Cover Section: Cheap Thrills
25 Tips for 25 Bucks—or Less! Penny-pinching ways to improve your ride
Tech
Budget Iron Head Test Modern factory iron heads from the Big Three are cheap, and they really do perform
“Big” Cam or “Better” Cam That’s right—bigger isn’t always better
Electric Fan Dyno Test Yes, it is worth power. Real power
Pitch, Roll, Launch What’s the difference between drag-race and road-race suspension setups? Read this and find out
How to Port Cylinder Heads The mother of all performance how-to articles, presented in monkey-see, monkey-do format
Block Sleeving: How and Why Is a sleeved block junk? Not if it’s done the right way
Static vs. Dynamic Compression Or, How to Think Like an Engine
Features
’69 Olds 442 We still love our dads’ Oldsmobiles, even if GM doesn’t
The Bristol Bash Year One threw itself one heck of a 20th birthday party
NASCAR vs. NHRA Car Craft sits down with NHRA Prez Tom Compton
Car Craft Goes Racing! Heads-up, and in our own car. See how we did
’56 Corvette The only thing stock about this Vette is the wheelbase
Special Section: Axle & Rearend
Annual Axle & Rearend Buyer’s Guide Get your rear in gear
Departments
Point of View
Readers’ Pages
Straight Scoop
Speed Shop
Ask Marlan
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On the cover: Nothing illustrates the cheap thrills theme better than a third-gen Camaro, and Tim Moore’s Hugger Orange example, shot by Wesley Allison, says it all.