Hot Rod Lifestyle
Loaner Tools and Services From Your Local Auto Parts Store
From spring compressors to specialized pullers, your local auto parts store may have the tools you need — and they’ll loan them to you free! [More…]
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Technical Info
GM LS Engine Specifications and History
Every LS engine in order of release from the LS1 launch in 1997 to the awesome LS9 in 2009 to the last Gen IV LS engines in 2017 is detailed. [More…]
Technical Info
Old Tire Size Guide: Radial, Poly/Fiber, Bias-Ply, Cheater and Drag Slicks
A comprehensive list of Radials, Poly/Fibers, Bias-Ply’s, Cheater Slicks and Dragster Slicks — each original tire size is listed — and each of the related measurements is charted. [More…]
Builds and Examples
1938 Pontiac Coupe Hot Rod Build From Start To Finish
The transformation from bush rot ’38 Pontiac Coupe to slammed LS-powered hot rod took Halfass Kustoms around 7 months of spare time to build. [More…]
Low Budget Builds
There’s an LS Engine Swap for Every Build Budget
The Chevrolet LS Engine is an attainable, usable engine. Here are your donor vehicle options depending on your build or engine swap budget. [More…]
Products & Reviews
The Ultimate 3/8” Drive Ratchet Driver Torture Test
YouTuber ClientGraphics conducts the ultimate showdown of hand tool destruction and finds the strongest ratchet brand. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Classic Roadkill ~ 1,100hp Camaro Goes for a Landspeed Record
Finnegan builds 1,100hp big block, Freiburger brings a Camaro he’s run 261mph at Bonneville… Win right? Probably not, because Roadkill. [More…]
DIY Projects
Could You Use A Third Hand In The Shop? DIY Part Holder
We’ve heard it called many things; a third hand, a grasshopper — whatever you call it, you need to make one for your shop. Period. They come in very handy, will often save you in a pinch, and cost almost nothing to make… [More…]
Builds and Examples
Project Pictorial: 1936 Auburn Speedster Gets Modern Chassis
Staffan Ellström low-budget chassis swaps a 1936 Auburn Speedster found in a shed with a Mercury chassis and Chevy Caprice drivetrain… [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
The Hoonicorn’s Last Ride? Ken Block’s 1400hp AWD Mustang Final Drive
Ken Block and Ford Motor Company’s exclusive partnership has brought in some real hardware over the past decade in rally and rallycross. [More…]