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At-Home Alignment Made Easy
Have you just completely rebuilt your front suspension? Or maybe your frame-off, ground-up rebuild is finally ready to come off the... more |
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At-Home Alignment Made Easy
Have you just completely rebuilt your front suspension? Or maybe your frame-off, ground-up rebuild is finally ready to come off the... more |
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How To Flare Tubing
Fluid-line tubing—aka “hard-line”—forms a critical link in most cars’ fuel and brake systems. Disc-brake... more |
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Centerforce Clutch and B&M Shifter
There are many things in life greater than the rush of raw horsepower—yeah right! Nothing in the world compares to dumping the... more |
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Easy HEI Upgrades
Stock HEI distributors are like you-know-what. Everybody’s got one. Stock HEIs generally work well in stock applications, and for... more |
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Rust Repair Made Easy
Rusty floorpans are common in the East and Midwest, where the harsh winter conditions and road salt eat away at a car’s... more |
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Stainless Trim R&R
Dinged-up stainless or aluminum trim on your car looks ratty, especially after a fresh coat of paint. The quick and easy solution is to... more |
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Paint Your Car at Home
Having a car with nice paint is both the biggest reward and the biggest hassle in car crafting. Between searching for a paint shop that... more |
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How To Rebuild A GM Steering Column
Having your street machine stolen is a stomach-wrenching experience. Through a desperately needed stroke of good luck, the police recovered... more |
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Vortech 305 Power
In the story entitled "Blower How-To," we bolted a Vortech V-1S to our 305-powered 1991 Camaro and hit the track. The supercharger produced... more |
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Blower How-To
Bolting on a supercharger can be either an adventure of a lifetime or a long series of nightmares. We’ve seen both. Whichever card... more |
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Trunk Tune-Up
Although your street machine may be sharp on the outside, oftentimes the inside of the trunk isn't so hot. Trunks often serve double-duty... more |
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Carburetor Installation
How many times have you heard this? "Yeah, I'll make it to the track Saturday. All I gotta do is drop on my new carb before the races." For... more |
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Six-Speed for Early Camaros
The T56 six-speed used in 1993-and-up Camaros and Firebirds presents car crafters with a readily available manual overdrive trans beefy... more |
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Body Rot Repair
Hate that! You buy a car that looks solid, then a few months later rust bubbles appear. Take a grinder to 'em and--sure enough--there's a... more |
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Body Super-Section
Now that our weary Cheap Street '70 Chevelle has been tuned up with such pricey goodies as a 502, nitrous, and a 4L80-E, the "Cheap"... more |
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How To Trim Wheelwells for Bigger Tires
Back when early Camaros, Darts, and Mustangs came off the line, an F70-14 tire on a 14x51/2 wheel was considered a serious doughnut. These... more |
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Price Vs Power
There's no reason to buy speed parts unless they make your car quicker. Want a Dominator or a nitrous kit just because you'll look cool at... more |
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How To Pull an Engine
It's a grueling task, but all gearheads have to do it. Pulling engines is a fact of life. Motors demand more-power upgrades; stuff breaks;... more |
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Build A Small-Block Chevy
Sure, you can build any engine to produce big power, but when you opt for smaller cubes, you have to work so much harder to do the job.... more |
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How to Fill Trim Holes
Lead is a mysterious medieval substance. As used in bodywork, lead is revered by tradition but regarded as the dwindling domain of weary... more |
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Hidden Nitrous How-To
We have a story posted elsewhere that highlights 25 tips to build a better street sleeper -one of those is to install nitrous oxide for... more |
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How to Hide Nitrous Oxide
Because nitrous oxide is known for creating big power increases, it’s the first item many people look for on a sleeper. If it’s... more |
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Street Race Secrets
In past issues, we've delivered a tasty slathering of way-cool street sleepers that haul ass. With each car we highlight a few of the trick... more |
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Aluminum Cylinder Heads
We've done our share of supposedly easy performance bolt-ons that turned out to be not so easy. It seemed that a cylinder head swap on our... more |
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