Cars Illustrated - Volume 4 Number 7 (DIGITAL EDITION)

Detroit ’87:  Burnouts or Burned Out?

In this issue, Cars Illustrated editors looked at a variety of street-oriented drag cars while profiling what’s coming out of the Detroit factories that street freaks could use as raw material.  Combining the technology of the high-end drag racer with the performance of new American-built cars continued to be the editorial direction of the Cars Illustrated editorial staff. 

The tongue-in-cheek humor was really ramped up in this issue as the original Batmobile was drag tested next to a 6-second funny car.  In the article, Cars Illustrated editors proclaim the Batmobile to be the fastest car in the world. 

This is a 1:1 digital copy that will let you read Cars Illustrated - Volume 4, Number 7 on your phone, tablet, laptop, or home computer.

WHAT'S INSIDE:

Drag Test

71 Gotham Groundshaker, Holy Chrondeks!  We wring out the Batmobile.

Street Stompers

32 Killer Tomato, Pro-Reality 427 9-second Camaro.

36 Injected ’57 Chevy, Rat-a-tat.  It’s big, it’s bad – it goes 10s.

39 Psyclone, Schizo 390 with a 428 complex.

48 Escape Goat, No pig, this Goat goes 11s.

55 Childs’ 440 Valiant, Playing 12-second games with a big block A-body.

Racing

30 Drag City, Wendover, Utah street racing scene.

52 Mountain Motor Pro Stock Scene., Ain’t no motor big enough.

Tech

27 Magical Manifold Mystery Tour, Induction instruction.

58 Quadrajet Hop Up, Pot luck.

Bathroom Reading

22 Detroit ’87, Night of the living hot rod.

42 Expo ’86, A man and his blimp.

45 Project Buick, Buzz Bomb, Part 2.

61 Show Car, One man’s exhausting climb to the top.