HOT ROD Professional December 2013

by | Dec 2013 | 1 comment

-Intro by Bob Freudenberger
When I was a boy, two of my favorite magazines were HOT ROD and Car Craft. Of course, with the wherewithal of a typical farm kid, all I could do was dream about the cars I’d like to build (not own -- there’s a difference),...

Please log in below to view content.
Don't have a log in? Click here to register for free access.

Mercedes-Benz Direct Fuel Injection

Mercedes-Benz Direct Fuel Injection

Unlocking the Mysteries Behind Gasoline and Diesel Piezoelectric Injectors I recently read David McCullough’s book The Wright Brothers about their work as pioneers of aviation. One interesting fact was that they built their own engines, and the very first engine they...

read more

1 Comment

  1. luckyuhaul

    Yep, “the older I get the faster I was”. It’s good to look back, but wages were equally low and hot rodding was, as today, always expensive! When you made a dollar an hour those $60.00 headers were far away savings plan. I remember a Sixty Eight Camaro with $3000 in the engine! Holy Smoke! Your house cost $12,000 , but as today you could buy 3 gallons of gas for your hourly wage. Gasoline is still the greatest fun you can obtain cheaply (and legally). luckyuhaul

Submit a Comment

Search All ATI Content:

Search by Publish Date

Mercedes-Benz Direct Fuel Injection

Mercedes-Benz Direct Fuel Injection

Unlocking the Mysteries Behind Gasoline and Diesel Piezoelectric Injectors I recently read David McCullough’s book The Wright Brothers about their work as pioneers of aviation. One interesting fact was that they built their own engines, and the very first engine they...

read more
Two Vexing Volvos Violate Validated Valvetrain Viewpoints

Two Vexing Volvos Violate Validated Valvetrain Viewpoints

We can get lost very quickly if we are not savvy to the fact that the engine is the actual modulator for the computer controlling it. Wow. Sometimes in the world of diagnostics, we run into some extremely hard to solve technical problems. Most of the time these days,...

read more

1 Comment

  1. luckyuhaul

    Yep, “the older I get the faster I was”. It’s good to look back, but wages were equally low and hot rodding was, as today, always expensive! When you made a dollar an hour those $60.00 headers were far away savings plan. I remember a Sixty Eight Camaro with $3000 in the engine! Holy Smoke! Your house cost $12,000 , but as today you could buy 3 gallons of gas for your hourly wage. Gasoline is still the greatest fun you can obtain cheaply (and legally). luckyuhaul

Submit a Comment