Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Crack Open The 3G Hemi Program With Parts And Pieces From Holley!
The LS engine has a support system that is absolutely unreal in scope and size. The Coyote engine does too. But what about Ma Mopar’s third-generation Hemi, the one that has been a staple in...
Classic YouTube: 1981 Daytona 500 – Adapting To The Smaller Bodystyles After Years Of Big Cars
1981 was a transition year for NASCAR. This was the year that wheelbases changed from 115 inches to 112, which left cars like the Chevelle and the Torino in the dust and saw new models, like the...
Christmas By Firelight: Hoonigan Has Your Christmas Background Here, With Music And Hoonicorn Flames!
In a few short days, it’ll be Christmastime. The family will gather, the food will be served, the presents will be unwrapped and joy will be had throughout the world. And if your Christmas...
The Little Crapcan That Could: The Holden Barina Returns With More Modifications!
The Holden Barina that Street Machine is building up as a dirt-cheap track-day bomber keeps on moving up in the world! If this is your first introduction to the psychotic little gumdrop, here’s...
Caption This: “Engine Test Successful. Engine Replacement Required.”
Here’s a bit of insight into my former life as a helicopter tech: For each maintenance-required item, a code in the form of a symbol was entered on the paperwork each aircraft carried in a...
A Year In Review Of Wild Runs Courtesy Of BigKleib34 – Sketchy Passes And Money Shifts!
As we near the tail end of 2019, those in the business are starting to do their year in reviews. We do this for many reasons…we like to see what we accomplished in the last twelve months, we...
Practical Application: Can the EcoVette Actually Meet The 40MPG Goal In Traffic?
A little while ago, we tipped you off to a project involving a C5 Corvette with a six-speed and the promise of this car making the 40 miles per gallon mark. For comparison, that would equal the same...
Morning Symphony: The Square-Body Chevy That Sprays Holiday Cheer!
There were Chevrolet pickups like this everywhere growing up. The rally wheels, the two-tone paint in red, or blue, or blue/silver like my sister had for a first vehicle. They had the big bumper out...
Rough Start: Underneath That Grime Is A Wicked Little Red Express!
I tend to be wary when I see a low-cost Craigslist-style ad that features a hole in the hood and something poking through. Usually, it’s a high-rise intake and one of those cheap knockoff...
BangShift Movie Car Chase: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray vs. De Tomaso Pantera in “Challenge”
An early C3 Stingray Corvette and a De Tomaso Pantera, tearing up the roads near Asheville, North Carolina in the early 1970s…doesn’t sound too implausible, does it? If it weren’t...
Money No Object: 1981 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko Turbo Z – They Saw The Future
Put yourself in Don Yenko’s shoes for a moment. The heyday is behind you…the insurance groups have been a thorn for years. The idea of the Yenko Super Car has been gone for years....
Unhinged: Waxing Poetic On The Subaru Baja
Here’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever wanted…a Subaru Baja. Why in God’s name would I want one? Mainly…it was the only ute left. The El Camino died before I finished...
One Step Too Far: Engine Failure At 50 PSI For This Camaro!
The current automatic power recipe goes a little like this: find LS engine in junkyard. Swap cam, valve springs. Add boost. Done. I’m simplifying it a bit but you know what I mean…the...
