In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

John Lohone’s 1,169-hp all-aluminum Brodix big-block cut through Drag Week’s Pro Street NA class for the win. Here’s how he did it. It’s indeed a fine edge between killing it and being killed off ...

Hot rodding is an iconically American phenomenon. Hot Rod magazine defines a hot rod as "an early American car that has been modified for improved looks and performance." Hagerty adds that the term ...

In this video, JC from Strange Engineering walks you through all of the important things to consider when building a rear axle for your car.

Owning a 1932 Ford hot rod means living in two eras at once. The car’s bones come from the earliest days of Ford’s flathead V8, but most Deuces on the road today are the result of decades of ...