Joe Hinds is a technical services team lead for Holley Performance Products. Joe has been a lifelong car guy and has over 37 years of experience repairing, restoring, and modifying cars. He began his professional automotive career working for Year One and Mustangs Unlimited, and he ran his own shop for many years. Now, his shop time is spent mostly on his own projects. This includes a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air that is getting a Hilborn EFI-equipped big-block Chevy engine as well as his son's wild Gen III Hemi-equipped 1972 Gremlin X that is being built to race in hill-climb, drift, and land-speed events and possibly some drag and drive events.

This is his second book for CarTech. His first book, GM G-Body Performance Upgrades, marked him as a GM guy, but he is a lifelong hot rodder with little brand loyalty and a great appreciation for anything mechanical.