Learn why Mercury toyed with aluminum disc brake rotors and which American V8 was first to claim 400 horsepower on this episode of The Steve Mags Muscle Car Show Podcast! Now sponsored by High Octane Classics, the Northeast’s largest muscle car and supercar dealership!!

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Steve talks Cyclone 427 hoods. Marauder 410. 1957 Power boost fan . 312 Y- Block engines and more.

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Learn what made the 1966 and ’67 Comet Cyclone hood so exotic – and frustrating, how
Mercury proposed to fend off the Mopar Wing Car invasion and how the 1969 Mustang Boss 429 hood scoop differs from the 1969 Cougar Eliminator, plus a bunch more!

More Mercury muscle car facts including why the 1960 Comet almost became the entry
level Edsel, the strange saga of spy craft-equipped Marauders on the Hot Rod magazine Power Tour and lots more!

Steve’s away this week co-hosting the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona (be sure to tune in on FYI and A&E!). While he’s away, listen to his 2011 telephone interview with BIG DADDY DON GARLITS on the birth of the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing. And yes, Shirley makes an appearance.

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While Steve is away co-hosting the televised Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona (tune in on FYI and A&E!), listen to his 1997 telephone interview with John Force Racing crew chief and Chi-Town Hustler legend - AUSTIN COIL - on how he built a $75,000 dynamometer to test superchargers before installing them and going racing.

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Steve reads from the “Suspension and Brakes” section of the Ford chapter in his book “Steve Magnante’s 1001 Muscle car facts” and shares facts about Shelby wheels, Thunderbolt suspension modifications and a whole lot more!

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Learn why Ford’s 1960 352 High Performance engine was Detroit’s first super stock engine, how Ford kept the 1969-’70 Boss 302 from over-revving, and a whole lot more about Ford muscle machinery.

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Steve tells why every 1969 Torino Talladega got an open differential, what made 2003-2004 Mustang SVT Cobra connecting rods special and a bunch of other Ford factoids.

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Eighteen frisky Ford facts including why Ford painted the 1976 Starsky and Hutch Torino's TWICE, why the 1994 Mustang hood grew a barrel shaped profile, the long and winding route taken by every 1983-1993 Fox Mustang convertible from factory to completion and a lot, lot more. Brought to you by Autoworldstore.com.