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Contents: Hot Rod Power Tour (The 11th running of the world’s largest road trip was once again a record-setter, with over 10,000 people and a small city’s worth of hot rods on a 1,600 mile journey from Wisconsin to Florida.), Real Hot Rods (Like the cover says, these are three-way cool hot rods built by regular guys without a truckload of cash, and they are just cool as hell. Beaters all, but we say that with respect.) Hot Rod Garage – 454 Mopar Buildup (Number Three in our Dream Engine series, this is the stroker Mopar B motor designed and now owned by reader David Stottman. It made decent power, but not without just a hint of assembly difficulty.), 480 HP 5.7 Crate Hemi (In the August issue, Dulcich ran our new Mopar Performance 5.7L crate hemi on the dyno and made 400hp. This month, it gained 80 horses with nothing more than a cam swap. Also check out the interesting information gained by running three intake manifolds across this engine.), 427 Ford Small-Block (We’ve heard it said that “FE” stands for “Finally Extinct”. While there is no shortage of folks who would argue against that, it’s hard to deal with a big, heavy engine when you compare it to this lithe, small-block of the same displacement. Watch for it in our Factory Five Cobra kit in the next few issues.) Feature Stories – White Lightning (Many of the early NASCAR stars were just Carolina moonshine runners with nothing to do on the weekends. Here’s the true story of the real deal and his liquor haulers.), Smokey’s Stocker (GM Performance Division re-creates the ’55 Chevy NASCAR Stock Car built by Smokey Yunick and driven to victory by Herb Thomas.), The King’s Chariot (Pat McKinney lovingly restored Richard Petty’s ’71 Road Runner NASCAR stocker to it’s former glory. And it’s got a Hemi too.), Kingdom of Air (Gary Eakers builds a wind tunnel for sportsman racers. Now we just have to keep those pesky Nextel Cup boys out of there.) Departments – Starting Line (Driving through a plowed field at 160 mph.), Holeshot (Rat rods to rich rides, it’s all there.), Bench Racing (Power Tour praise and indoor car show rebuttal.), Where It All Began (The last night at Lions.), Roddin’ at Random (Various goings-on in the world of hot rods.), Test and Tune (A bunch of new products, plus one trick shift light.), Pit Stop (Can you run solid roller lifters on a hydraulic cam? Marlan tells all.), Finish Line (This guy used to sell propane and propane accessories.)
Issue: October 2005
Condition: Very Good