HOT ROD 1979 APR - HOT Z28 TESTED, MOPAR 360 HOP-UP

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1.   TELL US WHERE TO GO: The HOT ROD Reader Survey

2.   ANNOUNCING THE HOT ROD NATIONALS: Calling all street rodders to the best rod-in yet

3.   CHEVY'S HOTTEST: Z28 CAMARO TEST: Factory stocker vs. aluminum-block screamer

4.   40 LOW-BUCK HOW-TOs: Helpful hints from HOT ROD readers

5.   8-SECOND BRACKET CARS: In California, the fast guys "show" as well as go

6.   THREE-DOOR FLIGHT: Terry Pitts' primo sedan delivery MOPAR 360

7.   STREET HOP-UP: Bolt-on horsepower wakes up the docile 360

8.   MUSTANG MAGIC, PART 3: ENGINE: Turning a junkyard 289 into a super street motor

9.   BAT OUTTA HELL: Dennis Abbey's 455 Buick-powered custom Chevy Stepside

10.   FIRST COVERAGE: NHRA WINTERNATS: Ford defector Bob Glidden heads up the Chrysler comeback

11.   TRUCKIN': Doug Kauffman's rat-powered '38 Chevy sedan delivery

12.   STILETTO Ted Barney's custom Vette is sharp and flashy

13.   SHOP SERIES: INTAKE MANIFOLDS How the mixture gets from carb to combustion chamber

14.   MAKIN' HAY: Farmer Gary Mussman's '32 Coupe sure ain't for chickens

15.   ROD TEST: BRUCE GRAHAM'S T-BUCKET: If you want to get sideways, Bruce has the hot tip

16.   BACK TO BASICS: STARTING CURES: What to do when the engine won't crank over

17.   TESTING HARLEY'S MACHO MACHINE: Maybe it's not the fastest, but it has the best image

18.   HOT ROD HERITAGE: JON LUNDBERG: The voice of drag racing still belongs to "Thunderlungs"

19.   RIMS 'N' RUBBER: How to select and install custom wheels and tires

20.   ANNOUNCING THE CAR CRAFT STREET MACHINE NATS: It's time for you to come back home to Indiana.

Plus other great hot rod, racing or how-to items.

 

COVER: Shawn Steele's good-lookin', hard runnin' '55 Chevy out of San Jose, California, exemplifies the state's many fine bracket cars. For more quarter-mile runners, see page 40.

PAGE 26: This isn't just your typical factory Z28 (get your magnets ready).

PAGE 72: '79 NHRA Winternationals, year of upsets: All the favorite cars lost, except for Pro Stock world champ Bob Glidden, who won driving a Chrysler.