Sentences with phrase «into hot rods»

I'm into hot rods, classic cars, motorcycles, tattoos, live bands, dark beer, high heels and red lipstick!

Sissy Spacek is leaping into a Hot Rod.

He has been inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame, won the Amber Award and is an eight - time winner of the Goodguys Street Rod of the Year award.

2011 Hot Rod Speed Parts Hall of Fame Inductees The Mickey Thompson Sportsman Pro tire was among five legendary speed parts selected for induction into the Hot Rod Magazine Speed Parts Hall of Fame for 2011.

The offer was tempting — about six times what the car was worth brand - new for just its used body — but Floyd Phillips refused.He said $ 15,000 might have been a fair price, but the two men from Fayetteville, Ga., wanted to turn the vintage Packard into a hot rod and Phillips could not allow that.Whoever buys the Packard will have to be content to keep it as it is — as close as possible to how itlooked when it sold for $ 2,554 off the showroom floor in 1940, he said.Phillips, a Tampa hospital respiratory therapist, was one of about 150 owners of antique and classic cars at Ormond Beach's 30th annual Antique Car Show and Flea Market this weekend.

Not exact matches

My dad was always into cars and had hot rods when he was younger.

That hydrogen buildup was the result of hot steam coming into contact with overheated nuclear fuel rods covered by a cladding of zirconium alloy, or «zircaloy» — the material used as fuel - rod cladding in all water - cooled nuclear reactors, which constitute more than 90 percent of the world's power reactors.

im into harley's, hot rods, and (obviously) heavy metal!!

Comprehensive Materials List for 7 Lab Groups LABORATORY EQUIPMENT: beakers • 50 mL • 100 mL, 4 • 150 mL • 200 mL, 2 • 250 mL • 500 mL, 2 graduated cylinders • 100 mL • 50 mL stirring rods, 2 penny paper clip plastic fork petri dish black marker, water - based stopwatch or timer 2.5 mL (1/2 tsp) measuring spoon test tube brush several small bowls or cups hot plate and beaker to warm water, if you don't have access to warm tap water Optional: balance CONSUMABLES: plastic pipettes, 7 vegetable oil, approx. 200 mL salt, approx. 45 mL (3 Tbsp) powdered laundry detergent, approx. 20 mL (4 tsp) corn syrup, 70 - 80 mL isopropyl alcohol, 70 - 80 mL paper towel, cut into 7 strips, 1.5 cm wide paper plates, 7 milk (whole works best), 400 mL food coloring (green, red, blue, yellow) cotton swabs, 14 dishwashing liquid, approx. 15 mL (1 Tbsp) + additional for cleaning ice cubes, about 2 dozen water, warm and room temperature Optional: transparent tape, small plate Aloha and Welcome to the Island!

A factory hot - rod, the Grand National played off of Buick's recent Nascar championship and helped put Buick back in the minds of performance car enthusiasts, only to ultimately fall back into oblivion again.

He cofounded the show that evolved into the SEMA extravaganza, edited Hot Rod at its launch in 1948, and cofounded the National Hot Rod Association in 1951.

What they conceptualised was a Motorsport division mash - up; packaged into a pocket - sized, angry hot - rod.

Some 115 hours of work go into the installation of such quintessential Porsche hot rod pieces as Mahle forged - aluminum pistons, Carrillo forged - steel connecting rods, and an Arrows Precision crankshaft.

Aston Martins are far removed from American car culture, but the V12 Vantage that when you shoehorn the biggest engine possible into the engine bay of a smaller car, the result is a hot rod.

To dive deeper into just what makes the 911 the ultimate hot rod starting point, the boys start the video in «The Daddy,» a brilliant, million - dollar Mexico Blue example built by Workshop 5001.

Floor the SVR once underway and it bypasses mild and heads straight for wild, with a sound that coaxes you into revisiting its quad - piped hot - rod glory over and over again.

With a little old - fashioned hot - rodding, perhaps the CTS - V could be transformed into something that's not a plodding embarrassment to all America.

The upgrade from that is a 2.0 - liter turbocharged 4 - cylinder with 252 horsepower that turns the Terrain into something just short of a hot rod.

A true 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air custom 2 - door hardtop that has been transformed into a high - performance, fuel - injected hot rod.

The 480737 code cam (identical grind to the RAIV «041» cam) was originally specified for the SD455 engine and was fitted into the «pre-production» test cars (source: former Pontiac special projects engineer McCully), one of which was tested by both Hot Rod and Car and Driver magazines.

It's not that we think the engineering is flawed or weak; it's just that we get the sense there was too much family and not enough hot - rod emphasis put into this 4x4.

Dig into the deep bag of power and torque and you smile at the longitudinal g - load; I expect to see a lot of hot - rodded SSs on Detroit's famed Woodward Avenue «drag strip» in coming years, just as there are now plenty of modded GTOs running up and down it all spring and summer.

