HOT ROD 2001 DEC - V-10 VIC, BERGER SS CAMARO, 200MPH

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)   25 Best Homebuilt Caps: Editors pick the nicest of our stash and share some tips for next time

2)   Win Your Car Featured in HOT ROD Mag: Enter now for your dream come true

3)   Octane Shootout: 87 vs. 91 vs. 100 vs. 114-plus an octane booster test

4)   Adding a Gas Tank Sump: The stealth method for fuel system performance

5)   High-Intensity Headlight Swap: Get late-model brilliance for your older car

6)   Readers Prove It: Hardcore Axle Upgrades Tips from the fast guys at NMCA's Maple Grove showdown

7)   HOT ROD Comparo: Tire Sauce--Not too shiny, not too dull, but just-right sidewall sheen

8)   Source Guide: V-8 Into S-10 Truck: Man, we get a lot of mail on these little haulers

9)   Pro Street to Pro Touring: How this '55 Chevy made the transformation

10)   V-10 Crown Vic: Plus a look at Bob Bondurant's biggest weapon

11)   Rod Test: The 435hp Berger Camaro SS: A late-model tuner car with pipes that sing

12)   LT1-Powered '57 Vette: With late-model suspension, too-and it's all homegrown

13)   Injected Flathead Roadster Pickup: Hal Bankhead and So-Cal Speed Shop team up for a bitchin' '29

14)   Woodward Cruise--Then and Now: McGonegal was eyewitness to Detroit's past fasties

15)   Free Movie Postel: The Fast and the Furious

16)   20 Fastest Hot Rods of All Time: Recipients of HOT ROD's Bonneville trophy since 1949

17)   What It's Like to Run 200 MPH: Hear it firsthand from our first time on the salt

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

 

COVER: Readers shot the cover this time, with Rick's Bowman's '70 Camaro taking the star position. See the rest of 'em starting on page 26. And if you mail us photos now, you just may be on the cover of an upcoming issue