
They are considered the kings of the sport-the supercharged and nitromethane-sniffing internal combustion beasts that literally stomp the ground and push a 2,300-pound land rocket on 1,000-foot runs eclipsed in 3.77 seconds at speeds approaching 325...

834hp 429 Boss Ford Engine Build - 834HP Kaase Bos
Jon Kaase Has Cast A New Boss 429 Hemi Head With Wind Tunnel Airflow That Begged Us To Build An Equa...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Jon Kaase drank the Ford blue Kool-Aid a long time ago. His association with the Blue Oval goes back to his NHRA Super Stock days with a 428 Cobra Jet Mustang in the early '70s and has progressed through a stint as crew chief for the legendary Dyno D...

Stan Brown's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Stan Brown
"I have a disease," Stan Brown says. "I see an old car lying around, and it's like, 'I have to save her!'" Of course, that affliction also demands that you have a place to store all your toys.

Cops And Racer Game - Rear View
By Jeff Smith
Car Craft has always had a reputation for being a raconteur. Never was this more prevalent than in the late '60s through the early '70s with a young, audacious staff collected in an office located on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of where it was all...

2010 Run to the Coast Pro Touring Shootout
Fifty Serious Muscle Cars Face Off On A Road Course, An Autocross, And A Braking Test To See Who Win...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Doug Norrdin
lled into the large parking area at 6 a.m. for the inaugural Run to the Coast (RTTC) Pro Touring shootout, and it was like wading into a sea of Camaros.

How To Tune Fuel Pressure For Nitrous - Quick Tech
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If you care about how nitrous and gasoline combine to make excellent power, this story is for you. This is not revolutionary information-but it is one of the best ways to keep your nitrous engine healthy and powerful.

Jim Joslyn's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith
There's not a car crafter alive who doesn't appreciate a great garage. So when Jim Joslyn sent us photos of his three-car shop attached to his house, it seemed a natural.

Car Craft's Cruisin Camaro - Rear View
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Neil Britt
It doesn't seem possible that I was the new guy when the CC staff invaded Las Vegas for another installment of Car Craft's Cruisin' USA series that appeared in the May '80 issue.

Twin-Disc Clutches Breakdown - Quick Tech
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Dual-disc street clutches are now gaining popularity mainly due to the stupid amount of 21st century power car crafters are making. This puts the arm on transmissions, torque converters, and especially clutches to transfer all that power without fail...

Complete Suspension Upgrade on a 1969 Plymouth Valiant - Total Handling Transformation
If You Think There Might Be More To Performance Than Just Racing In A Straight Line, Then Follow Alo...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Douglas R. Glad
You've probably seen the television commercials that feature these incredibly overweight people who have lost 150 or more pounds.

How To Race At The Road Course Or Autocross
Don't Just Stand There. Get The Basics And Learn . . .
By Jeff Smith, John McGann , Photography by Jeff Smith, John McGann
Getting your car on a racetrack has never been easier because there have never been as many clubs, companies, and racing organizations offering track days across the country as there are right now.

Brian Chase's Shop - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Brian Chase
Even retired New Hampshire State Police officers can be gearheads. Brian sent us this photo of his shop with oldest son Brandon holding the torch in preparation for a session with the TIG welder. It's been said that everybody has a story, and that go...

1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E - Quick Cars
Gary Woodward's '68 MeRcury Cougar GT-E
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
In the heady days of the muscle car wars of 1968, luxury cars with performance upgrades tended to get lost in all the horsepower hype.

Mopar 8 3/4-Inch Rear Axle Assembly - How To Set Up Gears In A Mopar 8 3/4-Inch Rear
Swapping Gear Ratios Is One Of The Quickest Ways To A Big Change On Any Street Car, So Let's Show ....
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Shannon Hudson's performance world is evolving. For years, he drove a lime-green '69 Valiant with the total drag racing package, right down to the Mickey Thompson ET Drag Radials and 4.11 gears.

