Joe Sherman shows how to make an easy 600 hp with Ford's venerable FE engine using modern heads and cam design.
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Today's trends in paint have come a long way from the graphics-heavy '80s and early '90s and have almost gone retro - but with brand new materials. Here's what's hot in colors, treatment, and products.
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Do-It-Yourself Tips And Tricks To Make Your Hot Rod Arrow Straight And Ready For Paint.
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Do-It-Yourself Tips And Tricks To Make Your Hot Rod Arrow Straight And Ready For Paint.
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Do-It-Yourself Tips And Tricks To Make Your Hot Rod Arrow Straight And Ready For Paint.
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We Unlock 160 Hp In Ford's Most Prevalent But Least Popular Modular Motor.
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Read about questions from readers from Hot Rod Magazine
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This Might Be Our Most Aggressive Endorsement Of Tasteless Paint Jobs Ever, But At Least This Time It's Intentional.
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Read about problems our reader's have with their cars that need answers from Hot Rod Magazine
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Check out Global West' new front suspension components for the classic Mustangs in this month's issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
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There's nothing like the voice of experience to guide your way. We burned down several thousand miles of telephone line to see what advice the experts have to offer when it comes to improving the performance of your car. And just because you may happen to be a
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Even Baer admits it right up front: The new EradiSpeed line of high- performance replacement rotors may not make huge differences in your car’s stopping distance as compared to good-condition standard rotors. In fact, Baer says “in our extensive te
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No—as in SCCA, not as in Pontiac. Which raises a good point: The Trans Am racing seasons of 1966-1972 affected the overall genre of gearheadedness far more than perhaps you know. Thank those glorious years for not just the namesake TA, but for the Boss 30
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Regular readers will recall that our red, SOHC ’97 ’Stang has evolved through a series of configurations, all in the name of increased output, though not always entirely successful. Basic bolt-ons added a few horsepower here and there, but barely eno
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Are you like us? Do you have a rear axle fetish? You know the deal: No matter where you are, no car is ever completely looked over until you’ve dirtied your knees and palms and sprained your neck to sneak a peek at what’s hiding between the rear tire
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The Mustang 5.0 possesses the qualities to guarantee its place in history: light weight, manual trans and, most importantly, a high-output V-8 replete with dual exhaust (with real headers!). When Ford introduced the 5.0-liter Mustang GT in 1982, it offered sp
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A gallon of gasoline cost pennies, and global warming, CAFE regulations, and smog controls had not yet been invented. Fuel wasn’t a coveted commodity—it was an inalienable right. In the old days, I used to drive around with 4.10 gears or more because
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Hitting the open road in your hot rod requires serious gonads if your cooling system isn’t up to snuff. Like a toothache, a cooling problem doesn’t just go away. Oh, you can apply band-aid fixes to buy some time if you’re lucky, but sooner or la
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Online Editor’s note: The November ’01 issue of Hot Rod featured an extraordinary twin-turbo ’66 Mustang owned by Bill Watson, a jet engineer with Garrett/Honeywell. He generously supplied us with way more detail on his project car that we could
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Much of the fun of driving a late-model Mustang comes from the ability to light the rear tires at will. But when it comes to actually trying to accelerate, tire spin is just spinning your wheels. Because of the relatively low amount of bottom-end torque the 5.
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S ome Ford enthusiasts greeted the ’96 4.6L Mustang with more than a little concern. Granted, the all-new engine was a technological tour de force, but it was way down on displacement compared to its 5.7L-powered GM rivals. It’s a well-built vehicle
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