OVERVIEW:
How To Hop-Up Your Engine was a re-titling of Soup-Up.  Numbering continued from the previous title.  Like its predecessor, How to Hop-Up Your Engine was a small format, bi-monthly magazine focused on hot rodding.  

It went to the large format with its last issue #20 in June, 1963.  It was then re-titled as Hop-Up.

OWNERSHIP:
The first publishers were Joseph Hardie and Ray Kelly, with offices Canton, Ohio.  The first editor was Fred Schnaue, but he was shortly replaced by Lee Sparacio who purchased the company in mid-1961.  

Up until Hardie and Kelly exited the automotive publishing business, they managed several successful titles including Motorsport, Auto Craftsman, Custom Craft and Soup-Up.

The sale of this title to Lee Sparacio in 1961 included several titles.

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PUBLICATION DATA:
How to Hop-Up Your Engine had three years of publisher-provided print volume data (1961 through 1963). In those three years, it was at the bottom of the list of all automotive titles with net paid circulation details. Only 6,000 to 9,000 magazines were printed and distributed monthly.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 17 issues was printed from August, 1960 through June, 1963. All cover images are complete.

How To Hop Up Aug August 1960
Aug 1960 #4
How To Hop Up Nov November 1960
Nov 1960 #5
How To Hop Up Jan January 1961
Jan 1961 #6
How To Hop Up May 1961
May 1961 #7
How To Hop Up July 1961
Jul 1961 #8
How To Hop Up Sep September 1961
Sep 1961 #9
How To Hop Up Nov November 1961
Nov 1961 #10
How To Hop Up Jan January 1962
Jan 1962 #11
How To Hop Up Mar March 1962
Mar 1962 #12
How To Hop Up May 1962
May 1962 #13
How To Hop Up July 1962
Jul 1962 #14
How To Hop Up Sept September  1962
Sep 1962 #15
How To Hop Up Nov November 1962
Nov 1962 #16
How To Hop Up Jan January 1963
Jan 1963 #17
How To Hop Up Mar March 1963
Mar 1963 #18
How To Hop Up May 1963
May 1963 #19
Last trade-sized
How To Hop Up June 1963
June 1963 #20
Last issue