To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

"Yeah, cool, but those engines won't last." "Sure, it's quick. For what it is." "That's as fast as they'll ever go." "I'd rather push my big-block than drive one of those. " (OK, I made the last one ...

Two issues back, we subjected a 468-inch big-block Chevy to a variety of different oval-port cylinder heads, ranging from stock peanut-port-style heads to full CNC-ported versions (see “The Big O”).

Cylinder head porting is one of those garage mods that lives somewhere between speed-shop legend and flow-bench science. Also referred to as port and polish, the idea is simple: Open up the intake and ...