Tabla de contenidos para Volume 3, Issue 28 - April 2023 en All Chevy Performance

It can start in an instant and last a lifetime. You’re driving with your folks or riding in a school bus and a cool car rumbles by. Stopped at a red light, you press you nose against the glass for a few fleeting moments of visual and audible contact only to see that cool shape slide away, probably never to be seen again. Regardless, you are never the same. For Bo Juniel that irreversible change came courtesy of a ’66 Chevelle that was parked near his home in the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles. The classic GM A-body shape was to cut an indelible pattern into his memory, building up like the layers of dust that would grow to envelop the cool Chevy over the years. Bo would walk…

Technology has a habit of eventually making a process so simple and easy that it’s hard to deny. Car guys tend to be traditionalists– you know, the types who say, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!” But then a really favorable process like a hydraulic clutch release system comes along on new cars and the gradual conversion process begins. Anyone who rows his own shifts with a manual transmission knows all about the issues with mechanical clutch linkage. While the system works, it’s often clumsy and awkward and fitting headers round that z-bar can be problematic. Hydraulic clutch release systems are complex in their own right, but the small hydraulic line down to the hydraulic release bearing eliminates all that mechanical monkey motion. Early retrofit hydraulic conversions employed a…

Back in 1977 John Koch was 17 and working his way to purchasing his first car: a ’69 GTO with a 400ci powerplant, 400 trans, and a pair of Hush Thrush mufflers that ended behind the driver seat. It sat high and level with the look and sound John wanted. Scenes from American Graffiti were playing out daily on the streets of John’s hometown of Whitestone Queens where kids cruised Francis Lewis Boulevard and raced stoplight to stoplight just for the thrill of it. The serious racers would head off to the connecting highway, a stretch of roadway that connected the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the Grand Central Parkway for quarter-mile showdowns. It was there that races for cash played out on a regular basis and spectators flocked to overpasses to…

Almost everyone who grew up in the ’50s can relate to a station wagon; it was the minivan of the era. Jerry Dixey spent a large portion of his early years in his parents’ station wagon, doing everything from going to the drive-in to taking family vacations. Station wagons were true utilitarian vehicles back then and they make cool cruisers today, as we’re about to prove. Over the past 25 years Dixey has traveled many miles in state-of-the-art hot rods leading road tours all over the country, first as a magazine staffer and now on his own (see Jerry Dixey’s Road Tourians Facebook page or visit roadtourians.com). Some time ago Dixey decided a station wagon would be the perfect mode of transportation for his weeklong road trips and, as luck…

1. NOSTALGIC ROLLERS Halibrand Sprint wheels are back in production and available to fit most muscle cars and street rods. These 15-inch wheels are available in several widths, from 4.5 to 10 inches wide with most common backspacing options. Choose from Anthracite finish with a machined outer lip or a fully polished finish. The machine-polished finish is raw, allowing additional polishing to a show car quality finish. Add that classic nostalgic Halibrand style to your muscle car or street rod. For more information, contact Holley Performance by calling (866) 464-6553 or visit holley.com. 2. BILLET BEZELS Add style to your ’67-68 Camaro with All American Billet taillight bezels. Machined from 6061-T6 aluminum and available in machined, polished, or black anodized finish, these Camaro taillight bezels are sold in pairs and…

The great things about the LS engine are the aftermarket has fully embraced it as a performance engine and there are tons of options for your next build. The bad things about the LS engine are the aftermarket has fully embraced it as a performance engine and it can be frustratingly difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to determining the best components for your next build. Don’t worry. We’re here for you. We recently spent two days in the dyno cell with the engine builders at Prestige Motorsports testing just LS intake manifolds from Holley. Our entire purpose was to find out how Holley’s different intake manifold options affect how (and where) the engine makes power. And boy, the results were enlightening. We’ve done stories…

Dave Timm has been around cars for as long as he can remember. Working in a car audio shop during his late teens exposed him to the custom car world. That’s when he caught the bug—or as his wife, Andrea, refers to it as an “addiction.” “I built my first car in 1996. It was a Dodge Neon and knowing nothing about cars I decided to supercharge it. I believe I was the first person in the world to supercharge a Dodge Neon,” Dave laughs. Dave moved on from the custom car audio biz and years later became a deputy sheriff. The Neon was long gone but the car bug remained. One night in 2018 Dave had a little time on his hands and was perusing eBay looking at classic…

Pushing fuel is serious business. Regardless of whether you’re feeding a stock mill or looking to install a hopped-up LS packed with plenty of go-fast goods to make it breathe fire, having the right fuel system to handle the job is of the utmost importance. If you plan on running carburetion or fuel injection enhanced by turbos or a supercharger, it will add even more demands to the delivery process. It takes careful planning to supply the perfect balance of fuel to meet the needs of today’s high-performance engines, with each application having specific needs to reach its goals. During a recent visit to Procision Industries in Taunton, Massachusetts, we met with shop owner Pat O’Brien who had recently wrapped up outfitting a fresh 5.3L LC9 LS for installation into…

@TavisHighlander TavisHighlander.com Vehicle Build: By Alvey’s Bodyworx, Louisville, KY Thanks to air suspension, this custom ’55 sedan delivery is going to sit really low. The wheels tucking up into the fenders are Schott Venoms with tri-bar knockoffs. A cleaned-up body with tight tucked bumpers will show off the gloss black paint. Blue line tires finish off the look and tie into the dominant interior color. The interior is where I spent much of my time as a designer on this project. Coming up with flowing lines was paramount to the builder and owner. In the end, the seats and all panels follow the theme of a narrow suede inset with a small group of perpendicular accent seams. A little bit of polished trim breaks up the almost-all blue interior.…

“Originally, I intended to just take the car in for an LS swap,” Mike Fisher, owner of this remarkable ’67 Camaro, confesses. “After spending some time with Jeremy Miranda at the Miranda Built shop in Boynton Beach, Florida, and seeing what he and his team were capable of, the LS swap turned into a full-on redo–a total ground-up restoration with tons of one-off custom nuances.” This occurrence is not unheard of with car owners looking to do some minor upgrades; although every situation is unique and outcomes vary, Mike’s ’67 Camaro is now an absolute gem. The Delray Beach, Florida, resident was introduced to the car hobby by learning how to wrench on his father’s projects well before he was of driving age. “My first car was an LS1-powered fourth-gen…

In a world of twin-turbo LSX engines making upwards of 1,200 hp, we might come across as a bit antiquated—who’s even building smallblock Chevys anymore? Scrolling through Instagram and catching up on the latest SEMA builds, you’d be forgiven for forgetting the good ol’ 383ci Chevy. But scroll through your favorite online hot rod parts store like Speedway Motors and you quickly realize the humble small-block is far from dead. With the wide variety of complete rotating assemblies, top-end kits, and engine dress-up kits available on SpeedwayMotors.com, it’s never been easier to build your own stroker engine at home. To get the ball rolling, we sourced a used small-block 350 with four-bolt mains that someone was getting rid of on OfferUp for a couple hundred bucks. While we’ve heard that…

A few years back, Mike Pugliese of Staten Island, New York, was picked to be a participant on television’s reality series Biker Build-Off. “I had been building motorcycles since I was a teenager here in New York, but I wasn’t really known outside my area. Then they picked me for the show,” Mike states. “I was the only guy who didn’t do this full time. I just worked out of my garage.” Well, that didn’t stop this two-wheel wizard from picking up a big win on national television. “Going up against all these famous and amazing bike fabricators was a very cool experience. I had a great time and learned a lot about myself and the business,” Mike points out. “I was grateful for the chance to show my work…