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Contents: Editors’ Picks Top 10 (This Top 10 special is loaded with the best engines, street machines, events, and CC project cars. It also includes two Top 10 lists for the best muscle cars of all time – one for cars made before 1980 and one for modern-tech cars built after 1980) Tech – Ultimate Power: Street Stroker Engines (Building a streetable stroker engine with tons of torque is one of the best ways to make big power. This 408 Lunati stroker sure would look good under your car’s hood); Junkyard Parts ID Guide (Make finding the right parts easier by checking out this helpful guide); How To Buy Used Parts (Got your eye on a special trick part but can’t quite swing the bucks? After a look through this story, you might realize that you can pick up the part secondhand); Holley SysteMAX Install And Dyno Test (The Holley SysteMAX is an all-inclusive power package that includes aluminum heads, a cam, and an intake manifold. It has everything you need to turn a mundane small-block into a real stormer); Car Craft Basics – How A Water Pump Works (A water pump is vital to the life of your engine. Find out how they really work as we focus on them in this month’s Car Craft Basics); How To Install Cam Bearings (With the right tools, you can install cam bearings during your engine buildup process. We show you how to do it correctly); Performance Parts Catalog Buyer’s Guide (Looking for a certain catalog from a particular company? Check out the interest in high-performance parts catalogs in this handy guide); Wheel & Tire Buyer’s Guide (Wheels and tires are the single biggest appearance you can make to your vehicle. Here are all the latest styles and sizes to make your street machine look its best for the upcoming summer cruising season) Features – ’67 Hemi GTX – Silver Bullet (Woodward Avenue in Detroit was one of the hottest street racing spots in the nation during the ’60s and ’70s. The Silver Bullet reigned supreme during that time); Real Street Eliminator Application (Do you think your street machine has what it takes to win RSE? If so, send in your application); Cruising USA (We need your help in finding the hottest cruise spots in the nation); ’97 Camaro SS LT4 (The LT4 SS is nothing less than the quickest production Camaro ever built); Strip Tech – ’90 Corvette ZR-1 (Is this the world’s quickest ZR-1 Corvette?); Street Super Test – Turbocharged Impala SS (Turbo LT 1 power turns this big ’95 B-body into a 12-second screamer); ’56 & ’57 Fords (These two classic ’50s Ford shoeboxes are the ultimate retro cruisers); Enter The Hottest Events Of 1997 (We’ve got four shows planned for 1997. Two of them will have all-out, heads-up racing. We’ll be there with our cameras, you be there with your car) Departments – In This Issue; Readers’ Letters; Straight Scoop; New Products; Tech Talk; Ad Index; Reader’s Page
Issue: March 1997
Condition: Very Good