Hot Rod

Start running with HOT ROD - the biggest, baddest, car-guy magazine in the business! We bring you the broadest performance car coverage you'll find anywhere. From one end of the smoking¹ rubber road to the other. Barn finds, hot rods, rat rods, race cars, home-built super cars, land speed racers, the latest Detroit iron, and classic muscle - if it¹s hitting the streets, you¹ll read about it here first!

Hot Rod

THE HOT ROD ARCHIVES

ALL HAIL THE KING

POWER TOUR 2022 • HIGH OCTANE AND SWEET TEA

CAMERA READY • Here are a few of the 2022 HOT ROD Power Tour Long Haulers.

HELLEPHANT HELLUCINATION! • Design icon Ralph Gilles mind melds with SpeedKore for a next-gen Mopar.

SUPERCHARGED TIME MACHINE • Les Sutak’s supercharged 1969 Camaro Z/28 appeared on the cover of HOT ROD 43 years ago. It remains a street machine time capsule today.

GENERATION Z • HOT ROD traces the history of an exclusive high-performance package for America’s sports car.

THE LONG GOODBYE 2021 DODGE SUPER STOCK DRAG TEST • If the ICE age is ending, the long goodbye starts now.

AMBITION REALIZED • CUSTOM CAR BUILDER STANLEY CHAVIK IS LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM

FREE AT LAST IN HOLLIDAY • Another dusty gem is saved from wasting away in a barn.

DRAG RACING ON THUNDER MOUNTAIN

How High is Too High? • Are the rewards of running a higher-lift cam worth the risks? We hit the dyno with AHP to find out!

Super Makeover • Four-speed expert Craig Wright demonstrates how to rebuild a BorgWarner Super T-10 manual transmission.

THE CURE FOR CORNER-PHOBIA • Muscle meets modern with this simple coilover upgrade kit for GM A-bodies.

Primer Time • What are the differences between autosmotive paint and primer spray guns? The experts at Sata and Muscle Car Restorations tell us.

Modest Mouse • We assemble a solid and reliable Chevy 350 small-block for less than $3,600.

Salvage to Salvation • Car Craft video series returns to rejuvenate a ’67 Mustang that was rescued from a junkyard.

The 999 Coupe/Roadster