Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

For several years HOT ROD has built what we call Junkyard Jewels: engines scrounged out of the junkyard and upgraded with bolt-ons in a step-by-step fashion in an effort to make good power on a ...