Ken Crocie built a monstrous Pontiac engine. It costs a fortune, and it doesn't do is weigh a lot. How does barely 400 pounds sound?
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Whoa, as if the Rack girls weren't enough, we threw in a couple more just for fun.
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A 5-second 260mph Mustang twin-turbo big-block Ford from Down Under.
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Yup, these cars are cheap and fun in their own right. But throw a turbo kit at them, and the fun increases exponentially.
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It goes low 11s without trying too hard.
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Hard-core race parts from the likes of GM Performance Division, Stef's Performance Automatic, and MetalWorx. Have some room left on your credit card?
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Why pay retail for oil filter relocation kits when they are an S-10 away in the yard?
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Last month, we overwhelmed you with a tome on the Car Craft Summer Nationals. This month, Tech Editor Smith presents a scholarly paper on the Real Street Eliminator competition that took place at the Nats.
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They're new and they flow lots of fuel. As an aside, they're also cool 'cause they look like sticks of dynamite.
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RET doubles down on the turbochargers for its in-house race car. Here's what 850 hp looks like.
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So we got a 5.7 Hemi from eBay, now how do we get it running?
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Tech Editor Jeff Smith talks about Dart Blocks, Break In Oil, and more.
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Changing axle ratios inspires burnouts and driveshaft math. Wait, did we just put those two things together?
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"I bought it new on January 3, 1972, at 2:32 p.m. for $2,200." Yes, he knows the time of day he bought the car.
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Tech Editor Smith explains how bearing clearances affect oil pressure.
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It's Dan's second-favorite car in the world.
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Here's an old-school, Roots blower, big-block Chevy to counteract some of the LS/modular/new Hemi stuff we've been running lately.
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Remember our ultralow-compression 400 from May? Here's part two: More compression and better parts equal much more power.
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Here's a cheap way to get really wide tires on a really heavy car.
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Do you think we should put a 468 big-block in our Project Sten?
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Just in time for winter—an exposé on fluid coolers.
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Real-world car-guys with low-buck machines.
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In our last update, Tech Editor Smith documented the buildup of the TPI engine. Now he actually has to stuff it into the truck.
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How to hook up a VDO to an EFI car with COP. Thanks to MSD for the 411.
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A supercharger kit for AMCs?? Cog drives, too?
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