Liz Miles - MilesSpeed.com

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Contact: Liz@Milesspeed.com or 925.998.1072

A little about me
I've been into cars since I was 15, provoked mostly by my need for transportation. Since then my interest has evolved into a lifestyle. I spent my latter years at high school studying cars and ventured to WyoTech, a school in Wyoming focused in advancing the understanding of automobiles of their students. Shortly after leaving I got a job in a street rod shop. I moved to Southern California to work for Boyd Coddington. Though it was short lives for reasons out of my control, I stayed in Orange County searching for an even better job. In April of 2008, I was offered the job as Technical Editor at Popular Hot Rodding Magazine. There I've started my education on the magazine world and have learned much of what it takes to be a great writer, photographer, and editor in general. It's my calling to now go back to Northern California and start my career over as a freelance writer.

To learn more about me, and check out my other work please visit www.milesspeed.com and select About Me

Popular Hot Rodding Magazine
Since April of 2008, I have been the Technical Editor for Popular Hot Rodding Magazine. This job required me to write a variety of regular columns as well as features, project car stories, and technical works. My contributions accounted for between one third and on quarter of the magazine each month with exceptions into the fifty per cent range. I pride myself on clean, concise, well researched, and sometimes humorous edit that's always turned in on time if not early. Below you can see the stories I've written in PDF files. Please note that the photos have been desiderated and are lower resolution than that printed in the magazine though the file size is very large. Any photos can be emailed in high-res versions upon request.

Highlights - Web versions for faster loading

Feature - '68 Firebird
Feature - '70 Nova giveaway car
Events - Pomona swap meet with buying tips
Events - Goodguys Costa Mesa show
Project Car - Smeding 427 crate motor build
Project Car - Keisler 5-speed conversion
Project Street Fighter - Ford 9-inch rear end
Tech - 15 ways to save weight
Tech - Pump gas versus race gas
Tech - Artists to design your dream car
Tech - E85 conversion

Features and Events
'67 Nova
Lady Bird - '68 Firebird
'70 Super Bee
'67 Mustang Coupe
Hometown Heros - 46 Photo Contest Finalists
Super Nova - Goodguys giveaway car
13 Cars Of Sema
109 Reader's Projects
178 Real World Rides
Pomona Swap Meet - Buyers tips
SoCal Showdown - Goodguys Costa Mesa show

Technical
Engine Masters Competition - 2009 Results
Alternative Muscle - Forgotten or unappreciated muscle cars
The Boss Is Back - Ford's new 302 block
Build Your Own Flares - '66 Mustang flare how-to
Converting To Corn - E85 tech
Loud Rules! - Project X cutouts and dyno testing
Draw It! - Artists to design your dream car
20 Muscle Car Wheels
Paint Your Car For $300 - Summit's paint line
Engine Masters Competition - Huge transcription project
Pump Gas Versus Race Gas
Suspension Soup - Suspension parts for all the popular domestics
Lighten Your Load - 15 ways to save weight
Alloy Alternatives - Crate motors from The Big Three
Hooking Harder - Global West suspension on my '68 Camaro
Clutch Play - Technical information about clutches and examples of what's out there
Educated Chevy - School of Automotive Machinists small-block Chevy
G8 Pontiac Blower Kit - Magnuson roots blower
Work With What You Got - Vortech blower on a '03 Mustang

Mustang Project Car
Let It Eat - complete fuel system
Perfect Fit Manual - Keisler 5-speed conversion
Windsor Warrier - Smeding 427 crate motor build
Engine Bay Overhaul - cleanup project
In Control - Chassisworks front suspension
Fantastic 4-link - Chassisworks rear suspension
Tough As Nails - Chassisorks/Currie rear end build
Better Steering - Chassisworks rack and pinion
Trunk Rehab - Cleaning up the rear and installing a tool box
Brake Treatment - Wilwood disc brakes front and rear
Running Cool - Radiator and fan upgrade
Relocation Package - Trunk mounted battery

Tech Q&A
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008

The Last Word
Goodbye PHR - March 2010
Mustang Headers - February 2010
Brake Better - January 2010
Header Clearance - December 2009
DeTomaso Pantera - November 2009
Driving The Cobra Jet - October 2009
Safety First - September 2009
Billet Details (mustang) - August 2009
Old Parts - July 2009
Air Power (tools) - June 2009
How Big Is Too Big (wheels) - April 2009
Fully Loaded (toolbox) - March 2009
5-speed G-Body Swap - February 2009
Fun With Water (Jet) - January 2009
Meet Project Street Fighter - December 2008
California Speedway Trackday - November 2008
Getting ASE Certified - October 2008
Get Welding - September 2008