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What Is a Street Rod?

What Is a Street Rod? Douglas Glad © Hot Rod Network Staff 001-street -rod-terms A street rod is a passenger car or truck manufactured before 1949 that has been modified for style, safety, and reliability. They are built for comfort and to be driven long distances and generally feature a mix of current and obsolete technologies. A street rod will feature techniques from several other car building subsets but do not have a specific identity like a Kustom or a Gasser would. Starting with the 1932 Roadster (pictured here), consider this a guide to common street rods and a street rod glossary of terms.

David Freiburger Believes the LS Made the Big-Block Cool Again

511-Inch Mopar Wedge Hits the Dyno and Makes Over 700 hp and Even More Torque!

511-Inch Mopar Wedge Hits the Dyno and Makes Over 700 hp and Even More Torque! Steven Rupp This high-compression solid-roller 511-inch Mopar wedge lays down some impressive power numbers. Even we get tired of the constant barrage of LS this and LT that these days. So when Engine Masters co-host Steve Brul sends us over something a bit different, we perk right up. This time it s a 511-cubic-inch Mopar wedge mill on their Superflow 902 dyno. © Hot Rod Network Staff Mopar engines were referred to as wedge engines because they used wedge-shaped combustion chambers; this was different from Chrysler s 426 Hemi big-block engines that were typically referred to as Hemi (as in 426 Hemi, for example) due to their hemispherical-shaped combustion chambers. Some would argue that the wedge callout was a marketing gimmick since most 1959 and newer Mopar V-8s had wedge chambers with the other two types being the far less common hemi and poly (318) designs. The wedge

What Is a Hellephant and Why Don t We See Any?

What Is a Hellephant and Why Don’t We See Any? Johnny Hunkins © Hot Rod Network Staff You could be forgiven if you thought a Hellephant was an alias for Snuffleupagus, Sesame Street s lovable but imaginary pseudo-woolly mammoth. Just like Snuffleupagus, the Hellephant has yet to be seen in the wild, making many folks wonder if it ever existed at all. Hellephant, of course, refers to Mopar Performance s 426-cubic-inch all-aluminum 1,000-hp Hemi crate engine. Based on the Hellcat Hemi that came out in the ground-breaking 2015 Dodge SRT Hellcat Challenger, the Hellephant Hemi crate engine was introduced to the public at the 2018 SEMA show, and unlike the Hellcat s 707-hp Hemi (covered in detail here), it will not be offered in a production car.

Edelbrock Moving Headquarters From California to Mississippi

Edelbrock Moving Headquarters From California to Mississippi Tim Bernsau The 83-Year-Old Performance Parts Company Is Relocating to the Memphis Area Research Volvo After 83 years in Southern California, Edelbrock Performance begins a new era in 2021. The historic aftermarket performance parts manufacturer is moving its headquarters from Torrance, California, to Olive Branch, Mississippi, just south of Memphis, Tennessee. One year ago, Edelbrock and its Russell Performance division joined forces with the COMP Performance Group, which is based in Memphis. In addition to Comp Cams and Edelbrock, the group includes TCI Automotive, FAST Fuel Air Spark Technology, Racing Head Service, ZEX, Inglese Induction Systems, Powerhouse Products, COMP Vthunder, and COMP GoParts.

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