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Triple Threat
Click on the links below to view the Chevy, Ford, or Mopar versions. Mean Mouse Chevy 406: Have A Look At What It Takes To Construct A... more |
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All About Clutches
Today’s high-performance clutch designs are so sophisticated that selecting the right setup can be downright confusing. New strides... more |
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H-Pipe, X-Pipe, 1, 2, 3...
Do you really need an exhaust system on your car? That’s a good question. If you have neighbors, drive it on public streets anywhere... more |
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Drag Racing Costs Exposed
We enjoy all forms of sanctioned drag racing, and recently we’ve even shared our enthusiasm by introducing you to several types of... more |
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Emergency Solution!
Got a parking brake on your car? Betcha do. Does it work? Probably not, at least not real well. We’ll guess that upwards of half of... more |
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Distributor Gears: What’s The Deal?
Look at the effort that goes into a ring-and-pinion installation, yet no one thinks twice about the distributor gear/cam gear relationship... more |
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Straighter-Lighter-Faster?
“She’s starting to shake... She’s starting to shimmy....” This is not the way a mild 12-second car should feel... more |
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Mo-Power: 535hp 440
Performance Special thanks to Bob Mazzolini Racing (909/787-8783) for technical assistance with this engine buildup. more |
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Shifting From Scratch
A Hurst Shifter For Any Car more |
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Cylinder-Head Flow-Bench Database
In response to an increasing number of requests, we have compiled all the information from the five "Flow to Go" stories that have run in... more |
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Carbs: How Big Is Too Big?
Selecting the right carb is not an exact science. No…it’s more akin to nature’s complex tapestry of life, an intricate... more |
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Composite Classroom
Bet you never dreamed you’d see a carbon-fiber how-to story in the pages of Car Craft! Don’t worry; we haven’t fallen... more |
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Edelbrock’s New E-TEC Head
GM small-block Chevy Vortec heads deliver great performance per dollar—but they’re still only based on production pickup-truck... more |
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Zex Is For Nitrous
We’re willing to bet most of you have never heard of Zex. As a matter of fact, it was news to us when we saw the press release. But... more |
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Big-Brake Upgrade For GM A/G-Bodies
Our '78 Malibu was a less-than-stellar braking performer, so we decided to toss out the pathetic 10.5-inch discs and do the popular 12-inch... more |
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Diagnosing The GM TPI
It’s great to open the hood of your car and see nothing but the motor staring back at you. Move up a few generations on any vehicle,... more |
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Basic Engine Diagnosis
At one time or another (possibly many times), most of us have bought at least one project car without giving it a thorough once-over. You... more |
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The Big Chill
The cooling system don’t get no respect. No one worries about it until they’ve got a problem. If you swap in a bigger engine,... more |
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ZZ520: The Ultimate Chevy 350 Crate Engine?
It seems that lately everybody thinks we should all be satisfied to make 400 hp on 92 octane with a Chevy 350. That’s great if you ... more |
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California Abandons Plan to Destroy Pre-1970 Cars
Washington, D.C. (July 9, 2001) – Under pressure from SEMA, environmental groups and automobile hobbyists, legislation that threatened... more |
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Crate Eight! Dual-Quad Ford 302
Hot rods and street machines sporting vintage speed parts are popular these days. But sometimes you’ve gotta wonder just how... more |
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Desktop Dyno 2000
The magic of computers now lets anyone with a home computer build and test virtual engines in minutes. One of the best-selling programs... more |
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Aeroquip’s Quick-Drain
Oil changes are pure drudgery, and many of us put them off for an extra couple hundred miles—sometimes more. The problem isn’t... more |
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Mustang Cold-Air Induction
So far we’ve managed to get our ’86 Mustang project car to muster a decent 12.73 at 108.5 mph. In our pursuit of even quicker... more |
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EFI’ng Great: TPIS ZZ 450
Affordably priced like our ’88 Firebird, GM ’85-’92 Tuned Port Injection (TPI) cars make prime car-crafting cannon fodder.... more |
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