Hot Rod - December 2009 (US)

Name Magazine: Hot Rod | Year: 2009 | Issue: December | Country: US | Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 128 pages | Size: 21.2 Mb

This magazine is oriented to high performance and personalized cars and the sport of hot-rodding. It covers performance news, trends, technologies and auto events. It showcases a variety of different cars from custom built street machines to restored muscle cars. In addition, articles provide insight into the human side of the sport.

26 WILD 27 BUICK ROD 28 CHOPPED RIVIERA 29 THE DEPOT HACK 30 6.1L HEMI KUDA FEATURE STORIES 36 BONNEVILLE 09 What happened at the 61st running of the fastest show on wheels. Plus, we explain how Bonneville racing works and what all those funky class designation letters mean. 48 FORD VS. GM VS. MOPAR After a 40-year absence, The HOT ROD Magazine Drags returns to promote late-model muscle. COVER STORY 60 STREET MACHINES! The late 70s and early 80s are hip again, especially as they apply to street machine styling. Here are examples of the era done right. CRUSHER CAMARO Revamping our famous project car from the mid- 90s with a gnarly late- 70s/early- 80s vibe. Groovy. 78 MORE 10 CAMARO BOLT-ONS Revisiting the HOT ROD Test Car Camaro with ported heads, a bigger cam, and long-tube headers. 84 BUILDING THE RACE ROD The story of how roughly 20 people attacked a Factory Five Racing 33 Ford kit and built the entire thing in five days. Really. 92 SELF-TUNING FUEL INJECTION We test the new EZ-EFI from FAST. 8 STARTING LINE Street machine styling hits and misses. 10 HOLESHOT The in your face story of Bonneville 08. 12 RODDIN AT RANDOM Could the Firebird return? Here s evidence of maybe. 20 WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Phil Cool s roadster and the original HOT ROD Magazine Drags. 104 TEST AND TUNE Sweet new parts you need to buy to keep the hot rodding economy going. 110 PIT STOP A distributor that looks like a magneto. 120 WORLD OF HOT ROD Cool new retro-styled drag signs and more. 122 COMING NEXT Hot Rod Drag Week