To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

Good cylinder heads are necessary to the production of serious horsepower, but what exactly constitutes a "good" cylinder head? Typically, we identify them with big, impressive flow numbers.

Whether you want to admit it or not, more than a few Bow Tie racers have lined up against 5-point-slow Mustangs only to discover that they-on rare occasion-aren't actually all that slow. Chances are ...