Embellishing high - line vehicles from General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Lexus, and Toyota, as well as building custom creations like the World record holding Venom GT, HPE has evolved into a state - of - the - art facility that includes the world's first state accredited Tuner school, a 40,000 - square foot workshop and showroom, and the Lonestar Motorsports Park with an International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioned quarter - mile dragstrip on 143 - acres near Houston, Texas.

The Saturn Ion Red Line is the company's attempt to tap into the sport - compact market, with a factory hot - rodded version of the Ion quad coupe; under the hood is a supercharged four - cylinder engine.

With its emphasis on hot rods and performance parts - and its appeal to auto enthusiasts - the Specialty Equipment Market Association is the industry's window into the automotive libido.

John Yieser purchased an F - 2000 for $ 2,000 in quarters more than 10 years ago, and has since transformed it into the perfect blend for both the hot - rod and off - road lover.

As time goes on, these features will find their way into family cars, and not be limited to the high - performance market - just more examples of how high - performance, modern hot rodding improves the entire breed.

By stuffing a 130 - horsepower V - 6 into its popular «J - car» and hanging some interesting plastic around the lower body, Chevy has come up with a growly little hot rod that still manages to rate 20 miles per gallon on the EPA city - driving test.

The following pages offer a look at these hot - rod products, which continue to breathe new life and performance into a legacy market.

That heritage was again on display at the recent SEMA Show's Hot Rod Alley, where attendees were able to examine first hand the amazing parts and craftsmanship that go into custom - built rods.

The needle on the speedometer sweeps past 60 mph in a flash, and the growling twin - turbo V6 exhaust note rushing into the cabin makes me smirk, but I wonder if there is much demand for a hot rod Fusion.

The company known for turning Mercedes - Benz models into hellacious hot rods claims to have built the world's fastest and most powerful four - seat convertible.

Still, some of these econo hot rods are finding their way into the local market, and sales eventually will be officially expanded to other areas.

Most TREMEC Magnum and TKO installations into muscle cars and hot rods will use a single - piece driveshaft.

Even without the binary hot - rodding, you've got two coca farms worth of endorphin production up there and the only thing keeping you from shot gunning it right into your heart is your discretion and the local gendarmes.

This is one of the things that makes the Magnum even more versatile for retrofits into muscle cars, hot rods and a variety of competition vehicles.

-- Hot Rod Magazine dives deep into the cylinder bores of the 426 Hemi, which celebrates its 50th birthday this year.

When the talk turns to future classics, one of the first Japanese cars that pops into mind is the Honda S2000, a quick and aggressive little roadster with an engine that loves to rev.. The S2000 is something of a throwback to the British sports cars of the»60s, and it has earned a reputation as a raw and demanding hot rod that rewards the driver with its unique style and performance.

With the ECU and built - in sensors integrated into the throttle body, the Atomic EFI throttle - body kit is an easy upgrade to electronic fuel injection for musclecars, trucks or hot rods.

Sometime after that, the Novas evolved into superb platforms for hot rods and even race cars.

This was going to be the «budget» Corvette, but Chevy officials decided to turn it into a race - ready hot rod.

Lot # 1125 - A true 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air custom 2 - door hardtop that has had its heart and soul transformed into a high - performance, fuel - injected hot rod.

• A detailed hot rod world set in a 3D urban landscape • 13 different episodes to complete • Lots of crazy characters to encounter • Ground - breaking physics: crash into your opponent's car to slow him down • Different gameplay modes: dodge traffic cones, jump off ramps, avoid walls and more... • Upgrade your vehicle's components and aesthetics to make it look even cooler

The sound of Guns»n' Roses comes blaring out of the speakers, the sun is glinting off of your windshield, the tropical haze warps into a blur as you hit the boost and the bullet time kicks in as a bus smashes into the left wing of your hot rod.

Drive your hot - rod beach buggy as far as you can into the uncharted depths of a mysterious tropical island!

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With Hot Rod 1 in the main gallery and a full - scale motorcycle, Cagiva, collaged and displayed in the center of the entrance gallery, Letscher leads the viewer into a way of reading the entire show.

An early convert to the speed and brightness of acrylic primary colors, he bent Pop to his own purposes, which were to declare a clear break from Abstract Expressionism, as Pop was already doing, and to infuse the graphic punch of posters and hot rod decoration into high - minded abstraction.

Organized by assistant curator Nora Donnelly, this ambitious exhibition featured nearly seventy works in all media, roughly divided into three sections: drawings and paintings by car customizers; photographs documenting the community surrounding hot rods and low riders; and examples of contemporary artists» appropriations of the look and attitude of car culture

It's as if humans were handed the keys to the planet and started souping it up into a gas - guzzling hot rod.