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Contents: This Month’s Top Story – Top 100 Muscle cars – The Best Chevys, Fords, MoPars, Pontiacs, Olds, Buicks, AMCs, Plus Special Picks (Ten categories of ten cars each make up our all-inclusive list of the best muscle cars ever – past and present. One of your favorites is just about guaranteed to be included here) Tech – Performance Piston-Ring Dyno Test (Different types of piston rings yield different performance results in an engine. We dyno-test traditional rings against Total Seal gapless rings and show you the results. Hype or horsepower? Turn to page 29 to find out); How To Back-Half Your Car (We show you everything you need to know about back halving a street machine. Installation of the tubs, frame rails, rear axle and many other components is covered in detail); Engine-Machining Guide: How To Save Money (What is a three-angle valve job? What is honing with a torque plate? These and many other questions are answered in this special engine-machining tech story designed to save you money on your next visit to the machine shop); Low-Buck Rearend Mods (All types of rearends can benefit from these performance rearend blueprinting tips); Shift Kit Installation (Looking for firmer and quicker shifts from your automatic transmission? Installing a TransGo shift kit is a great way to “go”); Car Craft Basics – Tires (Just black around things right? Well, not quite. We outline all the details concerning modern radial tires); 50 Bolt-On Parts For Under $50 (Low-buck gets special treatment here in the form or really low-buck bolt-on goodies. If it’s here, then you know it’s something that can be bought on the cheap); 25 Paint & Body Tips (We’ve gathered hundreds of great paint, bodywork and graphic ideas from our ’97 Summer Cruise events) Features – Learn How To Build Race Cars At Home (Ace chassis builder Jerry Bickel shows you how to build a state-of-the-art drag-race chassis with Racetech’s books and videos); Car Craft Nationals (Heads-up eighth-mile racing action was in the spotlight during the C.C. Nationals held near St. Louis, Missouri. In addition, there were hundreds of show cars on hand to drool over); Is Pro Street Dead? (The Pro Street controversy heats up again. Does Pro Street suck? Or is it still super cool? Decide for yourself and let us know what you think); First Look – ’98 Camaro LS1 (Super-modern-tech LS1 power is now the way to go as the ’98 Camaro enters its second thirty years of production. With either the Z28 or the SS, you can’t go wrong); Strip Tech – ’67 Ford Mustang (With a 514-cube big-block stuffed between it’s shock towers, this bad-ass pony really gallops. We like it so much that we awarded it the coveted Car Craft Cup – see why on page 48); ’87 Buick Grand National And: 10th Anniversary ’87 Turbo Buick Celebration (Ten years after the last turbo Buick rolled off the line, it’s time to look back on these killer modern-tech muscle cars. CC‘s exclusive turbo Regal/GN retrospective is a must-see for diehard Buick fans) Departments – In This Issue; Readers’ Letters; Straight Scoop; Tech Talk; New Products; Ad Index; Resto Tech; Reader’s Page
Issue: December 1997
Condition: Very Good