In your hands is another issue of HOT ROD Magazine, packed as usual with North America's top, state-of-the-art, high-tech, automotive exotica. Also as usual, many of the cars showcased in this issue ...

Whether you're spinning your very first set of wrenches or tuning engines for a Pro Stock team, there's no denying that the beginning of any engine buildup is the cylinder block. Let's review its ...

Some thoughts on this, in no particular order: If you're spending appreciable money on building an always on appliance that you want to last for years, you want to focus on a solid platform, which in ...

There’s no two ways about it: We live in the golden age of horsepower. You can get crazy performance for cheap, whether you’re buying new or building the truck engine in your project car. That said, ...

When the term “Street Rod” came about many decades ago, the scene was filled with T-Buckets, fat-fendered Fords and obscure combinations of engine, body and suspension that only a gearhead could dream ...

Craig May, of Vaughnsville, enjoys a ride in his 1929 Willy’s-Overland Whippet. Production of the roadster began at the Toledo Jeep plant in 1927. A year later it finished third in sales behind Ford ...

Building custom cars to a certain aesthetic and performance has been a favored pastime since not long after Karl Benz puttered out of his garage on the Motorwagen. Ever since that fateful day, ...

Invented by Frenchman Leon Levavasseur to power airplanes, the mighty V8 has become an icon of American automotive history. Cadillac introduced America to the V8 motor in 1914, and the car industry ...