Description
Contents: We Test The Best Budget Speed Parts – Nitrous (The king of bang for the buck knocked nearly a second and a half off our wagon’s e.t.), Cylinder Head (How does 85 hp for 850 bucks strike you), Traction Bars (A set of Cal-Tracs bars really planted our Duster at the track), Catalytic Converters (Can you believe we actually made more power with them? Maybe the smog police are right), Torque Converter (Looser converters are usually good for a few tenths, and this test was no exception) Tech – The Latest In Valvetrain Technology (Marlan grinded all the cam makers for their newest secrets), A-Arm Lowering For Fords (Our ’63 Falcon practically handles like a Shelby, thanks to this virtually free suspension trick), Chem-Stripping Your Car (When is dipping better than blasting?), Stop Header Leaks Forever (Nothing is more aggravating than persistently leaking headers, but there are solutions), Engine Balancing Explained (Know what you mean when you say, “it’s balanced and blueprinted”), True Tales From The Real World (Reader Chris Kelly shows us how to build a Ford 9-inch), Six-Speed Swap (Splicing a T56 into a third-gen GM F-body is a piece of cake) Features – Thunderbolt 514 (This show-quality ’64 Fairlane is a look-alike, but who cares. It runs 10s), Autocrossing For Dummies (Its a real test of man and machine in a supermarket parking lot), Motorsport Nationals (There were burnouts and blowouts, but the babes got rained out), ’61 Dodge Seneca (This one puts a whole new spin on Dodge: Different) Departments – Point Of View, Readers’ Pages, Straight Scoop, We Try It, Speed Shop, Ask Marlan, Coming Next Month
Issue: September 2000
Condition: Very Good