Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, TECH, Videos
Can You Make Hellcat Power From A Chrysler 5.7? Engine Masters Slaps A Paxton Blower On One To Find Out!
When it debuted in the early 2000s, Chrysler’s 5.7L Hemi was a stomper. Rated at 345 horsepower in trucks and 340 horsepower in the cars early on, it was a good volley into the horsepower wars....
Massive American Muscle Car Museum Coming To Melbourne, Florida – Place Sounds Awesome!
(Photo: FloridaToday.com) – If you live in the Melbourne, Florida area and you like muscle cars you have basically hit the jackpot. A wealthy businessman is opening the American Muscle Car...
We Need Your Help: Do You Know The History Of This 1963 Plymouth Savoy?
(Photos: Short Street Rod Shop) Everytime I get an update about what has rolled into Jensen Masters’ Short Street Rod Shop’s garage, I prepare myself for what I’m about to see,...
Take A Look At Summernats Through The Eyes Of A First-Time Visitor via Speedhunters!
One thing I must do in my lifetime is travel to Australia. The weather, the food, the natural beauty (the landscape, not the lasses…) all look so inviting. Fly in, get a car, and take a trip...
BangShift Project Files: A $1,000 Jeep Comanche That Is On It’s Way To Becoming A Jurassic Park Utility Truck!
When Jurassic Park came out in 1993, it set a high standard for what a movie could be. Fans were treated to the sights of a dinosaur park near Costa Rica as Murphy’s Law kicked in, and...
AutoMeter Releases New Wideband Pro Plus Gauges – Data Logging Outputs, More Features
AutoMeter is at it again! The company has just rolled out it new Pro Plus Wideband Gauges and these things are cool. Designed to calibrate every time you fire up your car, they will display in AFR or...
Like Your Tractors Loud And Fast? We’ve Got A Collection Of Them Just For You!
Brian Lohnes loves tractors, just like he loves big, lumbering trucks and anything else that is utilitarian in nature. I don’t see the draw, personally. They are cool in their own right, but...
Rough Start: This Oldsmobile Omega Is Nice Enough That You Won’t Mind Repeating “It’s Not A Nova” Over And Over
When it comes to GM’s platform-sharing and badge-engineering, the normal way things work is that one car shines and the rest are kind of “there”. There are few exceptions. The...
Nothing But A Scratch! This Suzuki Samurai Goes For A Quick Roll In The Grass!
The Suzuki Samurai is an interesting little vehicle. It is like a scaled-down Jeep CJ in many ways, and that’s not by accident: the Suzuki Jimny was intentionally built by Suzuki to be a...
Unhinged: What Is It About Driving A Car That Is Older Than You Are That Is Great?
Ever since I yanked the engine out of my Imperial, the average age of the vehicles I have driven is roughly ten years old. That isn’t a bad deal at all…my Chrysler, my wife’s truck,...
Classic YouTube: The Baddest Chevrolet Astro We Know Of Is A Tug-Of-War Machine!
In stock form, the best you could ask for when it came to the Chevrolet Astro line would be a 4.3L V6 powered, all wheel driver that was good for 190 horsepower on a good day. That’s not too...
Hey, Honey, Watch This! Bringing The Wife Along During An Aussie Burnout Competition!
Guys, a tip for you: if you have your wife or girlfriend in the car, you really might want to think about what you are doing before you decide that now would be the perfect time to show off your...
eBay Find: When Is A 1978 Chevrolet Impala Worth $27 Grand? When It Packs A ZZ3 Crate Engine And Is Restoration Clean!
I’ve told stories before about a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice coupe that I owned when I was a teenager, but I rarely, if ever, speak about the 1978 Chevrolet Impala coupe that came before it....
Rough Start: Want A Cop Car For Under $5,000 That Isn’t A Crown Vic? How About A Plymouth Volare A38?
Cop cars have a special allure all to themselves. They are part family sedan, part muscle car, have to be ready to be a demolition derby car and be able to take the kinds of abuse that design...