Having a 500-plus-horse big-block under the hood of our Basket Case 1970 Chevelle project is exciting, but we're going to need a reliable way to convert that rotational power into linear motion. So ...

It was a warm, sticky summer afternoon at Maryland’s Capitol Drag Raceway back in the mid-1970s. I was fresh out of high school when a ’63 Chevy II roared up into the staging lanes for a smoky stage.

Many projects begin as cars that have already exceeded the budget of the average backyard mechanic. And even then, regardless of funds, you can surely expect to spend two to three times more than ...