Roman Rzasa's Chevrolet Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith
The first time we read through Roman's email, it became very clear that he's a big-block Chevy guy. Most of the cars in this photo are Rat powered.

How To Build A Cheap, Street, $650 Small-Block
Not Every Car Crafter Needs A High-End Race Engine, So We're Going To Dive Into . . .
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If all you did was read the high-performance car magazines, you would think that no one builds an engine with anything less than high compression, monster heads, a 0.700-inch-lift mechanical roller cam, and the biggest carburetor Holley builds.

Wilwood D52CB Caliper Brakes Install - A Quick And Easy Wilwood Caliper Bolt-On
We Love Those Driveway How-Tos That Only Take A Couple Of Hours, So Here's Our Version Of . . .
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
In the world of functional components, there are a few classic designs that seem to take forever to outlive their usefulness. In April 1952, Boeing first flew the Stratofortress that would soon be best known by its service designation-the B-52.

Inside Jeff Schwartz's Garage - This Guy's Garage
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
If you're a longtime Car Craft reader, then you should recognize Jeff Schwartz's name.

Budget Rebuilding Street Cylinder Heads
Performance Is All About Airflow, So Let's Dive Into . . .
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Car crafting is all about power-enough to run 12s in the quarter-mile and spin the tires at will. But not everybody can afford a shiny new set of aftermarket aluminum cylinder heads.

Bill Jenkins' Chevy ZL-1 Camaro - Rear View
By Jeff Smith , Photography by CC archives
While we were moving the offices to our new digs in El Segundo, California, this classic photo surfaced from a lost file that is an outtake from a June '69 Car Craft cover, proclaiming "Grump's Aluminum 427-Bill Jenkins Preps Chevy's ZL-1 Camaro for...

Jim Hall - This Guy's Garage
We love this guy's collection of cars—the vintage AMX is awesome
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jim Hall
Jim Hall is the new co-owner of Tuned Port Induction Specialties (TPIS), a company he acquired when original entrepreneur Myron Cottrell retired.

1965 Camouflaged Impala - Rear View
By Jeff Smith , Photography by CC archives
Longtime readers will recall Project Heavy Metal, a '65 Impala that became one of CC's most endearing project cars.

1992 Ford Mustang - Incognito
Michael Davis' 356ci Supercharged Mustang That Hides In Plain Sight
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Mike built this car out of the smoldering corpse of his previous Mustang. This one is faster and probably has one less fuel leak.

1,000+HP Cadillac Engine - Horsepower!
It's a turbocharged Cadillac that tops 300 mph. Incredible.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
It's a turbocharged Cadillac that tops 300 mph. Incredible.

Used Motor Buyer's Guide - Buy A Used Engine
Avoid Those Cracked Piston And Burned Valve Blues With A Few Time-Honored Tricks To Help You Buy A U...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, John McGann
Don't get taken for a ride. Smith shows you how to separate the wheat from the chaff.

1966 Dodge 440 Build - Build An Affordable Street Car
Finding A Usable Car From The '60s Is Half The Battle. The Other Half Is Restoring The Body Without...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Steve Strope
We follow Steve Strope as he transforms an early Plymouth. Or is that a Dodge?

How To Spot Bad Bodywork
In The Search For Your Latest Muscle Car Adventure, Bondo Can Hide The Ravages Of Decades Of Rust An...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Don't be a chump. If you know what to look for, you'll be able to see shoddy work from a mile away.

2009 Dodge Viper - Viper In Charge
Keith Anderson's Real Street Eliminator-Winning Viper Coupe
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes AlIison
No, we aren't becoming Motor Trend. This thing cleaned up at our Real Street Eliminator competition.

