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How To Apply Epoxy Coating To Your Garage Floor
Applying a Professional-Grade Epoxy Floor Coating Has Never Been More Straightforward Than With the UCoat It System. more
How To Weld
The Bare-Bones Basics On Getting Started With An Affordable Mig Welder. more
How to Install Independent Rear Suspension in Musclecars
Forget Custom-Fabbed Jaguar and Corvette Setups; Bolt-in Independent Rear Suspensions for Musclecars Are Now a Phone Call Away. more
NASCAR Mechanic School - How To Become a NASCAR Mechanic
We Know You Guys Can Spin Wrenches And Bend Metal With The Best Of Them. Maybe You'd Like To Do It In The Big Show For Glory And more
Air To Be Different - Understanding Air Suspension
Air Suspensions Have Hit Mainstream Hot Rodding. We Explain Everything You Need To Know About Them. more
All About A/C
Ready To Put Some Sub-Ambient Air In Your Ride? Here's Everything You Need To Know About Air Conditioning And What's Out There For Your Car. more
Engine Swap - Ford 4.6 Dohc Into Fox-Body
Mark Sanchez's '83 Mustang convertible has been around the block and then some. Serving as a test mule for Advanced Engineering West, Sanchez's high-tech Ford engine swap and ECM reprogramming business, the well-worn ride has seen everything from carbureted 5. more
The Ultimate Paint and Body Guide Part 2 - How To Strip Paint
It's time to reach beneith the surface to see what is really hiding under that old paint on your ride. Find out which method is best for you as we delve into the many methods you can do to take it down to bare metal. more
How to Swap a Mopar 5.7L Hemi
How To Drop A 5.7L Hemi Crate Motor And An A-518 Overdrive Automatic Into A Classica-Body. more
Engine Swap - LS7 in a 1969
Finding Out What It Takes To Stuff An LS7 Crate Motor In An Early Camaro, Dry-Sump And All. more
Ultimate Paint and Body Guide Part 6 - Material Concerns
In part 6 of Hot Rod's Ultimate Get to Paint and Body we show you the correct way to sand, prime and pick the best paint for your car. more
Chevy Impala Color Sanding - There's The Rub
The tough part is over. Last month's installment in our Paint & Body series covered the application of topcoats-color, clear, sp more
Hot Rod's Ultimate Guide to Paint and Bodywork Part 1
This is the first of a ten part series that we'll be covering over the next few months. We'll go through it all. In this installment we as the tough questions that you need to ask yourself. more
Ultimate Paint and Body Guide Part 3 - Got Dents?
Part 3 of Hot Rod Magazine's Ultimate Guide to Paint and Body. This time, we go over dent removal and how to manipulate metal. more
Ultimate Paint and Body Guide Part 4 - The War Against Rust
In part 4 of Hot Rod's Ultimate Paint and Body Guide, we're waging war on rust! more
Ultimate Paint and Body Guide Part 5 - Panel Alignment
Part 5 of Hot Rod's Ultimate Guide to Paint and Body: Building a Better Body Through Proper Panel Alignment. more
1973 Pontiac Ventura Rusty Floorboards
Freiburger figured he'd won the lottery when he scored a nearly mint, rust-free '73 Ventura parts car for 300 skins. Other than more
How to Build a Cobra From Scratch
You Really Can Build a Cobra From Scratch.Factory Five and Muscle Car Restorations Shows How. more
How to Buy EFI
Let's just get this out of the way up front. For the average street machine, EFI isn't about making more horsepower. It's not about simplicity or saving money either. The good ol' carburetor has had that covered for more than a century. Even those of us who've more
LS1 Block Basics
The General Motors small-block Gen III LS1 V-8 has been around since 1997, but many enthusiasts are still learning about its great features. Because of that, whether you are working on a Gen III V-8 project or not, you'll want to save this article since it's l more
How to Build a Budget Race Car: Part 3
In most parts of the country, when you flip the calendar page over to October, the "car" season is officially done. Race tracks close, cruise spots roll up their sidewalks, and all the nice cars go into hibernation. Conveniently, I moved from L.A. to Detroit t more
Get Professional Help
Every month, nearly every hands-on car magazine, this one included, runs at least one illustration from a professional designer showing a new project either under construction or under consideration. Pro builders hire these pro designers to help them conceptua more
Junkyard Jewel:400hp 318
Even Mopar guys seem to relegate 318 small-blocks to one of two fates: leaving 'em running happily bone-stock in beaters or tossing 'em in the dumpster after an engine swap. Sadly, the most ubiquitous LA engine has always been viewed as the useless punk of the more
Lose Weight Now Part II!
Plunging below the 3,000-pound weight barrier has always been a critical goal for those wanting quicker e.t's at the strip... more
The Science of Your Car
Springs, shocks, antisway bars, wheels, tires: That's what usually comes to mind when we think "handling"... more
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