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Contents: How To (Almost) Build A Race Car In Three Weeks (Swapping the nitrous engine into our Mustang took a day but it’s still not running. It looks brutal in the garage though), Mopar A-Body Big-Block Swap (If you’ve got the right parts, dropping a big-block into one of these cars is a slam dunk), The Monster Guide To Engine Swap Parts (Need to put a 460 into a Pinto? Got it. Big block into a Vega? Check. If you’ve got a car and a motor, you’re in business), 383 LT1 Stroker Swap (It made 500 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque in a ’91 Camaro with nitrous and a blower for the budget price of 15 grand) Tech – Gas Sender Repair (A quick R&R can save you from being stranded on the side of the road), ’79-’93 Fox Mustang Builder’s Guide (Dirt-cheap prices and a staggering array of aftermarket parts makes them the go-fast bargain of our generation), How To Hang A Quarter-Panel (After reading this, you’ll be ready to try it yourself), How To Build A Fuel System (BG Fuel Systems can send everything you need in one box. We’ll show you how to install it the right way), Powertrax Locker Installation (It’s the best of both worlds: the strength of a spool combined with the streetability of an open diff), Brake Technology Explained (You’ll need a degree in math to get through some of the equations, but if you want to understand brakes, it’s all here) Features – Trans-Formation (Jim and Darla Brinks ’72 Firebird combines New Age looks with a good, old-fashioned mega-cube motor), Build Your Car On Credit (Without Going Broke) (There’s good info here about staying or getting out of project-car-induced credit trouble), Slot Car Racing (The smell of burning electric motors brings back a flood of childhood memories), The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (Brutal crashes, exciting racing, behind-the-scenes intrigue: the NMCA race at Maple Grove Raceway had it all), Different Dodge (Definitely Dodge, definitely different. We’ll bet you’ve never seen a Dart quite like Bruce Wilson’s ’72 Swinger) Departments – Point of View, Reader’s Pages, Straight Scoop, We Try It, Speed Shop, Ask Marlan, Coming Next Month
Issue: December 2000
Condition: Very Good