Gasser Cruise Night - Cruisin' Grand
Car Craft Magazine Night In Conjunction With Gasser Night At Cruisin' Grand Avenue In Escondido, Cal...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
This long-time running San Diego-area cruise brings in some of the best cars on the West Coast

Supercharged LS3 Engine - Horsepower!
Don't be surprised if you see a similar supercharger make it's way on top of the Lester Scruggs engi...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Camren Beattie, Automedia 2000
Don't be surprised if you see a similar supercharger make it's way on top of the Lester Scruggs engine

1965 Pontiac Tempest - Everything On Black
Jeff Schwartz's '65 Pontiac Wins The '09 RSE Title.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes AlIison
We love this car: It's got a tube chassis, a big engine, a five-speed, no carpet, and window nets

Land Speed Small-Block Chevy - Horsepower!
It's an LS—no wait—that's a big-block? What the hell is that thing?
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Ed Taylor
We take a look at the turbocharged small-block Chevy that powers the Main & Poteet Speed Demon

The Best Buys In Small Parts
If You're Overpaying For Little Stuff, Then We've Found The Best Buys In Small Parts
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Our treatise on where to find the best deals on oddball parts

Turbo Pontiac 400 Build - Ludicrous Pontiac Power
Ken Crocie Built A 489ci Stroker Pontiac Pressurized With A Single Turbo And A Q-Jet That Is A Recip...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
We build a 489ci turbocharged Pontiac 400 that still breathes through a Quadrajet

Chevy IndyCar Street Engine - Horsepower!
A race car engine in street car clothes. You won't believe how much power this little thing makes.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Ed Taylor
A race car engine in street car clothes. You won't believe how much power this little thing makes.

1969 Chevy Nova - The Hurricane
Dan Novara's 1,450hp, 8-Second Nova
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Yes, it's a street car with a parachute, but 8-seond e.t.'s make this thing legit

Real Street Eliminator IV
Car Craft's Original Street Car Shootout Returns With A Twist.
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes AlIison
RSE was back at this years CC Summer Nationals. Here's how it went down

Upgrade A GM Coil Spring Car
Cornering Not As Sharp As It Used To Be? Watch As We Upgrade A GM Coil Spring Car
By John McGann , Photography by Jeff Smith, Edelbrock Corp.
Art Director Edwin's Monte Carlo gets a suspension and wheel makeover

LS Engine Build - The Garage-Built LS Stroker, Part II
Last Month's Homebuilt 404ci LS Engine Is Now Making Noise Testing Four Different Cylinder Heads On...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
We do some parts swapping on Lester, last seen last month. Smith was hoping for more horsepower, but 560 sounds pretty good to the rest of us.

1999 Chevrolet Camaro - Eight Is Not Enough
Richard Terry's 8.80-At-154-Mph '99 Camaro
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
We check out Richard Terry's 8-second 1999 Chevy Camaro drag car

Accesory Drive Belts - Budget Serpentine Belt Drive
Eliminate The Frustration Of Thrown And Twisted Belts With A Trip To The Boneyard To Build Your Own...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Smith proves that one belt is better than three. It's probably lighter, too.

Chevelle Weight Reduction - Trim The Fat
When It Comes To Drag Racing, Lighter Is Always Quicker, So We Put Our Chevelle On A Diet To Trim Th...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Like a prizefighter, Smith broke the sub-3,000-pound barrier with his Chevelle. He was willing to bite off a mirror to make wei

GM LS Engine Build - Lester Scruggs
Building An LS-Based Engine Is Easier Than It Seems, So We Added A Stroker Crank To Pump The Cubes U...
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
You'll have to email Smith to get the story behind Lester Scruggs

1967 Chevrolet Camaro - The Lost Z/28
How Ignorance And Blind Luck Contributed To The Deal Of A Lifetime
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith, Wes AlIison
Camaro fans, you'll love or hate Jeff after reading this story

1969 Chevy Nova - Sleeping Sniper
Tim Dolan's 11-Second '69 Buick Skylark
By Jeff Smith , Photography by Jeff Smith
Yeah, it's got a big-block, but it hides it size very well

Big-Block Chevy Engine - Horsepower!
With an aluminum block and custom cross-ram intake, there are big bucks in this big-block. At 540-in...
By Jeff Smith
With an aluminum block and custom cross-ram intake, there are big bucks in this big-block. At 540-inches, big power, too.

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