Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
The Straight-Eight Challenge: Will Either One Of These Ancient Engines Run?
Waking up cars from the dead will always be a challenge, but for the past sixty years or so, give or take, the designs of the engine are pretty much the same: inline four, inline six, V8 and up....
This Video Of The Imperial Construction NHRA Alcohol Funny Car Making A Hub Dyno Pull Is Awesome
I love alcohol funny cars. As we have told you a million and a half times here over the years, they are among the most difficult cars to drive in the sport, they are fast as the dickens and they are...
Snowmobile-Powered Triumph: A Full-Scale Test Romp…This Time, With Everything Hooked Up!
It’s weird just how at-home this engine is. Once powering a Yamaha RX1 snowmobile, this supercharged four is now fully functional inside of a Triumph Spitfire and is ready for a good flogging....
Watch This Toyota Supra Scream Out 750 Rear Wheel Horsepower With A Trunk Monkey Installed
There’s been loads of talk about the new Toyota Supra that has made a big splash in the media and in Toyota dealerships. That car seems really good, seems really fun, and seems like it does...
Morning Symphony: Over A Thousand Horsepower And Hubcaps On This V6 Holden!
It isn’t too hard to be a fan of the Buick V6…it’s one of the most criminally underrated engines ever produced. Front-drive, rear-drive, supercharged, turbocharged…it’s...
Hot-Rodding A Desk Engine: Turning A 16-Cylinder Sterling Engine Into An Electric Turbine!
I might be a gearhead first, but being an aviation geek runs a very, very close second in my world. I spent years on a flightline working around jets, helicopters, planes and pilots who kept me...
The Straight-Eight Showdown: Valve Work For Two Engines Over Half A Century Dead!
The Packard straight-eight was dead by 1954, the Buick Fireball 8 dead a year earlier. That means that the newest engine in ColdWarMotors’ straight-eight showdown challenge is is sixty-five...
Video: This Compound Boosted Slant Six Plymouth Valiant Is One Mean Sounding Freak!
Trust us, there’s an engine under there. BangShifter Kyle Tibbs tipped us off to this video which we think was shot in Germany depicting an insane induction setup that is mounted to a 225ci...
Old-School Cammers: If You Thought It Was Just Ford And Mopar, Check This Out!
Do you remember all of the hype in the 1990s regarding dual overhead cam V8s and how they were vastly superior to the standard pushrod unit? Think back to the Corvette ZR-1, the Lincoln Mark VIII...
Stroker Heap: This Jeep Stroker Six Budget Build Is A Bad Little Piece!
Is a V8 always the right answer? Okay, put your middle fingers down, it’s always a good answer, but sometimes it might not be a right answer. Case in point: I’ve been plotting out a...
Will A One-Inch Cordless Impact Gun Start This Ancient Tractomotive? Will It Start At All?
Have you ever looked at something sitting in the weeds and with a sigh, thought to yourself, “Yup…that sucker ain’t ever running again”? The car that is up to it’s hubs...
Unleashing The Beast: Watch A Steve Morris SMX Engine Make Four Digit Power On Low Boost
Hey everyone, we now live in a world where multiple people will make you a billet water block that’ll handle upwards of 4,500hp. What was once the realm of one-off lunatics and dreamers has...
Watch Katech Reset The Naturally Aspirated LT Engine Record – 806hp On Its Own!
This is flipping amazing. Watch this little LT engine rip and roar on the dyno at Katech on its way to making 806 naturally aspirated horsepower. Not only does it make the power, it makes it at a...
