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401-Inch Chevy Stroker
It’s been said that “Horsepower sells engines, but torque wins races.” There’s no question that a broad torque band... more |
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Intercomp’s Better Air Gauge
It’s safe to say that most folks would enjoy any kind of product that gets rid of a step or two of work. For instance, take checking... more |
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Merlin 509
Most of you hard-core gearheads know all about World Products’ Merlin heavy-duty Chevy Rat-motor blocks and cylinder heads, which... more |
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Strengthening The Weak Link
Motor mounts are not trick or sexy speed parts and we generally don’t give much thought to them, but if we did, we’d realize... more |
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Carb & Intake
Factory-stock cars are cool if you’re a resto freak, but how can anyone resist the temptation to bolt on a few go-fast goodies on to... more |
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How to Summer-ize Your Truck
Surely you’ve heard the term winterize, and you know what it means to prepare your truck for the colder months. But have you heard... more |
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The Great Drivetrain Swap
In Amish communities, when a neighbor needs a new barn, the whole community pitches in to help build it. Applying this concept to our... more |
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The Great Drivetrain Swap
In Amish communities, when a neighbor needs a new barn, the whole community pitches in to help build it. Applying this concept to our... more |
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Change Carb and Intake-Gain 30 HP!
It’s a no-brainer that if you start with a wimpy two-barrel carb and intake, an engine has nowhere to go but up, but is the... more |
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EFI: Mass Flow vs. Speed Density
Once upon a time an engine needed three things to run: fuel, air, and fire. That’s what carbs, coils, and distributors are for.... more |
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Change Cam–Gain 77 HP!
Shell out $219; pick up 77 hp. Swapping out that stock cam for a healthy aftermarket high-performance hydraulic flat-tappet cam,... more |
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Big-Block Showdown
Back in the classic musclecar era when there was no replacement for raw displacement, octane was high, and fuel was cheap, Buick, Chevy,... more |
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How To Build A Fuel System
One of the most critical parts of a street/strip machine is its fuel delivery system, yet it’s frequently overlooked or underbuilt... more |
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Chevy 383 Stroker Swap
If one power-adder is good, wouldn’t two be better? Seems obvious, and for those who haven’t followed along, Car Craft has... more |
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Power To The Max
Nothing is uglier than a one-wheel burn-out, yet so many spend their hard- earned cash ahead of the rear axle without considering how to... more |
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Braking Points
Stock brake systems are designed for stock cars. Whenever you change the total vehicle weight or the distribution of that weight, raise... more |
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Nitrous Grenade
Three-foot-high flames shooting out of your carburetor are not a good thing when your engine is screaming on the dyno at 6,000 rpm, but... more |
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Driveshaft Science
Trick engine, trick trans, trick rearend--your ride is about ready to rumble, were it not for a crucial missing link: the driveshaft. more |
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Dyno-Proven Horsepower Combos
“I am the proud owner of a 500-hp, 11-second street machine.” Or so you say. Talk is cheap, but timeslips and dynos ... more |
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455 Buildup - New Life For An Olds Engine
Buick, Olds, and Pontiac 455ci Engine Buildups. more |
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1965 Buick Sport Wagon Headlights - Power Up Your Headlights - Tech
How to amp up your headlights. more |
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Synthetic Versus Conventional Oil
Over the years, Car Craft has tested many different types of engine components. A common theme underlying many of these tests is that... more |
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Interior Restoration Guide
To us, few aspects of car restoration are more satisying than returning a crack- house interior to its former glory. After all, for a car... more |
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How to Build a 500HP Ford 460
Making one horsepower per cubic inch on 92-octane pump gas with low compression and a relatively mild cam is pretty much a no-brainer, so... more |
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Carb Tuning
They were both factory-equipped with Carter AFB carburetors, which debuted back in 1957 and were also used on Avantis and many small-block... more |
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