Car Craft – October 2019

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OCTOBER 2019


CAR CRAFT (ISSN 0008-6010); October 2019, Vol. 67, No. 10. Copyright 2019 by TEN: Publishing Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Published monthly by TEN: Publishing
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➔ON THE COVER
Dario Gaiga of Calgary,
Alberta, is the owner of
Infamous Racecraft (you
can check out his many
crazy projects on YouTube at
thehouseofboost) and built
this 1977 Austin Mini with a
6-71 blower and a 4.8L LS. We
caught him killing more tires
at LS Fest West in Las Vegas
this past May, along with nine
other creative car crafters!
The story starts on page 58.
Photo by Larry Chen.

CONTENTS


➔UP FRONT
04 BANGIN’ GEARS
What’s the most commonly swapped engine in hot rodding?

08 HORSEPOWER!
1,300hp, 350ci LS COPO Camaro.

➔HANDS ON
10 SPEED PARTS
New parts for your ride.

12 CHEAP TRICK
Get 60 hp more from a 5.3L LS with a used LS9 cam and
LS3 valvesprings.

18 SIMPLE SERPENTINE
Transform your engine room with an accessory drive system
from Concept One.

26 NEW CARB IN TOWN
Fuel System Technologies introduces a new line of fuel
mixers.

➔PROJECT CAR
32 THIS GUY’S GARAGE
“Chevy” the cat is just part of the collection at
Rich Conklin’s Hot Rod Farm.

34 PROJECT FAKE SNAKE: THE SWAP BEGINS
Starting the process of putting a modern Ford Coyote
crate engine into Car Craft’s 1999 Mustang GT.

40 PROJECT MUSTANG, PART 1
We kick off our 1969 Mustang project with a
step-by-step floorpan replacement.

➔FEATURES
46 PRICE-BUSTER DUSTER
How do you build a cheap Mopar? Keep it simple and use
leftover parts.

52 G-BODY JUNKYARD
Searching through Brian Weaver’s huge collection of
G-Bodies for our six favorites.

58 LS ALL THE THINGS
Car Craft’s 10 favorite homebuilt LS swaps from Holley
LS Fest West.

➔BACK OF BOOK
66 KRASS & BERNIE
The 1972 Chevelle of Bernie’s dreams!

68 JUNKYARD CRAWL
A pair of four-speed GTOs languish on the Texas
prairie.

70 WHERE’S THE FUN?
The readers weigh in.

74 REAR VIEW
Dario Gaiga’s supercharged 4.8L Turbo LS
1977 Austin Mini.

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