Description
Contents: Tech – A Game Of Rat & Mouse (Be it big or be it small, with a limited bankroll, we show you how to build two complete motors, each making brute power for just under $6,500); The Piston Cup (When it comes to building the coveted stroker 383, you have an unlimited resource for pistons, but which one is right for you? We hit up 11 piston manufacturers and list every aspect of their slugs to make your next purchase easier); Lock It Up (Line locks make it easier to do burnouts, but how do they work and how hard is it to install one? Wonder no more); Made To Order (There’s more to cutting metal and simply bolting it on. We follow along as Inland Empire reveals how to measure for a custom driveshaft and then watch its creation unfold, from start to finish) Features – 40 Days In The Hole (Mike Saiki’s 8-second Corvette); Identity Crisis Resolved (Mike Dressler bought a Nova, then he made it his own) Departments – Shop Talk (It’s been a year since our redesign, and the boss takes a moment to reflect); Performance Q & A (Our resident tech guru, Big Mac, tells all); Readers’ Survey (Are we holding up to your standards or is there additional content you’d like to see us cover? Take our poll and let us know); Step By Step (Checking main bearing clearances and crank endplay); Insider (Stan Poff of TCI shares his insight on transmission and torque converter technology); Parts Rack (Wilson Manifolds now offers a trick composite manifold that promises big gains with your conventional 23-degree cylinder heads); Garage (Letters, news and everything else we couldn’t fit anywhere else); Rides (Jerry Hallberg “hauls” with his 454ci-packing ’69 Elco); What’s Next (Stories to expect in the upcoming issue)
Issue: July 2007
Condition: Very Good