Tiny Trucks Abound: Hyundai Introduces The New Santa Cruz – Optional Engines Pack A Horsepower Punch
(By Tom Lohnes) – Here it is, the revival of the small truck. No, this is not the Ford maverick, it’s Hyundai’s first-ever pickup truck and it’s called the Santa Cruz. With a starting...
Boost Makes Better: This Build and Dyno Test Of An 8-71 Blown 427ci LS3 Is Awesome – Airboat Engine!
If you are going to build a kick ass airboat engine, you need a few things. The first is obviously some horsepower, the second is a deep reservoir of torque, and the third is reliability so you are...
LSFest West Photos Galore! Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Vans, Drifters And Prerunners Everywhere!
(Photos by Wes Allison) We told you we were going to have a bunch of photos, and we weren’t kidding. Wes was on hand shooting every single thing on four wheels that was at the show, racing,...
LSFest West In Las Vegas Was OFF THE CHAIN! Killer Show, Drag, Burnout, Drifting And Off-Road Photos From All Over The Event Start Right Here!
LSFest is a spectacle people and that was never more apparent than this past weekend in Las Vegas during the 2021 LSFest West event held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With thousands of...
Freaky Flight: Watch Joey Logano Take Flight At Talladega From Every Angle Including Insane In-Car Video
If there is one thing that NASCAR has tried to stop vehemently over the last several years, it’s cars taking flight at super speedway races. If there is one thing that they keep learning it is...
Angry Little Brother: The 2021 McLaren Artura May Play Second Fiddle To The 765LT But Other Than That? Little Else.
(By Tom Lohnes) – The recent achievement of the absolutely bonkers Mclaren 765LT running a 9.33-second quarter mile completely stock sort of overshadowed the debut of its little brother, the...
Crowded House: The VW ID.4 Is The Latest, Most Capable, and Least Expensive Addition To The Electric Car Lineup In The USA
(By Tom Lohnes) – Forget the Tesla Model Y, Volkswagen is making the EV for the people in the ID.4 With standard RWD, at least 201 horsepower, and a ton of space inside, the ID.4 is not VW’s...
Project Binky Update: This Bitchin All-Wheel Drive Swapped Mini Is Ready For Reassembly And A Good Thrashing
Project Binky has been a long time in the making and I’m proud to say that I’ve been following the project since it started. What a great project, with amazing fabrication, and intense...
The Most Unique Flat Track Motorcycle Race In America Is Not Flat At All – The Peoria TT Is As Radical Now As It Ever Was
Over the last couple of weeks, I have gotten really interested in flat track motorcycle racing. The reasons are many but the big one is that I am trying to learn up on the subject as we’re...
Welding Sheet Metal Or Plate To Tubing Takes Some Work. Here’s How To Do It Right.
The devil is in the details, and sometimes there is no place this is more apparent on a project than in the fabrication of the chassis or roll cage. The Fabrication Series has been showing you ways...
MAHLE Motorsport’s New Ford 5.2L VooDoo Drop-In Forged PowerPak Piston Kit Is Just What You Blue Oval Fans Ordered!
The number of new parts available for virtually every engine platform would have be unfathomable even 10 years ago. With the technology that has come to design and manufacturing processes, companies...
Gen 5 LT Intake Test: L83, L86 And MSD Intake Manifold Tests On Cammed 5.3, 6.2, And More!
It’s on baby, the intake test you have been wanting and needing! Is the L83 intake the best LT intake made? Or is the L86 better? Or does the bad boy MSD intake blow them both away and take the...
The Road To SEMA Goes Through NOLA Motorsports Park: Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car SEMA Quest
(Words by Jim McIlvaine) The SEMA Show in Las Vegas is the largest trade show in the world for the automotive aftermarket and if you want your ride to get in front of the maximum amount of eyeballs,...
