Chevy High Performance – October 2019

• COVER & TOC
  Rarely does anyone hold on to their
  first car, especially one purchased
  by a 16-year-old kid from Southern
  California. But that’s just what Dennis
  Taylor did. He bought his 1972 Nova in
  1977, hot rodded it out, had a bunch of
  fun, then life happend and the car sat
  for 32 years. Fast forward to today and
  Dennis’ Retro Nova is now a 3,000hp
  monster looking to take Hot Rod Drag
  Week by storm. It’s a killer car with a
  great story. See the full feature starting
  on page 14.
  Photographs by Jason Lubken

★ OCTOBER 2019

FEATURES

14 RETRO NOVA RELIVES

ITS DAYS OF GLORY

It started as a hot rod and

it’s still a hot rod

30 BAT WING BOMB
The Boyds build a
Biscayne

44 TAKE TWO
When the one gets away,
find another

58 THE GOOD PART
You may remember
John G’s ’69 SS ... from
back in the day

DEPARTMENTS

6 FIRING UP

Restomod = RESTOred

looks + MODified for

performance, handling,

and safety

10 STRAIGHT LINE

SPOTLIGHT

The baddest drag racing

Chevys

70 PARTS BIN

Things you need for your

ride

74 JUST SAYIN

Jeg Jr., gives the inside

scoop on what it was like

growing up Coughlin

TECH

22 PREACHING

TOLERANCE

Ten factors to consider

when it comes to engine

bearing clearance

38 SAY HELLO TO THE EN

FUEGO SIX-OH

We attempt to rebuild the

worst junkyard engine

ever, so you don’t have to

52 BAER ASPIRIN

Get rid of your braking

system headaches with

a quartet of Baer binders

from Roadster Shop

64 FAST/QUICK

TURNAROUND

Chevrolet Performance

offers high-revving small-

block engine options to

get you back on the road

in a weekend

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