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Chasing Horizons

100 YEARS. FIVE DAYS. ONE EPIC DRIVE. • THE HOT ROD POWER TOUR PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE CELEBRATED 100 YEARS OF ROUTE 66 WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND FANS

BORROWING HISTORY • BUILDING A 1970 CHEVELLE RESTOMOD ALL IN THE NAME OF ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE.

THE LONG WAY FROM MELBOURNE • AN AUSSIE GM ENGINEER BUILT A TURBO LS-POWERED '56 CHEVY IN HIS GARAGE THEN DROVE IT STRAIGHT INTO HOT ROD HISTORY

FOLLOW-UP • NICK CRYER BUILT A2,000-HP ’33 FORD TO SURVIVE DRAG WEEK AND SCARE EVERYONE

ON TRACK FOR THE RECORD BOOKS • A TWIN-TURBO GEO TRACKER RUNNING 8S WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, AND THAT’S WHY FANS LOVE IT.

THE FASTEST TROPHY ON EARTH HAS 75 YEARS OF SPEED AND RIVALRY BEHIND IT

METEORIC RISE • SHE GREW UP CHANGING CLUTCHES. NOW MADDI GORDON IS THE NHRA’S TOP FUEL BREAKOUT ROOKIE

Big Red Wild Ride • WE TAKE HOT LAPS AT WILLOW SPRINGS IN BIG RED CAMARO

DEAD? NOT EVEN CLOSE: WHY CARBURETORS STILL RUN THE SHOW IN HOT RODDING • DEMAND IS STEADY. PRODUCTION NEVER STOPPED. THE CARBURETOR ISN’T DONE.

THE GREAT DEBATE • 4L60E VS. 4L80E: WHICH GM TRANSMISSION IS ACTUALLY RIGHT FOR YOUR BUILD?

WHAT IS E85 FUEL AND WHY DOES IT MAKE MORE POWER THAN GASOLINE? • HIGHER OCTANE, COOLER TEMPS, AND CHEAPER COST, BUT IT ISN’T AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS.

A Thank-You Note From the Pavement That Defines America